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

32,783 Population 2.1 square miles 15,529.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Age

38.8 ±1.1 Median age

• about 90 percent of the figure in Bergen County: 42 ±0.2
• a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Sex

Race & Ethnicity

Income

$35,515 ±$2,153 Per capita income

• about three-fifths of the amount in Bergen County: $63,735 ±$819
• about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256

$79,700 ±$4,632 Median household income

• about two-thirds of the amount in Bergen County: $124,884 ±$1,735
• about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

Poverty

13.4% ±2.7% (4,351 ±871) Persons below poverty line

• about double the rate in Bergen County: 6.8% 64,606 (±0.3% / ±3,161)
• about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

Transportation to work

28 minutes ±1.2 (433,805 ±29,979) Mean travel time to work

• about 90 percent of the figure in Bergen County: 31.2 12,369,260 (±0.3 / ±180,718)
• about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Households

11,191 ±485 Number of households

• Bergen County: 355,127 ±1,060
• New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116

2.9 ±0.1 (32,746 ±56) Persons per household

• about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bergen County: 2.7 951,520 (±0 / ±195)
• about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

Marital status

Fertility

7% ±2.3% (593 ±200) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

• about 1.4 times the rate in Bergen County: 5.1% 11,127 (±0.4% / ±894)
• about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Units & Occupancy

11,846 ±539 Number of housing units

• Bergen County: 369,613 ±176
• New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

Value

$475,500 ±$19,756 Median value of owner-occupied housing units

• about three-quarters of the amount in Bergen County: $623,000 ±$4,306
• a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

Geographical mobility

7.2% ±1.8% (2,325 ±570.7) Moved since previous year

• about 80 percent of the rate in Bergen County: 8.8% 83,602 (±0.4% / ±3,724)
• about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Educational attainment

85.8% ±3.9% (19,648 ±1,025.3) High school grad or higher

• about 90 percent of the rate in Bergen County: 92.9% 636,401 (±0.9% / ±6,166.4)
• a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)

25.8% ±2.4% (5,910 ±565.2) Bachelor's degree or higher

• about half the rate in Bergen County: 53.1% 363,985 (±0.7% / ±4,501.9)
• about three-fifths 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

47.9% ±3% (15,687 ±988) Foreign-born population

• about 1.5 times the rate in Bergen County: 31.8% 305,966
• about double the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

Veteran status

1.5% ±0.5% (390 ±122) Population with veteran status

• about half the rate in Bergen County: 2.9% 22,085 (±0.2% / ±1,213)
• about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)

390 Total veterans ±122 349 Male ±117 41 Female ±46

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