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Essex County (Northeast) PUMA, NJ

114,906 Population
12 square miles 9,569.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$38,697 ±$2,769 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $44,888 ±$352
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$80,299 ±$3,995 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $85,751 ±$760
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

7.7% ±2.4% (8,806  ±2,726) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 798,262 (±0.3% / ±25,821)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

35.2 minutes ±2.3 (2,061,040  ±165,307) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 33.1 139,069,755 (±0.2 / ±1,071,015)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

43,333 ±1,961 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,286,264 ±9,466
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.6 ±0.1 (114,216  ±277) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,701,703 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.9% ±1.7% (1,343  ±488) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 4.7% 95,678 (±0.3% / ±5,234)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

45,881 ±2,230 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,641,854 ±1,185
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$358,500 ±$11,665 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $348,800 ±$1,764
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

10% ±3.1% (11,398  ±3,475.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 902,872 (±0.3% / ±26,958.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

91.7% ±3.6% (72,848  ±3,818.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.3% 5,591,610 (±0.6% / ±37,408.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
37.8% ±2.8% (30,071  ±2,421.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 41.2% 2,551,765 (±0.4% / ±23,822)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

40.8% ±1.4% (43,497  ±1,534) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 31.3% 2,617,770 (±0.2% / ±12,188)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 21.6% 65,947,773 (±0.1% / ±212,842.9)

26.5% ±3.7% (30,415  ±4,220) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 23.4% 2,074,686 (±0.3% / ±23,672)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

2.1% ±0.7% (1,939  ±598) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 4.4% 302,777 (±0.1% / ±9,193)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
1,939 Total veterans ±598 1,777 Male ±573 162 Female ±163

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