Maplewood Township, Essex County, NJ - Profile Data

25,613 Population 3.9 square miles 6,611.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Age

38.1 ±2.1 Median age

• about the same as the figure in Essex County: 37.7 ±0.2
• a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Sex

Race & Ethnicity

Income

$76,292 ±$5,346 Per capita income

• about 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $49,449 ±$753
• about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256

$173,500 ±$36,582 Median household income

• more than double the amount in Essex County: $80,789 ±$1,638
• more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

Poverty

3.3% ±1.1% (843 ±269) Persons below poverty line

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

Transportation to work

38.5 minutes ±1.2 (352,435 ±27,483) Mean travel time to work

• about 20 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 33.6 11,319,595 (±0.4 / ±193,683)
• about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Households

8,662 ±450 Number of households

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

3 ±0.2 (25,542 ±56) Persons per household

• about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.6 842,424 (±0 / ±513)
• about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

Marital status

Fertility

5.6% ±2.1% (322 ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

• a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 5.4% 11,451 (±0.5% / ±1,072)
• about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Units & Occupancy

9,051 ±458 Number of housing units

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

Value

$720,700 ±$31,701 Median value of owner-occupied housing units

• about 1.4 times the amount in Essex County: $524,100 ±$11,118
• about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

Geographical mobility

8.8% ±2.5% (2,229 ±639.3) 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

95% ±5.2% (15,946 ±986.2) High school grad or higher

• about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 86.7% 504,923 (±1% / ±5,999.3)
• a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)

72.7% ±4.5% (12,201 ±838.2) Bachelor's degree or higher

• nearly double the rate in Essex County: 39.2% 228,016 (±0.6% / ±3,426.2)
• more than 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

22.1% ±2.6% (5,657 ±664) Foreign-born population

• about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 30.1% 260,083
• about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

Veteran status

2.7% ±0.9% (490 ±165) Population with veteran status

• about the same as the rate in Essex County: 2.6% 17,292 (±0.2% / ±1,141)
• about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)

490 Total veterans ±165 476 Male ±164 14 Female ±18

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