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Assembly District 21, NJ

231,039 Population
137.8 square miles 1,676.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$93,494 ±$2,280 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • more than double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$177,704 ±$4,778 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • more than double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.6% ±0.6% (10,471  ±1,428) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.2 minutes ±0.6 (2,733,515  ±89,981) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

83,710 ±1,076 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0 (228,601  ±329) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.5% ±0.8% (2,610  ±394) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

86,648 ±1,122 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$789,500 ±$11,890 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8% ±0.8% (18,226  ±1,769) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.7% ±1.7% (153,734  ±3,092) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
67.6% ±1.5% (108,603  ±2,525.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • nearly double 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

20.5% ±0.9% (47,377  ±2,099) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.2% ±0.3% (5,654  ±544) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
5,654 Total veterans ±544 5,304 Male ±492 350 Female ±135

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