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New Jersey·Passaic County
17 tracts·70K people·$430K median·22,344/mi²
Hispanic 73 · White 14 · Black 7 · Asian 4 · Multiracial 1 · Other 1
Other 44 · Married couple 33 · Living alone 23
Professional 37 · Health 26 · Retail 18 · Manufacturing 8 · Public admin 4 · Leisure 3 · Other 2
Production · transport 26 · Management · business · science · arts 24 · Service 23 · Sales · office 17 · Construction · maintenance 9
Drive alone 49 · Carpool 34 · Transit 12 · Walk 10 · Work from home 9 · Bike 1
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Passaic is $429,900 (Census ACS) — 0.9× the US median of $458,812.
Passaic has 70,002 residents across 17 census tracts and 13 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 31.9; the population is 73.3% Hispanic or Latino, 14.1% White, 6.8% Black, 4.4% Asian, 0.7% Multiracial and 0.6% Other; the average household has 3.3 people; 16.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 22.9% (Census ACS).
Daniel F. Ryan Elementary School No. 19 (22%), Thomas Jefferson School No. 1 (22%) and Mario Drago School No. 3 (20%) lead the elementary schools; Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 (61%), Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 (16%) and Muhammad Ali School Number 23 (7%) lead the middle schools; Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering (59%), Passaic Preparatory Academy (43%) and Passaic High School No. 12 (9%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,465/month, 7% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Passaic is $55,371 a year, 36% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Passaic, median rent is $1,465/month and the median home value is $429,900 (Census ACS).
Passaic reported 6.3 violent crimes and 22.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 84°F; winter lows average 27°F; there are 90 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 49 inches; snowfall averages 24 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Passaic are inland flooding (93), strong wind (87) and winter weather (87), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.34g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Passaic, 10.3% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).