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Union Beach, NJ

5,707 Population
1.8 square miles 3,202 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$53,448 ±$6,742 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,691 ±$257
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$119,250 ±$14,204 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,155 ±$487
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

3.1% ±2% (174  ±112) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.7% 2,467,089 (±0.1% / ±26,454)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

31.9 minutes ±6.6 (98,990  ±26,072) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 35.6 281,580,540 (±0.1 / ±916,581)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

2,203 ±121 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,409,947 ±10,406
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.6 ±0.1 (5,702  ±19) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,385,342
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

2.5% ±3.8% (33  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,244 (±0.1% / ±4,356)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

2,335 ±157 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,038,666 ±1,324
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$460,900 ±$20,530 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $614,200 ±$1,348
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

7.2% ±5.2% (411  ±295.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.2% 1,801,060 (±0.1% / ±19,484.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

95.2% ±13.2% (4,050  ±639.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,241,344 (±0.2% / ±31,374.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
37.2% ±10.7% (1,585  ±471.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 44.2% 6,168,034 (±0.2% / ±20,817.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

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

17.4% ±12.5% (991  ±712) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.1% 5,952,555
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

3.4% ±2% (157  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6% 411,464 (±0% / ±5,611)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
157 Total veterans ±91 157 Male ±91 N/A Female ±20

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