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Wanaque Borough School District, NJ

11,206 Population
8.1 square miles 1,389.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.2 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Passaic County: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$50,303 ±$4,027 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Passaic County: $40,703 ±$662
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$113,175 ±$7,330 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Passaic County: $87,522 ±$2,333
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.9% ±2.5% (646  ±272) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Passaic County: 13% 66,692 (±0.8% / ±3,989)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.2 minutes ±2.6 (162,055  ±18,516) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Passaic County: 26.5 5,742,555 (±0.5 / ±120,434)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,401 ±197 Number of households
  • Passaic County: 178,936 ±778
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (10,832  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Passaic County: 2.9 512,303 (±0 / ±189)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±2.6% (78  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Passaic County: 4.4% † 5,339 (±0.5% / ±594)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,450 ±202 Number of housing units
  • Passaic County: 185,816 ±155
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$400,700 ±$16,676 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Passaic County: $459,500 ±$3,736
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.2% ±2.9% (902  ±315.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Passaic County: 8% 41,226 (±0.5% / ±2,706)
  • 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

95.5% ±7.2% (8,271  ±685.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Passaic County: 84.9% 296,665 (±1.2% / ±4,202.2)
  • 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)
42% ±4.8% (3,637  ±432.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Passaic County: 30.9% 107,862 (±0.7% / ±2,469.8)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

16.9% ±2.9% (1,892  ±319) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Passaic County: 33.1% 172,522
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.5% ±1.1% (236  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Passaic County: 2.7% 10,616 (±0.2% / ±867)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
236 Total veterans ±101 223 Male ±96 13 Female ±30

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