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West New York, NJ

52,004 Population
1 square miles 52,303.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$40,965 ±$2,980 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,691 ±$257
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$71,729 ±$6,715 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,155 ±$487
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

19.4% ±3.2% (10,017  ±1,661) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.7% 2,467,089 (±0.1% / ±26,454)
  • about double the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

34.5 minutes ±2.2 (808,315  ±67,280) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 35.6 281,580,540 (±0.1 / ±916,581)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

20,453 ±695 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
2.5 ±0.1 (51,989  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,385,342
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

5.6% ±1.9% (756  ±260) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,244 (±0.1% / ±4,356)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

21,736 ±700 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

$465,600 ±$38,815 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

11.8% ±2.3% (6,059  ±1,198.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.2% 1,801,060 (±0.1% / ±19,484.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

76% ±3.9% (28,083  ±1,606.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,241,344 (±0.2% / ±31,374.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
33.5% ±2.7% (12,368  ±1,045.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters 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 three-quarters 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

60.2% ±2.4% (31,316  ±1,225) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.1% 5,952,555
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

0.7% ±0.3% (287  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6% 411,464 (±0% / ±5,611)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
287 Total veterans ±136 176 Male ±81 111 Female ±106

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