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Essex County (Southeast)--Newark (West & Southwest) PUMA, NJ

164,402 Population
8.5 square miles 19,412.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$24,362 ±$2,101 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
  • about half the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$56,366 ±$4,203 Median household income
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21.8% ±3.6% (34,952  ±6,089) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

31.5 minutes ±2.7 (1,877,880  ±230,560) 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

54,869 ±3,009 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.9 ±0.2 (159,306  ±8,475) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.4% ±2.9% (3,183  ±1,281) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 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

61,024 ±3,023 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$375,600 ±$33,140 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.1% ±2.5% (14,835  ±4,065.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

86.1% ±3.6% (88,884  ±6,373.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
23.5% ±3% (24,216  ±3,402.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

33.4% ±2.9% (48,263  ±4,361) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 33.1% 2,922,137 (±0.2% / ±15,881.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

31.4% ±3.7% (51,582  ±6,717) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.9% ±0.8% (2,305  ±954) 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)
2,305 Total veterans ±954 2,146 Male ±899 159 Female ±263

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