Victory Gardens, NJ

Census Place

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2024 Population
1,759
US Senator
Cory Booker
Democratic Party
US Senator
Andy Kim
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
42
5.79% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
26.5%
15.8% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$62,550
19.7% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$250,600
11.5% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
962
3.41% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Victory Gardens, 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.

67% of the residents in Victory Gardens, NJ are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Victory Gardens, NJ was $250,600, and the homeownership rate was 32.9%.

Most people in Victory Gardens, NJ drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 24.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Victory Gardens, NJ was 1 car per household.

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Population & Diversity

Victory Gardens, NJ is home to a population of 1.76k people, from which 67% are citizens. As of 2024, 57.6% of Victory Gardens, NJ residents were born outside of the country (1.01k people).

In 2024, there were 3.92 times more Other (Hispanic) residents (957 people) in Victory Gardens, NJ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 244 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 212 White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

67%
2024 Citizenship
62.5%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 67% of Victory Gardens, NJ residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Victory Gardens, NJ was 62.5%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Victory Gardens, NJ
  1. Other (Hispanic)
    957 ± 224
  2. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    244 ± 156
  3. White (Hispanic)
    212 ± 148
86.8%
Hispanic Population
1.53k people

In 2024, there were 3.92 times more Other (Hispanic) residents (957 people) in Victory Gardens, NJ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 244 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 212 White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

86.8% of the people in Victory Gardens, NJ are hispanic (1.53k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Victory Gardens, 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

57.6%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
1.01k people
55.7%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
1.05k people

As of 2024, 57.6% of Victory Gardens, NJ residents (1.01k 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 Victory Gardens, NJ was 55.7%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    16 ± 26
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    10 ± 21

Victory Gardens, NJ has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.6 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Victory Gardens, NJ employs 962 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Victory Gardens, NJ were Manufacturing (132 people), Retail Trade (115 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (111 people), and the highest paying industries were Wholesale Trade ($85,694), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($67,889), and Transportation & Warehousing ($67,889).

Employment

Occupations

962
2024 Value
± 194
−3.41%
1 Year decline
± 29.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Victory Gardens, NJ declined at a rate of −3.41%, from 996 employees to 962 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Victory Gardens, NJ, are Transportation Occupations (142 people), Production Occupations (137 people), and Construction & Extraction Occupations (95 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Victory Gardens, 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

962
2024 Value
± 194
−3.41%
1 Year decline
± 29.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Victory Gardens, NJ declined at a rate of −3.41%, from 996 employees to 962 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Victory Gardens, NJ, are Manufacturing (132 people), Retail Trade (115 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (111 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Victory Gardens, NJ, though some of these residents may live in Victory Gardens, 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

$40,667
Median earning men ± $11,705
$30,109
Median earning women ± $9,238

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Wholesale Trade ($85,694), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($68,333), and Manufacturing ($51,000).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Manufacturing ($32,143), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($31,736), and Retail Trade ($30,625).

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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 Victory Gardens, NJ was $250,600 in 2024, which is 0.753 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $224,800 to $250,600, a 11.5% increase. The homeownership rate in Victory Gardens, NJ is 32.9%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Victory Gardens, NJ have an average commute time of 24.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Victory Gardens, NJ is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$250,600
Median Property Value 2024
±$33,514
$223
Median Property Taxes
±$76

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 Victory Gardens, NJ the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

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

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Rent vs Own

32.9%
Homeownership
2024
71.1%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 32.9% of the housing units in Victory Gardens, NJ were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 29%.

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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.
$62,550
Median Household Income
± $22,564
677
Number of Households
± 153

In 2024, the median household income of the 677 households in Victory Gardens, NJ grew to $62,550 from the previous year's value of $52,235.

The following chart displays the households in Victory Gardens, 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 $60k - $75k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Victory Gardens, 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 (65.3%)
  2. Carpooled (15.9%)
  3. Other (8.69%)

In 2024, 65.3% of workers in Victory Gardens, NJ drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (15.9%) and those who used some unspecified means to get work (8.69%).

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

24.8 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Victory Gardens, NJ have a shorter commute time (24.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.48% of the workforce in Victory Gardens, 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 Victory Gardens, NJ distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Victory Gardens, NJ have 1 car.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

26.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Victory Gardens, NJ (466 out of 1.76k 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 Females 25 - 34 and then Females 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Victory Gardens, NJ is Hispanic, followed by Other and White.

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

71% of the population of Victory Gardens, NJ has health coverage, with 29.9% on employee plans, 22.3% on Medicaid, 5.63% on Medicare, 13.1% on non-group plans, and 0% 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, 49.1% were men and 50.9% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 19.4% under 18 years, 22.5% between 18 and 34 years, 49.9% between 35 and 64 years, and 8.19% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.1% were men and 50.9% were women.

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Uninsured People

29%
Uninsured
29.9%
Employer Coverage
22.3%
Medicaid
5.63%
Medicare
13.1%
Non-Group
0%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Victory Gardens, NJ declined by 14.3% from 33.8% to 29%.

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