Demographics of Passaic city, New Jersey

Passaic city, New Jersey had 71,337 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +1,024 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Passaic city, in four figures

71,337
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 70,002 ±40.; +1.5%
Change since July 2020: +1,024 people.; 31.9 ±1.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $55,371 ±$3,988
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Passaic city, New Jersey's population grew 1.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Passaic city, New Jersey's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Passaic city, New Jersey's population grew 1.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Passaic city, New Jersey's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	70,313	100.0	100.0
2021	69,732	99.2	100.2
2022	69,563	98.9	100.7
2023	70,312	100.0	101.6
2024	71,317	101.4	102.5
2025	71,337	101.5	103.1

Population of Passaic city, New Jersey on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	70,313	—
2021	69,732	−581
2022	69,563	−169
2023	70,312	+749
2024	71,317	+1,005
2025	71,337	+20

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 31.9 ±1.2: for men 31.2 ±1.8 and for women 32.5 ±1.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Passaic city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	New Jersey	United States
Under 5	4,971 ±613	7.1% ±0.9	5.6% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	16,080 ±921	23.0% ±1.3	16.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	8,309 ±701	11.9% ±1.0	8.4% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	18,326 ±912	26.2% ±1.3	26.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	15,015 ±859	21.4% ±1.2	26.5% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	7,301 ±697	10.4% ±1.0	17.2% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $55,371 ±$3,988, and income per person $24,489 ±$938, in 2024 dollars. The median is $103,556 ±$513 in New Jersey and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Passaic city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	New Jersey	United States
Under $25,000	4,625 ±539	21.9% ±2.5	11.6% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	4,974 ±570	23.5% ±2.6	12.8% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	3,722 ±444	17.6% ±2.0	12.8% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	2,712 ±457	12.8% ±2.1	11.3% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,616 ±388	12.4% ±1.8	18.1% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,040 ±205	4.9% ±1.0	11.8% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,462 ±210	6.9% ±1.0	21.6% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Passaic city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	New Jersey	United States
All ages	15,929 ±1,549	22.9% ±2.2	9.7% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	6,708 ±681	32.1% ±2.7	13.0% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	7,119 ±814	18.6% ±2.0	8.6% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	2,102 ±370	20.1% ±3.1	9.3% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Passaic city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Passaic city	New Jersey	United States
Housing units	21,693 ±554	3,791,354 ±469	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	97.5% ±0.9	92.5% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	2.5% ±0.8	7.5% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	23.8% ±1.9	63.8% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	76.2% ±1.8	36.2% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$429,900 ±$22,327	$454,400 ±$1,150	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,465 ±$40	$1,720 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	At the edge of the top or bottom interval	1970 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Passaic city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	New Jersey	United States
Hispanic or Latino	51,341 ±1,347	73.3% ±1.9	22.5% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	9,854 ±956	14.1% ±1.4	50.9% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	4,789 ±1,062	6.8% ±1.5	12.2% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	3,093 ±670	4.4% ±1.0	10.0% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 38	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 33	0% to < 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	141 to 659	0.2% to 0.9%	0.8% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	510 ±202	0.7% ±0.3	3.5% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Passaic city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	New Jersey	United States
Born in the state	30,815 ±1,073	44.0% ±1.5	50.8% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	6,802 ±748	9.7% ±1.1	22.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	3,408 ±535	4.9% ±0.8	2.6% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	28,977 ±1,102	41.4% ±1.6	23.9% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	10,399 ±751	14.9% ±1.1	13.5% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	18,578 ±1,214	26.5% ±1.7	10.5% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Passaic city among the places of New Jersey

11th of 295 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the New Jersey page.

Places of New Jersey near Passaic city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Trenton city	90,338 ±38
Clifton city	89,379 ±57
Bayonne city	71,553 ±58
Camden city	71,496 ±93
East Orange city	70,090 ±73
Passaic city	70,002 ±40
Lakewood CDP	69,585 ±3,855
Union City city	66,463 ±59
Vineland city	61,006 ±42
Hoboken city	58,668 ±56
New Brunswick city	56,345 ±62

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Passaic city, New Jersey

Rankings this appears in

No. 3 Places in New Jersey by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 5 Places in New Jersey by poverty rate
No. 19 Places in New Jersey by foreign-born share
No. 100 Places by foreign-born share
No. 137 Places in New Jersey by median home value
No. 171 Places by Hispanic or Latino share

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026