Mahwah Township, Bergen County, NJ - Profile Data - Census Reporter

25,491 Population 25.4 square miles 1,003.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Age

48.9 ±2.1 Median age

• about 20 percent higher than the figure in Bergen County: 42 ±0.2
• about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Sex

Race & Ethnicity

Income

$70,589 ±$4,980 Per capita income

• about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bergen County: $63,735 ±$819
• about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256

$131,327 ±$12,015 Median household income

• a little higher than the amount in Bergen County: $124,884 ±$1,735
• about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

Poverty

2.1% ±0.8% (498 ±174) Persons below poverty line

• about one-third of the rate in Bergen County: 6.8% 64,606 (±0.3% / ±3,161)
• about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

Transportation to work

28.2 minutes ±1.2 (268,810 ±26,004) 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

10,031 ±509 Number of households

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

2.3 ±0.1 (23,358 ±96) Persons per household

• about 90 percent of the figure in Bergen County: 2.7 951,520 (±0 / ±195)
• about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

Marital status

Fertility

2.1% ±1.4% (112 ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

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

Units & Occupancy

10,319 ±526 Number of housing units

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

Value

$606,000 ±$41,221 Median value of owner-occupied housing units

• a little less than the amount in Bergen County: $623,000 ±$4,306
• about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

Geographical mobility

8.9% ±1.7% (2,243 ±431.2) Moved since previous year

• about the same as the rate in Bergen County: 8.8% 83,602 (±0.4% / ±3,724)
• about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Educational attainment

95.5% ±4.7% (16,833 ±1,022.3) High school grad or higher

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

60.3% ±4% (10,638 ±801.9) Bachelor's degree or higher

• about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bergen County: 53.1% 363,985 (±0.7% / ±4,501.9)
• about 1.4 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

16.5% ±2.6% (4,217 ±650) Foreign-born population

• about half the rate in Bergen County: 31.8% 305,966
• about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

Veteran status

3.3% ±1.2% (707 ±248) Population with veteran status

• about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bergen County: 2.9% 22,085 (±0.2% / ±1,213)
• about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)

707 Total veterans ±248 665 Male ±241 42 Female ±44

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