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Bridgeton, NJ Urban Area

35,626 Population
12.2 square miles 2,928.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,748 ±$1,502 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,684 ±$4,443 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.3% ±4.1% (7,556  ±1,343) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.5 minutes ±1.9 (364,895  ±36,956) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,683 ±542 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.2 (32,594  ±846) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±2.8% (432  ±235) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,356 ±515 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$178,300 ±$11,085 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.2% ±1.7% (2,552  ±584.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

74.9% ±3.6% (15,866  ±1,038.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.2% ±1.5% (2,379  ±341.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

21.3% ±1.6% (7,575  ±596) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.1% ±0.7% (779  ±172) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
779 Total veterans ±172 665 Male ±167 114 Female ±69

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