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Newark, NJ

307,216 Population
24.1 square miles 12,724.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$23,767 ±$2,432 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $47,364 ±$356
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $47,338 ±$418
$43,242 ±$4,064 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $84,409 ±$717
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $89,296 ±$1,088

25.2% ±2.8% (74,066  ±8,210) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.9% 2,511,435 (±0.3% / ±55,664)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,602 (±0.3% / ±29,531)

30.8 minutes ±1.3 (3,330,995  ±229,091) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 34.2 241,174,450 (±0.1 / ±1,818,794)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 28.6 98,380,030 (±0.2 / ±1,050,130)

Families

115,145 ±3,722 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,347,700 ±17,705
  • New Jersey: 3,497,945 ±8,126
2.5 ±0.1 (292,756  ±3,040) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.6 19,388,252 (±0 / ±8,368)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,084,234 (±0)

7.3% ±1.9% (5,771  ±1,488) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.8% 223,610 (±0.2% / ±9,269)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.3% 110,927 (±0.3% / ±6,041)

Housing

122,145 ±3,802 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 8,026,716 ±3,455
  • New Jersey: 3,779,591 ±1,544

$323,200 ±$22,498 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $533,700 ±$3,107
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $389,800 ±$2,392

11.2% ±1.8% (34,042  ±5,375.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 10% 1,962,303 (±0.2% / ±40,004.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 10.6% 974,522 (±0.3% / ±28,423.4)

Social

78.4% ±3.3% (157,281  ±7,489.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 87.9% 12,246,112 (±0.4% / ±58,900.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 91% 5,890,494 (±0.6% / ±40,077.4)
17.7% ±1.6% (35,401  ±3,326.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 43.6% 6,075,577 (±0.3% / ±40,388.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 43.1% 2,790,646 (±0.4% / ±26,799.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data

35.4% ±2.8% (108,670  ±8,655) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.4% 5,818,266 (±0.3% / ±54,350)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 23% 2,134,981 (±0.4% / ±32,090)

2.2% ±0.7% (5,008  ±1,526) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.8% 440,747 (±0.1% / ±10,789)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 3.9% 283,485 (±0.1% / ±7,865)
5,008 Total veterans ±1,526 4,301 Male ±1,309 707 Female ±468

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