Belleville Township, Essex County, NJ - Profile Data - Census Reporter

38,065 Population 3.3 square miles 11,549.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Age

42.4 ±1.7 Median age

• about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 37.7 ±0.2
• a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Sex

Race & Ethnicity

Income

$44,457 ±$3,040 Per capita income

• about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $49,449 ±$753
• about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256

$90,140 ±$6,004 Median household income

• about 10 percent higher than the amount in Essex County: $80,789 ±$1,638
• about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

Poverty

9.6% ±2.5% (3,635 ±932) Persons below poverty line

• about two-thirds of the rate in Essex County: 14.6% 123,563 (±0.6% / ±5,397)
• about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

Transportation to work

32.4 minutes ±1.8 (578,940 ±41,924) Mean travel time to work

• a little less than the figure in Essex County: 33.6 11,319,595 (±0.4 / ±193,683)
• a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Households

14,356 ±537 Number of households

• Essex County: 319,788 ±1,015
• New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116

2.7 ±0.1 (38,032 ±48) Persons per household

• about the same as the figure in Essex County: 2.6 842,424 (±0 / ±513)
• about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

Marital status

Fertility

4.2% ±1.5% (420 ±154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

• about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 5.4% 11,451 (±0.5% / ±1,072)
• about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Units & Occupancy

15,104 ±532 Number of housing units

• Essex County: 336,962 ±208
• New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

Value

$421,000 ±$10,097 Median value of owner-occupied housing units

• about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $524,100 ±$11,118
• about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

Geographical mobility

8.5% ±1.9% (3,196 ±698.1) Moved since previous year

• about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 10.7% 91,452 (±0.5% / ±4,299)
• about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Educational attainment

86.5% ±4.3% (23,960 ±1,361.6) High school grad or higher

• about the same as the rate in Essex County: 86.7% 504,923 (±1% / ±5,999.3)
• a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)

32.6% ±2.7% (9,023 ±792.1) Bachelor's degree or higher

• about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 39.2% 228,016 (±0.6% / ±3,426.2)
• about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

Language

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

Place of birth

38.1% ±2.9% (14,511 ±1,118) Foreign-born population

• about 25 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 30.1% 260,083
• about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

Veteran status

2.8% ±0.9% (864 ±273) 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)

864 Total veterans ±273 815 Male ±261 49 Female ±54

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