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Garfield, NJ (New Jersey) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $443,611 (it was $178,400 in 2000)
Garfield:

$443,611
New Jersey:

$428,900
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $331,809 - $556,392

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $395,360
Here:

$395,360
State:

$537,591

Townhouses or other attached units: $364,663
Here:

$364,663
State:

$381,113

In 2-unit structures: $543,433
Here:

$543,433
State:

$444,476

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $667,935
Here:

$667,935
State:

$457,463

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $250,563
Here:

$250,563
State:

$368,745

Mobile homes: $361,238
Here:

$361,238
State:

$119,788

Total population: 31,486 (Urban population: 29,786, Rural population: 0)

Houses: 12,206 (11,616 occupied: 5,437 owner occupied, 6,240 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

53%
State:

35%

Housing density: 5,727 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $4,276,343.

Median contract rent in 2022: $1,317 (lower quartile is $1,030, upper quartile is $1,678)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,497


Median gross rent in Garfield, NJ in 2022: $1,466

Housing units in Garfield with a mortgage: 3,174 (135 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 125 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 101

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $104,401

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $65,837

Median monthly housing costs: $1,523

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Garfield, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1951

Median year apartment built: 1958

Household type by relationship:

Households: 32,463
  • Male householders: 5,856 (1,170 living alone), Female householders: 5,684 (1,138 living alone)
  • 5,461 spouses (5,435 opposite-sex spouses), 940 unmarried partners, (866 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 10,310 children (10,005 natural, 32 adopted, 271 stepchildren), 482 grandchildren, 442 brothers or sisters, 979 parents, 58 foster children, 996 other relatives, 1,210 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 37

Size of family households: 2,724 2-persons, 2,588 3-persons, 1,811 4-persons, 782 5-persons, 405 6-persons, 376 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,387 1-person, 573 2-persons, 73 3-persons, 10 4-persons.

4,070 married couples with children.
1,595 single-parent households (245 men, 1,350 women).

32.4% of residents of Garfield speak English at home.
38.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
26.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other language at home (49% speak English very well, 45% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 15,501 (47.7%)
(58.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

5.6
State:

6.8

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.3
State:

3.9

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Garfield, New Jersey
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Garfield, New Jersey
  • 29no bedroom
  • 3301 bedroom
  • 2,0912 bedrooms
  • 1,9753 bedrooms
  • 7124 bedrooms
  • 3005+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Garfield, New Jersey
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Garfield, New Jersey
  • 257no bedroom
  • 1,7941 bedroom
  • 2,7022 bedrooms
  • 1,2893 bedrooms
  • 1114 bedrooms
  • 885+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Garfield in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Garfield in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 323no vehicle
  • 1,6831 vehicle
  • 2,1412 vehicles
  • 9533 vehicles
  • 3244 vehicles
  • 145+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Garfield in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Garfield in renter-occupied apartments
  • 792no vehicle
  • 2,8801 vehicle
  • 1,8992 vehicles
  • 5903 vehicles
  • 654 vehicles
  • 155+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Garfield, New Jersey
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Garfield, New Jersey
  • 131 room
  • 992 rooms
  • 2423 rooms
  • 5434 rooms
  • 1,5185 rooms
  • 1,5116 rooms
  • 5967 rooms
  • 4568 rooms
  • 4599+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Garfield, New Jersey
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Garfield, New Jersey
  • 2411 room
  • 2542 rooms
  • 1,0673 rooms
  • 1,6884 rooms
  • 1,7965 rooms
  • 9066 rooms
  • 2507 rooms
  • 198 rooms
  • 199+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Garfield, NJ
  • Garfield, NJ household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Garfield, NJ in 2022
  • 523Less than $10,000
  • 869$10,000 to $19,999
  • 893$20,000 to $29,999
  • 1,202$30,000 to $39,999
  • 685$40,000 to $49,999
  • 812$50,000 to $59,999
  • 1,299$60,000 to $74,999
  • 1,686$75,000 to $99,999
  • 1,192$100,000 to $124,999
  • 801$125,000 to $149,999
  • 775$150,000 to $199,999
  • 1,104$200,000 or more
  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Garfield, NJ

