Wayne Township, Passaic County, NJ - Profile Data - Census Reporter

53,756 Population 23.7 square miles 2,266.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Age

41 ±0.9 Median age

• about 10 percent higher than the figure in Passaic County: 38.1 ±0.2
• about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Sex

Race & Ethnicity

Income

$64,757 ±$2,700 Per capita income

• about 1.5 times the amount in Passaic County: $40,703 ±$662
• about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256

$153,056 ±$8,248 Median household income

• more than 1.5 times the amount in Passaic County: $87,522 ±$2,333
• about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

Poverty

3.4% ±0.9% (1,749 ±453) Persons below poverty line

• about one-quarter of the rate in Passaic County: 13% 66,692 (±0.8% / ±3,989)
• about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

Transportation to work

28.7 minutes ±0.9 (611,595 ±33,802) Mean travel time to work

• about 10 percent higher than the figure in Passaic County: 26.5 5,742,555 (±0.5 / ±120,434)
• a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Households

18,341 ±554 Number of households

• Passaic County: 178,936 ±778
• New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116

2.8 ±0.1 (51,659 ±68) Persons per household

• about the same as the figure in Passaic County: 2.9 512,303 (±0 / ±189)
• about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

Marital status

Fertility

5% ±1.6% (564 ±183) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

• about 10 percent higher than the rate in Passaic County: 4.4% † 5,339 (±0.5% / ±594)
• a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Units & Occupancy

18,938 ±544 Number of housing units

• Passaic County: 185,816 ±155
• New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

Value

$612,700 ±$12,637 Median value of owner-occupied housing units

• about 1.3 times the amount in Passaic County: $459,500 ±$3,736
• about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

Geographical mobility

6.7% ±1.3% (3,558 ±678.8) Moved since previous year

• about 80 percent of the rate in Passaic County: 8% 41,226 (±0.5% / ±2,706)
• about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Educational attainment

95.7% ±3.1% (34,958 ±1,285.1) High school grad or higher

• about 10 percent higher than the rate in Passaic County: 84.9% 296,665 (±1.2% / ±4,202.2)
• a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)

56.9% ±2.5% (20,778 ±982.1) Bachelor's degree or higher

• nearly double the rate in Passaic County: 30.9% 107,862 (±0.7% / ±2,469.8)
• about 1.3 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

20% ±1.9% (10,765 ±1,012) Foreign-born population

• about three-fifths of the rate in Passaic County: 33.1% 172,522
• about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

Veteran status

3.4% ±0.7% (1,440 ±301) Population with veteran status

• about 1.3 times the rate in Passaic County: 2.7% 10,616 (±0.2% / ±867)
• about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)

1,440 Total veterans ±301 1,377 Male ±290 63 Female ±57

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