Garfield City, Bergen County, NJ - Profile Data - Census Reporter

32,502 Population 2.1 square miles 15,396.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Age

39 ±1.3 Median age

• about 90 percent of the figure in Bergen County: 42.1 ±0.2
• a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Sex

Race & Ethnicity

Income

$36,260 ±$2,616 Per capita income

• about three-fifths of the amount in Bergen County: $62,986 ±$788
• about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241

$75,701 ±$5,449 Median household income

• about three-fifths of the amount in Bergen County: $123,715 ±$2,159
• about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

Poverty

14.2% ±3.3% (4,589 ±1,062) Persons below poverty line

• more than double the rate in Bergen County: 6.7% 63,408 (±0.3% / ±2,997)
• about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

Transportation to work

27.8 minutes ±1.1 (430,195 ±30,002) Mean travel time to work

• about 90 percent of the figure in Bergen County: 31.4 12,727,115 (±0.3 / ±186,932)
• about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Households

11,541 ±495 Number of households

• Bergen County: 353,307 ±1,254
• New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714

2.8 ±0.1 (32,463 ±81) Persons per household

• a little higher than the figure in Bergen County: 2.7 944,137 (±0 / ±255)
• about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

Marital status

Fertility

6.3% ±2.2% (515 ±179) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

• about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bergen County: 5% 10,706 (±0.4% / ±763)
• about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Units & Occupancy

12,234 ±497 Number of housing units

• Bergen County: 368,535 ±162
• New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

Value

$454,300 ±$18,911 Median value of owner-occupied housing units

• about three-quarters of the amount in Bergen County: $593,200 ±$4,951
• a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

Geographical mobility

6.8% ±1.6% (2,187 ±500.3) Moved since previous year

• about three-quarters of the rate in Bergen County: 9.1% 85,839 (±0.4% / ±3,519.4)
• about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Educational attainment

84.4% ±4.4% (19,419 ±1,109.9) High school grad or higher

• about 90 percent of the rate in Bergen County: 92.9% 630,189 (±0.9% / ±6,173.9)
• about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)

24.3% ±2.5% (5,581 ±599.5) Bachelor's degree or higher

• about half the rate in Bergen County: 52.6% 356,861 (±0.6% / ±4,330.6)
• about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

Language

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

Place of birth

47.3% ±2.9% (15,368 ±931) Foreign-born population

• about 1.5 times the rate in Bergen County: 31.4% 300,087
• about double the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

Veteran status

2.4% ±0.6% (616 ±165) Population with veteran status

• about three-quarters of the rate in Bergen County: 3.2% 24,300 (±0.2% / ±1,352)
• about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)

616 Total veterans ±165 568 Male ±160 48 Female ±42

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