Carteret, New Jersey demographics

Carteret, NJ demographics: median age 38.2; 30.1% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Carteret borough, New Jersey · Incorporated borough · GEOID 3410750. The survey estimates a population of 25,496 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Carteret is 38.2 years, with a 90% margin of error of 2.9 years. There are 8,224 households (±377). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	38.2 ±2.9	40.1 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 25,496
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Under 18	6,018 ±810	23.6% ±3.2 pp	21.8%	22.0%
18–34	6,037 ±797	23.7% ±3.1 pp	21.3%	22.8%
35–64	9,768 ±896	38.3% ±3.5 pp	39.7%	38.0%
65 and older	3,673 ±557	14.4% ±2.2 pp	17.2%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 25,496
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Male	12,344 ±623	48.4% ±2.4 pp	49.2%	49.5%
Female	13,152 ±616	51.6% ±2.4 pp	50.8%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 25,496
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
White alone	5,362 ±824	21.0% ±3.2 pp	54.0%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	4,982 ±993	19.5% ±3.9 pp	12.8%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	235 ±217 · low precision	0.9% ±0.9 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.9%
Asian alone	6,651 ±1,102	26.1% ±4.3 pp	10.1%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	57 ±64 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	3,568 ±945	14.0% ±3.7 pp	10.1%	7.1%
Two or more races	4,641 ±1,002	18.2% ±3.9 pp	12.4%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 25,496
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,782 ±973	65.8% ±3.8 pp	77.5%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8,714 ±970	34.2% ±3.8 pp	22.5%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 8,224
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Married-couple family	4,008 ±370	48.7% ±3.9 pp	49.8%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	463 ±166	5.6% ±2.0 pp	5.1%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	1,765 ±350	21.5% ±4.1 pp	12.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	1,747 ±367	21.2% ±4.4 pp	26.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	241 ±111	2.9% ±1.3 pp	5.8%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 8,224
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Households with people under 18	3,134 ±324	38.1% ±3.5 pp	31.2%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	5,090 ±491	61.9% ±5.3 pp	68.8%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 8,224
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	1,747 ±367	21.2% ±4.4 pp	26.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	1,858 ±317	22.6% ±3.7 pp	31.1%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,639 ±384	19.9% ±4.6 pp	17.1%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,281 ±318	15.6% ±3.8 pp	15.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	781 ±286	9.5% ±3.5 pp	6.3%	5.9%
Six-person households	453 ±155	5.5% ±1.9 pp	2.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	465 ±237 · low precision	5.7% ±2.9 pp · low precision	1.6%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 25,496
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Native	16,905 ±1,042	66.3% ±4.1 pp	76.1%	85.9%
Foreign born	8,591 ±1,052	33.7% ±4.1 pp	23.9%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 23,754
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
English only	10,706 ±1,291	45.1% ±5.4 pp	66.9%	77.7%
Spanish	6,296 ±1,312	26.5% ±5.5 pp	17.2%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	618 ±657 · low precision	2.6% ±2.8 pp · low precision	1.1%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	13 ±26 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	173 ±125 · low precision	0.7% ±0.5 pp · low precision	1.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	4,712 ±922	19.8% ±3.9 pp	5.6%	2.0%
Korean	24 ±25 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	169 ±201 · low precision	0.7% ±0.8 pp · low precision	1.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	6 ±10 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	514 ±288 · low precision	2.2% ±1.2 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	282 ±228 · low precision	1.2% ±1.0 pp · low precision	1.6%	1.1%
Arabic	41 ±57 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	200 ±153 · low precision	0.8% ±0.6 pp · low precision	1.1%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 16,795
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	2,448 ±483	14.6% ±2.8 pp	9.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	5,620 ±741	33.5% ±4.2 pp	25.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	2,506 ±456	14.9% ±2.7 pp	15.0%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,168 ±379	7.0% ±2.2 pp	6.7%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	3,591 ±567	21.4% ±3.3 pp	26.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1,462 ±331	8.7% ±1.9 pp	17.6%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 25,265
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Same house	23,583 ±432	93.3% ±1.6 pp	90.4%	87.7%
Moved within same county	842 ±437 · low precision	3.3% ±1.7 pp · low precision	4.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	184 ±120 · low precision	0.7% ±0.5 pp · low precision	2.5%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	304 ±178 · low precision	1.2% ±0.7 pp · low precision	1.8%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	352 ±229 · low precision	1.4% ±0.9 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

8.7% of Carteret residents (±2.9 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 7.5% in New Jersey and 8.4% nationally. 92.6% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Carteret	New Jersey	U.S.	Compared with New Jersey
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	8.7% ±2.9 pp	7.5%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	92.6% ±5.9 pp	92.8%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	3.7% ±1.1 pp	3.7%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Carteret . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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