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West Essex Regional School District, NJ

23,109 Population
18.2 square miles 1,268.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 37.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$79,833 ±$5,858 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $49,449 ±$753
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$161,296 ±$17,921 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Essex County: $80,789 ±$1,638
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

3.5% ±2.2% (803  ±503) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Essex County: 14.6% 123,563 (±0.6% / ±5,397)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

28.1 minutes ±3.7 (241,950  ±22,454) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 33.6 11,319,595 (±0.4 / ±193,683)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

8,498 ±363 Number of households
  • Essex County: 319,788 ±1,015
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.7 ±0.1 (23,083  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.6 842,424 (±0 / ±513)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

5.4% ±2% (235  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 5.4% 11,451 (±0.5% / ±1,072)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

8,751 ±366 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 336,962 ±208
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$759,600 ±$35,641 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $524,100 ±$11,118
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

11% ±3% (2,510  ±674) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 10.7% 91,452 (±0.5% / ±4,299)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

97.1% ±5.6% (16,281  ±1,120.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 86.7% 504,923 (±1% / ±5,999.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
67.8% ±4.9% (11,365  ±925.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 39.2% 228,016 (±0.6% / ±3,426.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14.1% ±2.4% (3,253  ±545) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 30.1% 260,083
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

2.9% ±0.9% (511  ±162) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 2.6% 17,292 (±0.2% / ±1,141)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
511 Total veterans ±162 482 Male ±159 29 Female ±43

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