Perth Amboy.
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New Jersey·Middlesex County
12 tracts·56K people·$371K median·11,981/mi²
Hispanic 84 · White 8 · Black 6 · Asian 1 · Multiracial 1 · Other 1
Other 40 · Married couple 36 · Living alone 24
Health 34 · Retail 23 · Professional 21 · Manufacturing 10 · Leisure 4 · Public admin 3 · Other 4
Production · transport 36 · Management · business · science · arts 20 · Sales · office 19 · Service 16 · Construction · maintenance 8
Drive alone 60 · Carpool 26 · Walk 7 · Work from home 5 · Transit 3 · Bike 0
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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 Perth Amboy is $370,600 (Census ACS) — 0.8× the US median of $458,812.
Perth Amboy has 55,855 residents across 12 census tracts and 4 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 37.9; the population is 83.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% White, 6.0% Black, 1.3% Asian, 0.7% Multiracial and 0.6% Other; the average household has 2.9 people; 15.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 20.2% (Census ACS).
Middlesex County STEM Charter School (34%), Rose M. Lopez Elementary School (28%) and Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School (26%) lead the elementary schools; Samuel E. Shull Middle School (21%) and William C. McGinnis Middle School (19%) lead the middle schools; Perth Amboy Magnet School (51%), Perth Amboy High School (26%) and Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School (5%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,688/month, 7% above the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Perth Amboy is $61,977 a year, 28% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Perth Amboy, median rent is $1,688/month and the median home value is $370,600 (Census ACS).
Perth Amboy reported 3.7 violent crimes and 16.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 84°F; winter lows average 29°F; there are 97 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 49 inches; snowfall averages 21 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Perth Amboy are winter weather (90), strong wind (90) and ice storm (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 Perth Amboy, 6.5% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).