  • Distribution of house value in Garfield, NJ in 2022
  • 151Less than $10,000
  • 43$10,000 to $14,999
  • 6$40,000 to $49,999
  • 8$100,000 to $124,999
  • 48$125,000 to $149,999
  • 75$150,000 to $174,999
  • 38$175,000 to $199,999
  • 192$200,000 to $249,999
  • 402$250,000 to $299,999
  • 1,222$300,000 to $399,999
  • 1,216$400,000 to $499,999
  • 1,769$500,000 to $749,999
  • 160$750,000 to $999,999
  • 14$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
  • 25$2,000,000 or more
  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Garfield, NJ

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Garfield, NJ in 2022
  • 10$100 to $149
  • 9$150 to $199
  • 158$200 to $249
  • 47$250 to $299
  • 52$300 to $349
  • 120$350 to $399
  • 24$400 to $449
  • 81$500 to $549
  • 52$550 to $599
  • 14$650 to $699
  • 111$700 to $749
  • 52$750 to $799
  • 226$800 to $899
  • 422$900 to $999
  • 1,353$1,000 to $1,249
  • 1,207$1,250 to $1,499
  • 1,802$1,500 to $1,999
  • 243$2,000 to $2,499
  • 140$2,500 to $2,999
  • 28$3,000 to $3,499
  • 8$3,500 or more
  • 58No cash rent
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 60.4%
Number of people working at home: 1,222 (7.2% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 291
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 793
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 3,197
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 1,932
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 1,908
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 1,201
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 2,293
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 331
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 534
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 1,446
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 1,045
  • 90 or more minutes: 404
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Garfield

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 4,481 (60.9%)
  • Carpooled: 612 (8.3%)
  • Bus: 147 (2.0%)
  • Ferryboat: 7 (0.1%)
  • Taxi: 237 (3.2%)
  • Bicycle: 54 (0.7%)
  • Walked: 561 (7.6%)
  • Worked at home: 1,222 (16.6%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 3.9%Males
  • 5.0%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 6.6%Males
  • Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
  • 100.0%Males
  • Unemployment rate for Asian residents
  • 3.7%Males
  • 3.4%Females
  • Unemployment rate for other race residents
  • 0.2%Males
  • 6.8%Females
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 3.3%Males
  • 2.3%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 1.7%Males
  • 3.3%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Garfield, New Jersey
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Garfield, New Jersey
  • 4,7652010 or later
  • 3,7472000 to 2009
  • 3,7991990 to 1999
  • 2,9911980 to 1989
  • 1,3581970 to 1979
  • 1,499Before 1970
Ancestries in Garfield, NJ

First ancestries reported:

  • Polish: 4,373 (20.7%)
  • Italian: 1,470 (6.9%)
  • Macedonian: 732 (3.5%)
  • Albanian: 530 (2.5%)
  • American: 366 (1.7%)
  • Turkish: 341 (1.6%)
  • Yugoslavian: 244 (1.2%)
  • Irish: 243 (1.1%)
  • Jamaican: 229 (1.1%)
  • German: 209 (1.0%)
  • Portuguese: 187 (0.9%)
  • Bulgarian: 173 (0.8%)
  • Hungarian: 159 (0.8%)
  • Ukrainian: 156 (0.7%)
  • Slovak: 132 (0.6%)
  • Egyptian: 114 (0.5%)
  • Moroccan: 101 (0.5%)
  • Russian: 94 (0.4%)
  • English: 87 (0.4%)
  • Haitian: 86 (0.4%)
  • Syrian: 65 (0.3%)
  • Dutch: 63 (0.3%)
  • Slovene: 59 (0.3%)
  • Brazilian: 51 (0.2%)
  • Greek: 46 (0.2%)
  • Romanian: 41 (0.2%)
  • Croatian: 37 (0.2%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 27 (0.1%)
  • British West Indian: 23 (0.1%)
  • Scottish: 16 (0.08%)
  • Jordanian: 15 (0.07%)
  • Czech: 14 (0.07%)
  • British: 12 (0.06%)
  • Armenian: 11 (0.05%)
  • Czechoslovakian: 10 (0.05%)
  • Lebanese: 8 (0.04%)
  • Norwegian: 8 (0.04%)
  • Eastern European: 8 (0.04%)
  • Serbian: 7 (0.03%)
  • Iranian: 6 (0.03%)
  • European: 6 (0.03%)
  • French: 3 (0.01%)
  • Austrian: 2 (0.01%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Poland
Garfield:

