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Essex County (Northeast)--Bloomfield PUMA, NJ

124,585 Population
12 square miles 10,378 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,311 ±$4,264 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$107,216 ±$10,649 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

6.4% ±2.4% (7,860  ±2,975) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

31.3 minutes ±1.9 (1,823,695  ±163,913) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 31.9 131,588,270 (±0.2 / ±1,265,689)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

49,621 ±2,071 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (123,775  ±63) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.9% ±2.7% (2,330  ±802) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

51,080 ±2,283 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$520,400 ±$29,216 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.2% ±3.5% (13,750  ±4,248.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.6% ±4.7% (80,715  ±5,034) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
47% ±3.8% (41,830  ±3,710.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

41% ±1.9% (47,112  ±2,207.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 33.1% 2,922,137 (±0.2% / ±15,881.3)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

26.5% ±2.7% (32,963  ±3,419) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.9% ±0.8% (1,876  ±840) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,876 Total veterans ±840 1,876 Male ±840 N/A Female ±226

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