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Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ Metro Division

2,561,540 Population
1,707.6 square miles 1,500.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$55,672 ±$870 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,724 ±$410
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$114,557 ±$2,190 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,852 ±$781
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.8% ±0.6% (195,976  ±14,318) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.5% 2,457,925 (±0.3% / ±48,416)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

33 minutes ±0.6 (35,910,980  ±798,137) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent 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 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

944,817 ±5,206 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,486,828 ±18,178
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0 (2,517,427  ±1,073) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,506,840 (±0 / ±6,880)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.8% ±0.6% (32,643  ±3,453) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.7% 223,867 (±0.2% / ±9,782)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

1,025,681 ±425 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,129,556 ±3,255
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$551,200 ±$6,205 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $648,800 ±$2,533
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.9% ±0.5% (200,697  ±13,543) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 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 two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.1% ±1.1% (1,646,548  ±20,265.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.5% 12,364,968 (±0.4% / ±61,462.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
47.2% ±0.8% (844,038  ±13,425.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 45% 6,366,678 (±0.3% / ±42,862.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

30.1% ±0.8% (726,350  ±18,076.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 41.3% 7,781,318 (±0.3% / ±51,556.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

22.3% (570,801  ±14,726) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of 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 United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.6% ±0.2% (71,901  ±3,929) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.4% 386,034 (±0.1% / ±10,262)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
71,901 Total veterans ±3,929 66,455 Male ±3,601 5,446 Female ±1,276

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