North Arlington, New Jersey demographics

North Arlington, NJ demographics: median age 40.1; 38.3% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · North Arlington borough, New Jersey · Incorporated borough · GEOID 3452320. The survey estimates a population of 16,461 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in North Arlington is 40.1 years, with a 90% margin of error of 2.1 years. There are 6,649 households (±355). 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	40.1 ±2.1	40.1 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 16,461
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Under 18	3,021 ±498	18.4% ±3.0 pp	21.8%	22.0%
18–34	3,907 ±578	23.7% ±3.5 pp	21.3%	22.8%
35–64	6,650 ±723	40.4% ±4.4 pp	39.7%	38.0%
65 and older	2,883 ±420	17.5% ±2.6 pp	17.2%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 16,461
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Male	7,907 ±334	48.0% ±2.0 pp	49.2%	49.5%
Female	8,554 ±339	52.0% ±2.1 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: 16,461
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
White alone	9,965 ±954	60.5% ±5.8 pp	54.0%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	743 ±449 · low precision	4.5% ±2.7 pp · low precision	12.8%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	95 ±125 · low precision	0.6% ±0.8 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.9%
Asian alone	1,543 ±480	9.4% ±2.9 pp	10.1%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	29 ±47 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	1,580 ±507	9.6% ±3.1 pp	10.1%	7.1%
Two or more races	2,506 ±690	15.2% ±4.2 pp	12.4%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 16,461
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,468 ±677	69.7% ±4.1 pp	77.5%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4,993 ±678	30.3% ±4.1 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: 6,649
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Married-couple family	3,461 ±365	52.1% ±4.7 pp	49.8%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	385 ±157	5.8% ±2.3 pp	5.1%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	729 ±209	11.0% ±3.1 pp	12.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	1,723 ±361	25.9% ±5.3 pp	26.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	351 ±183 · low precision	5.3% ±2.7 pp · low precision	5.8%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 6,649
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Households with people under 18	1,872 ±279	28.2% ±3.9 pp	31.2%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	4,777 ±506	71.8% ±6.6 pp	68.8%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 6,649
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	1,723 ±361	25.9% ±5.3 pp	26.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	2,262 ±406	34.0% ±5.8 pp	31.1%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,315 ±289	19.8% ±4.2 pp	17.1%	15.3%
Four-person households	914 ±207	13.7% ±3.0 pp	15.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	379 ±153	5.7% ±2.3 pp	6.3%	5.9%
Six-person households	39 ±51 · low precision	0.6% ±0.8 pp · low precision	2.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	17 ±35 · low precision	0.3% ±0.5 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: 16,461
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Native	11,502 ±604	69.9% ±3.7 pp	76.1%	85.9%
Foreign born	4,959 ±607	30.1% ±3.7 pp	23.9%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 15,591
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
English only	8,224 ±785	52.7% ±4.9 pp	66.9%	77.7%
Spanish	3,978 ±695	25.5% ±4.4 pp	17.2%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	0 ±22 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.1%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	16 ±28 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	493 ±290 · low precision	3.2% ±1.9 pp · low precision	1.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,500 ±451	9.6% ±2.9 pp	5.6%	2.0%
Korean	69 ±86 · low precision	0.4% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	262 ±237 · low precision	1.7% ±1.5 pp · low precision	1.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±22 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	162 ±106 · low precision	1.0% ±0.7 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	467 ±278 · low precision	3.0% ±1.8 pp · low precision	1.6%	1.1%
Arabic	397 ±198	2.5% ±1.3 pp	0.9%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	23 ±37 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 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: 12,302
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	993 ±312	8.1% ±2.5 pp	9.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	3,940 ±497	32.0% ±3.9 pp	25.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	1,753 ±423	14.2% ±3.4 pp	15.0%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	906 ±232	7.4% ±1.9 pp	6.7%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	3,003 ±527	24.4% ±4.2 pp	26.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1,707 ±379	13.9% ±3.0 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: 16,080
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Same house	14,488 ±579	90.1% ±3.4 pp	90.4%	87.7%
Moved within same county	461 ±230	2.9% ±1.4 pp	4.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	653 ±267	4.1% ±1.7 pp	2.5%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	260 ±169 · low precision	1.6% ±1.1 pp · low precision	1.8%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	218 ±116 · low precision	1.4% ±0.7 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

6.6% of North Arlington residents (±1.9 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 7.5% in New Jersey and 8.4% nationally. 92.7% 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	North Arlington	New Jersey	U.S.	Compared with New Jersey
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	6.6% ±1.9 pp	7.5%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	92.7% ±6.7 pp	92.8%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	3.6% ±1.3 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 North Arlington . 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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