Passaic, NJ

Census Place

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2024 Population
70,002
US Senator
Cory Booker
Democratic Party
US Senator
Andy Kim
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
31.9
3.24% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
22.9%
0.687% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$55,371
2.48% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$429,900
5.76% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
29,714
0.708% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Passaic, NJ reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

73.5% of the residents in Passaic, NJ are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Passaic, NJ was $429,900, and the homeownership rate was 23.8%.

Most people in Passaic, NJ drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 25.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Passaic, NJ was 1 car per household.

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United StatesNew JerseyPassaic County, NJNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PABergen County (Southwest)--Rutherford, North Arlington & Hasbrouck Heights PUMA, NJBergen County (West Central)--Fair Lawn, Garfield & Lodi PUMA, NJPassaic County (South)--Passaic & Clifton (SE) PUMA, NJ

Population & Diversity

Passaic, NJ is home to a population of 70k people, from which 73.5% are citizens. As of 2024, 41.4% of Passaic, NJ residents were born outside of the country (29k people).

In 2024, there were 3.64 times more Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents (36.9k people) in Passaic, NJ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 10.1k Other (Hispanic) and 9.85k White (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

73.5%
2024 Citizenship
73.4%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 73.5% of Passaic, NJ residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Passaic, NJ was 73.4%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Passaic, NJ
  1. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    36.9k ± 1.85k
  2. Other (Hispanic)
    10.1k ± 1.26k
  3. White (Non-Hispanic)
    9.85k ± 956
73.3%
Hispanic Population
51.3k people

In 2024, there were 3.64 times more Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents (36.9k people) in Passaic, NJ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 10.1k Other (Hispanic) and 9.85k White (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

73.3% of the people in Passaic, NJ are hispanic (51.3k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Passaic, NJ as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for New Jersey.
Most Common Origin
  1. India
    273,706 ± 12,653 people
  2. Dominican Republic
    205,965 ± 11,018 people
  3. Mexico
    107,667 ± 8,009 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New Jersey was India, the natal country of 273,706 New Jersey residents, followed by Dominican Republic with 205,965 and Mexico with 107,667.

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Foreign-Born Population

41.4%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
29k people
42.1%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
29.3k people

As of 2024, 41.4% of Passaic, NJ residents (29k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Passaic, NJ was 42.1%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    119 ± 71
  2. Vietnam
    81 ± 70
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    56 ± 64

Passaic, NJ has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.47 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Passaic, NJ employs 29.7k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Passaic, NJ were Health Care & Social Assistance (4,379 people), Manufacturing (4,268 people), and Retail Trade (3,598 people), and the highest paying industries were Utilities ($102,782), Information ($80,625), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($70,951).

Employment

Occupations

29.7k
2024 Value
± 1,288
−0.708%
1 Year decline
± 6.08%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Passaic, NJ declined at a rate of −0.708%, from 29.9k employees to 29.7k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Passaic, NJ, are Production Occupations (4,137 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (2,614 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (2,326 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Passaic, NJ.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New Jersey.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

29.7k
2024 Value
± 1,288
−0.708%
1 Year decline
± 6.08%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Passaic, NJ declined at a rate of −0.708%, from 29.9k employees to 29.7k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Passaic, NJ, are Health Care & Social Assistance (4,379 people), Manufacturing (4,268 people), and Retail Trade (3,598 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Passaic, NJ, though some of these residents may live in Passaic, NJ and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$38,923
Median earning men ± $2,355
$29,942
Median earning women ± $2,465

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Information ($95,477), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($72,041), and Public Administration ($58,542).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Information ($53,983), Public Administration ($48,750), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($46,528).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New Jersey.
Y-Axis
2.27%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.24M people employed in New Jersey. This represents a 2.27% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 16.5%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Passaic, NJ was $429,900 in 2024, which is 1.29 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $406,500 to $429,900, a 5.76% increase. The homeownership rate in Passaic, NJ is 23.8%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Passaic, NJ have an average commute time of 25.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Passaic, NJ is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$429,900
Median Property Value 2024
±$22,327
$5,028
Median Property Taxes
±$489

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Passaic, NJ the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Passaic, NJ compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

23.8%
Homeownership
2024
55.2%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 23.8% of the housing units in Passaic, NJ were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 23.5%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$55,371
Median Household Income
± $3,988
21.2k
Number of Households
± 1,122

In 2024, the median household income of the 21.2k households in Passaic, NJ declined from $55,371 from the previous year's value of $56,780.

The following chart displays the households in Passaic, NJ distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the < $10k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Passaic, NJ is from New Jersey.
0.486
2023 Wage GINI in New Jersey
0.489
2022 Wage GINI in New Jersey

In 2023, the income inequality in New Jersey was 0.486 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.709% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New Jersey was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New Jersey in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (48.6%)
  2. Carpooled (17.3%)
  3. Public Transit (11.9%)

In 2024, 48.6% of workers in Passaic, NJ drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (17.3%) and those who used public transit to get to work (11.9%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

25.3 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Passaic, NJ have a shorter commute time (25.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2.67% of the workforce in Passaic, NJ have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

1 car
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Passaic, NJ distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Passaic, NJ have 1 car.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

22.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Passaic, NJ (15.9k out of 69.6k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 35 - 44, followed by Males 6 - 11 and then Females 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Passaic, NJ is Hispanic, followed by Two Or More and Other.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

77.4% of the population of Passaic, NJ has health coverage, with 22.2% on employee plans, 42.7% on Medicaid, 5.82% on Medicare, 6.55% on non-group plans, and 0.0703% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New Jersey see 1,279 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,279 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1157 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 320 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.4% were men and 52.6% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 32.1% under 18 years, 21.8% between 18 and 34 years, 35.9% between 35 and 64 years, and 10.2% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.4% were men and 52.6% were women.

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Uninsured People

22.6%
Uninsured
22.2%
Employer Coverage
42.7%
Medicaid
5.82%
Medicare
6.55%
Non-Group
0.0703%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Passaic, NJ declined by 3.34% from 23.4% to 22.6%.

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