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Union, NJ

2,974 Population
0.3 square miles 11,660.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$48,307 ±$15,277 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $52,011 ±$243
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$124,100 ±$51,771 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $93,610 ±$426
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

10.5% ±5.1% (310  ±174) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.3% 2,415,989 (±0.1% / ±26,451)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

30.9 minutes ±3.7 (50,830  ±16,170) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36.4 302,192,860 (±0.1 / ±1,020,070)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

1,080 ±346 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,321,054 ±11,009
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.8 ±1.2 (2,974  ±834) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.7 19,503,216
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,104 ±346 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,981,356 ±1,276
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$418,000 ±$111,325 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $553,500 ±$1,374
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

11.3% ±7.5% (335  ±,242.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.5% 1,876,448 (±0.1% / ±18,290.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

78.4% ±30.3% (1,956  ±,486.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.4% 12,202,377 (±0.2% / ±31,916.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
35.3% ±11.8% (880  ±,392.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 42.8% 5,967,580 (±0.2% / ±20,727.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

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

50.1% ±11.4% (1,489  ±538) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 29.5% 5,881,234
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

3.1% ±2.8% (83  ±79) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.9% 457,983 (±0% / ±5,489)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
83 Total veterans ±79 80 Male ±78 3 Female ±5

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