Census Reporter

Cranford Township School District, NJ

24,036 Population
4.8 square miles 4,971.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$63,263 ±$4,697 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Union County: $42,606 ±$592
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $44,153 ±$191
$132,539 ±$12,437 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Union County: $82,644 ±$1,642
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $85,245 ±$402

2.7% ±0.9% (639  ±216) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Union County: 8.8% 48,276 (±0.6% / ±3,021)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 842,704 (±0.2% / ±14,941)

35.6 minutes ±1.4 (399,110  ±28,227) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 31.3 8,075,345 (±0.4 / ±129,034)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 32 128,475,610 (±0.1 / ±610,129)

Families

9,079 ±408 Number of households
  • Union County: 191,862 ±828
  • New Jersey: 3,272,054 ±6,029
2.6 ±0.1 (23,775  ±108) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Union County: 2.9 547,843 (±0 / ±842)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,702,841

5.4% ±2.2% (276  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 4.9% 6,369 (±0.4% / ±578)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 4.9% 100,782 (±0.1% / ±2,335)

Housing

9,381 ±426 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 202,823 ±356
  • New Jersey: 3,628,732 ±505

$507,600 ±$21,685 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Union County: $378,700 ±$3,870
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $343,500 ±$980

7% ±1.5% (1,667  ±357.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Union County: 9.3% 51,313 (±0.5% / ±2,942.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 906,217 (±0.1% / ±11,955.1)

Social

96.2% ±4.6% (16,336  ±894.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 87.1% 329,516 (±1.1% / ±4,042.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.3% 5,568,740 (±0.3% / ±18,363.3)
59.3% ±3.5% (10,057  ±657.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Union County: 37.1% 140,121 (±0.7% / ±2,714.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 40.7% 2,513,062 (±0.2% / ±11,733.9)

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

9.8% ±1.6% (2,345  ±386) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Union County: 30.1% 167,363 (±0.6% / ±3,522)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 22.7% 2,012,872 (±0.1% / ±12,390)

4.7% ±1% (851  ±189) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Union County: 3.3% 14,124 (±0.2% / ±813)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 4.5% 313,928 (±0.1% / ±3,306)
851 Total veterans ±189 749 Male ±179 102 Female ±65

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