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Passaic, NJ

70,730 Population
3.1 square miles 22,576.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.3 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,923 ±$2,664 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,724 ±$410
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
$56,325 ±$7,037 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,852 ±$781
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997

22.7% ±5.4% (15,994  ±3,830) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.5% 2,457,925 (±0.3% / ±48,416)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)

27.1 minutes ±2.2 (769,155  ±94,967) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36.5 312,069,860 (±0.2 / ±2,124,253)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 31.9 131,588,270 (±0.2 / ±1,265,689)

Families

21,883 ±1,743 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,486,828 ±18,178
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
3.2 ±0.3 (70,299  ±46) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,506,840 (±0 / ±6,880)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098

4% ±2.4% (673  ±407) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.7% 223,867 (±0.2% / ±9,782)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)

Housing

22,676 ±1,727 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,129,556 ±3,255
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877

$433,500 ±$42,479 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $648,800 ±$2,533
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982

7% ±2.6% (4,926  ±1,791.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8.6% 1,701,255 (±0.2% / ±37,632.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)

Social

72.1% ±5% (30,122  ±2,750) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.5% 12,364,968 (±0.4% / ±61,462.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
15.2% ±2.7% (6,358  ±1,199.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 45% 6,366,678 (±0.3% / ±42,862.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

37.8% ±3.7% (26,717  ±2,581) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.8% 6,143,359
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424

0.4% ±0.4% (220  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.4% 386,034 (±0.1% / ±10,262)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
220 Total veterans ±186 220 Male ±186 N/A Female ±226

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