19.0% (2,941)
New Jersey:

2.3% (48,811)

Dominican Republic
Garfield:

13.6% (2,113)
New Jersey:

9.7% (209,055)

Peru
Garfield:

9.6% (1,482)
New Jersey:

2.7% (58,563)

Mexico
Garfield:

6.9% (1,067)
New Jersey:

4.8% (102,527)

Colombia
Garfield:

6.4% (985)
New Jersey:

4.2% (90,817)

North Macedonia (Macedonia)
Garfield:

5.3% (826)
New Jersey:

0.2% (5,094)

Cuba
Garfield:

4.6% (716)
New Jersey:

2.1% (45,435)

Albania
Garfield:

3.0% (465)
New Jersey:

0.3% (6,130)

Ecuador
Garfield:

2.8% (430)
New Jersey:

4.4% (95,275)

Other Eastern Europe
Garfield:

2.4% (373)
New Jersey:

0.4% (7,791)

Turkey
Garfield:

2.2% (340)
New Jersey:

0.8% (16,778)

El Salvador
Garfield:

2.1% (323)
New Jersey:

2.3% (48,885)

Italy
Garfield:

1.7% (262)
New Jersey:

1.5% (33,198)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 12,947
  • Other state: 3,282
  • Northeast: 2,768
  • Midwest: 77
  • South: 309
  • West: 118

92.4% of Garfield residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34.9% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 54.7% lived in New Jersey.


Garfield:

92.4%
State average:

90.4%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 674
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 144
  • 5th and 6th grade: 242
  • 7th and 8th grade: 217
  • 9th grade: 81
  • 10th grade: 80
  • 11th grade: 215
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 373
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,575
  • Less than 1 year of college: 564
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 983
  • Associate degree: 1,203
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,545
  • Master's degree: 549
  • Professional school degree: 136
  • Doctorate degree: 275
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 585
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 64
  • 5th and 6th grade: 251
  • 7th and 8th grade: 219
  • 9th grade: 27
  • 10th grade: 87
  • 11th grade: 92
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 234
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,225
  • Less than 1 year of college: 811
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 935
  • Associate degree: 924
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,653
  • Master's degree: 756
  • Professional school degree: 104
  • Doctorate degree: 121
Educational Attainment for Females
Garfield marital status for males
Garfield marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 2,564
  • One, attached: 742
  • Two: 5,870
  • 3 or 4: 1,290
  • 5 to 9: 597
  • 10 to 19: 288
  • 20 to 49: 355
  • 50 or more: 470
  • Mobile homes: 26
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.5%

House/condo owner moved in on average 16 years ago

Renter moved in on average 5 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Garfield
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Garfield, NJ
  • 84.0%Utility gas
  • 7.8%Electricity
  • 4.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 3.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.6%Other fuel
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Garfield, NJ
  • 78.3%Utility gas
  • 15.9%Electricity
  • 3.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 1.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 1.0%No fuel used
  • 0.2%Other fuel

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 272
Here:

10.1%
New Jersey:

12.3%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 56
Here:

4.8%
New Jersey:

13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 359
Here:

23.4%
New Jersey:

33.2%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability