Cranford Township, Union County, NJ - Profile Data - Census Reporter

24,074 Population 4.8 square miles 4,979 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Age

43.4 ±1.6 Median age

• about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 39.1 ±0.2
• about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Sex

Race & Ethnicity

Income

$80,695 ±$6,208 Per capita income

• about 1.5 times the amount in Union County: $52,874 ±$936
• about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256

$155,972 ±$15,105 Median household income

• about 1.5 times the amount in Union County: $103,202 ±$2,659
• about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

Poverty

2.5% ±1.1% (588 ±254) Persons below poverty line

• about one-quarter of the rate in Union County: 9.2% 52,582 (±0.5% / ±2,807)
• about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

Transportation to work

34.5 minutes ±1.2 (313,320 ±27,047) Mean travel time to work

• about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 30.2 7,522,000 (±0.4 / ±131,274)
• about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Households

9,426 ±334 Number of households

• Union County: 203,277 ±863
• New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116

2.5 ±0.1 (23,804 ±29) Persons per household

• about 90 percent of the figure in Union County: 2.8 573,546 (±0 / ±508)
• a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

Marital status

Fertility

9.3% ±3% (443 ±145) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

• more than 1.5 times the rate in Union County: 5.4% 7,341 (±0.5% / ±687)
• nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Units & Occupancy

9,661 ±343 Number of housing units

• Union County: 212,385 ±197
• New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

Value

$660,100 ±$14,370 Median value of owner-occupied housing units

• about 25 percent higher than the amount in Union County: $529,200 ±$8,258
• about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

Geographical mobility

7.3% ±1.9% (1,722 ±450.5) Moved since previous year

• about three-quarters of the rate in Union County: 9.5% 54,314 (±0.6% / ±3,358.7)
• about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Educational attainment

97.2% ±4.8% (16,614 ±901.4) High school grad or higher

• about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 86.3% 340,861 (±1.2% / ±4,698.9)
• about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)

66.2% ±3.8% (11,314 ±694.7) Bachelor's degree or higher

• more than 1.5 times the rate in Union County: 38.9% 153,496 (±0.7% / ±2,854.9)
• about 1.5 times 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

10% ±1.6% (2,416 ±393) Foreign-born population

• about one-third of the rate in Union County: 33.6% 194,636
• about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

Veteran status

3.9% ±1% (730 ±188) Population with veteran status

• about 1.5 times the rate in Union County: 2.5% 11,260 (±0.2% / ±831)
• a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)

730 Total veterans ±188 698 Male ±184 32 Female ±26

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