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Paterson, NJ

160,446 Population
8.4 square miles 19,070.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±1.3 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

$24,623 ±$1,657 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of 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
$60,703 ±$6,258 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,852 ±$781
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997

18.3% ±3.3% (29,067  ±5,310) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.5% 2,457,925 (±0.3% / ±48,416)
  • about double the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)

23.2 minutes ±1.8 (1,605,320  ±148,077) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds 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 three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 31.9 131,588,270 (±0.2 / ±1,265,689)

Families

48,639 ±2,190 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
3.3 ±0.2 (159,036  ±368) 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

3.9% ±2.1% (1,400  ±774) 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

51,363 ±2,348 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

$387,400 ±$33,546 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $648,800 ±$2,533
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982

8.2% ±2.3% (13,005  ±3,650.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8.6% 1,701,255 (±0.2% / ±37,632.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)

Social

73.1% ±4.6% (73,148  ±4,923.5) 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)
10.6% ±1.9% (10,605  ±1,901.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter 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-quarter 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

51.5% ±3.4% (82,625  ±5,519) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.8% 6,143,359
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424

1.6% ±0.7% (1,804  ±808) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.4% 386,034 (±0.1% / ±10,262)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
1,804 Total veterans ±808 1,663 Male ±794 141 Female ±175

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