Woodbury Heights, NJ

Census Place

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2024 Population
3,117
US Senator
Cory Booker
Democratic Party
US Senator
Andy Kim
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
44.6
4.21% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
4.15%
20.7% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$123,083
5.39% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$283,400
9% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
1,662
0.419% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Woodbury Heights, 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.

99.2% of the residents in Woodbury Heights, NJ are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Woodbury Heights, NJ was $283,400, and the homeownership rate was 96.1%.

Most people in Woodbury Heights, NJ drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 24 minutes. The average car ownership in Woodbury Heights, NJ was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Woodbury Heights, NJ is home to a population of 3.12k people, from which 99.2% are citizens. As of 2024, 2.5% of Woodbury Heights, NJ residents were born outside of the country (78 people).

In 2024, there were 24.2 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (2.68k people) in Woodbury Heights, NJ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 111 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 73 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

99.2%
2024 Citizenship
99.5%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.2% of Woodbury Heights, NJ residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Woodbury Heights, NJ was 99.5%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Woodbury Heights, NJ
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    2.68k ± 173
  2. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    111 ± 114
  3. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    73 ± 69
6.1%
Hispanic Population
190 people

In 2024, there were 24.2 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (2.68k people) in Woodbury Heights, NJ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 111 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 73 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

6.1% of the people in Woodbury Heights, NJ are hispanic (190 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Woodbury Heights, 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

2.5%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
78 people
1.89%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
59 people

As of 2024, 2.5% of Woodbury Heights, NJ residents (78 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 Woodbury Heights, NJ was 1.89%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    77 ± 44
  2. Korea
    43 ± 44
  3. Gulf War (2001-)
    41 ± 38

Woodbury Heights, NJ has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.79 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Woodbury Heights, NJ employs 1.66k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Woodbury Heights, NJ were Educational Services (323 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (240 people), and Retail Trade (172 people), and the highest paying industries were Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($140,156), Manufacturing ($117,422), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($73,500).

Occupations

1.66k
2024 Value
± 184
−0.419%
1 Year decline
± 15.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Woodbury Heights, NJ declined at a rate of −0.419%, from 1.67k employees to 1.66k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Woodbury Heights, NJ, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (271 people), Management Occupations (212 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (190 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Woodbury Heights, 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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Employment by Industries

1.66k
2024 Value
± 184
−0.419%
1 Year decline
± 15.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Woodbury Heights, NJ declined at a rate of −0.419%, from 1.67k employees to 1.66k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Woodbury Heights, NJ, are Educational Services (323 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (240 people), and Retail Trade (172 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Woodbury Heights, NJ, though some of these residents may live in Woodbury Heights, 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

$72,198
Median earning men ± $15,998
$54,290
Median earning women ± $4,197

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Manufacturing ($125,234), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($90,750), and Public Administration ($75,313).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($64,583), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($59,792), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($59,000).

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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 Woodbury Heights, NJ was $283,400 in 2024, which is 0.852 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $260,000 to $283,400, a 9% increase. The homeownership rate in Woodbury Heights, NJ is 96.1%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Woodbury Heights, NJ have an average commute time of 24 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Woodbury Heights, NJ is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Property

$283,400
Median Property Value 2024
±$16,520
$1,039
Median Property Taxes
±$121

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

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

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Rent vs Own

96.1%
Homeownership
2024
53.2%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 96.1% of the housing units in Woodbury Heights, NJ were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 94.7%.

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$123,083
Median Household Income
± $12,519
1.08k
Number of Households
± 138

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.08k households in Woodbury Heights, NJ declined from $123,083 from the previous year's value of $130,101.

The following chart displays the households in Woodbury Heights, 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 $150k - $200k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Woodbury Heights, 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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Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (82.2%)
  2. Worked At Home (6%)
  3. Carpooled (5.5%)

In 2024, 82.2% of workers in Woodbury Heights, NJ drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (6%) and those who carpooled to work (5.5%).

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 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Woodbury Heights, NJ have a shorter commute time (24 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0.789% of the workforce in Woodbury Heights, NJ have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Woodbury Heights, NJ distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Woodbury Heights, NJ have 2 cars.

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Poverty & Diversity

4.15% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Woodbury Heights, NJ (129 out of 3.11k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 18 - 24, followed by Males 55 - 64 and then Females 55 - 64.

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

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

95% of the population of Woodbury Heights, NJ has health coverage, with 63.5% on employee plans, 6.54% on Medicaid, 15.9% on Medicare, 8.47% on non-group plans, and 0.642% 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, 52.5% were men and 47.5% were women.

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 21.4% under 18 years, 19.2% between 18 and 34 years, 40.1% between 35 and 64 years, and 19.3% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 52.5% were men and 47.5% were women.

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Uninsured People

5%
Uninsured
63.5%
Employer Coverage
6.54%
Medicaid
15.9%
Medicare
8.47%
Non-Group
0.642%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Woodbury Heights, NJ grew by 6.82% from 4.69% to 5%.

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