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American Community Survey 2019–2023

Elizabeth area census tracts by residents below the poverty level

Residents below the poverty level is highest in Plainfield city (west) (42.5%). This table ranks 119 eligible mapped census tracts.

Residents below the poverty level values are ACS five-year survey estimates. Percentage and median rankings exclude tracts below 500 residents; this reduces but does not eliminate sampling uncertainty.

#Census tract areaResidents below the poverty level
1Plainfield city (west)42.5%
2Plainfield city (north-northwest)32.8%
3Kean University CDP (southeast 2)29.3%
4Elizabeth city (northwest 2)26.7%
5Kean University CDP (east-southeast 1)25.8%
6Elizabeth city (south-southeast)24%
7Elizabeth city (west-southwest)23.9%
8Elizabeth city (southeast 2)23.1%
9Elizabeth city (north-northwest 1)22.4%
10Roselle borough (east-northeast 3)22%
11Roselle borough (west 2)22%
12Plainfield city (south)21.8%
13Elizabeth city (east-southeast)21.7%
14Elizabeth city (southeast 1)19.8%
15Plainfield city (northeast 2)19.7%
16Kean University CDP (east-northeast 2)18.5%
17Roselle borough (east-northeast 1)18.4%
18Linden city (northeast)17.7%
19Plainfield city (southwest 1)17.5%
20Kean University CDP (southeast 1)16.8%
21Kean University CDP (east-southeast 2)16.7%
22Plainfield city (southwest 2)16.6%
23Elizabeth city (west-northwest)16.3%
24Kean University CDP (north-northwest 1)16.3%
25Fanwood borough (west)15.8%
26Kean University CDP (south-southeast)15%
27Roselle Park borough (west-southwest)14.6%
28Plainfield city (north-northeast)14.1%
29Elizabeth city (north-northwest 2)13.3%
30Roselle borough (west 1)13.3%
31Elizabeth city (south)13.2%
32Linden city (west-northwest)13.1%
33Plainfield city (south-southwest)13.1%
34Linden city (southeast)12.7%
35Kean University CDP (south-southwest 1)11.9%
36Kean University CDP (north 1)11.8%
37Kean University CDP (south 1)11.8%
38Elizabeth city (northwest 1)11.2%
39Rahway city (southeast 2)10.7%
40Linden city (southwest)10.6%
41Plainfield city (north)10.5%
42Vauxhall CDP (north-northwest)9.6%
43Elizabeth city (southwest)9.5%
44Kean University CDP (northeast)9.3%
45Garwood borough (northwest)9.2%
46Plainfield city (east-southeast)9.2%
47Roselle borough (south-southwest)9.2%
48Roselle borough (north)9%
49Springfield CDP (east-northeast)9%
50Kean University CDP (north-northwest 2)8.7%
51Linden city (north-northeast)8.7%
52Springfield CDP (south)8.6%
53Union CDP (east)8.1%
54Kean University CDP (west 2)7.8%
55Roselle borough (east-northeast 2)7.8%
56Kean University CDP (south 2)7.6%
57Rahway city (west-southwest)7.6%
58Union CDP (north-northeast)7.6%
59Union CDP (west-southwest)7.6%
60Elizabeth city (south-southwest)7.5%
61Rahway city (north)7.5%
62Cranford CDP (south-southeast)7.2%
63Roselle borough (west-southwest 2)6.8%
64Union CDP (southeast)6.6%
65Kean University CDP (west 1)6.4%
66Kean University CDP (east-northeast 1)6.3%
67Summit city (west-northwest)6.2%
68Kenilworth borough (southwest)6%
69Rahway city (east)5.9%
70Kean University CDP (north 2)5.8%
71Rahway city (southeast 1)5.8%
72Westfield town (north)5.8%
73Roselle Park borough (south-southeast)5.7%
74Vauxhall CDP (east)5.4%
75Linden city (south)5.3%
76Cranford CDP (north-northwest)5.2%
77Springfield CDP (west-southwest)5%
78Kenilworth borough (northeast)4.8%
79Union CDP (west)4.7%
80Summit city (east)3.8%
81Westfield town (west-northwest)3.8%
82Kenilworth borough (northwest)3.7%
83Rahway city (northwest)3.7%
84Linden city (west-southwest)3.6%
85New Providence borough (southwest)3.6%
86Rahway city (southwest)3.6%
87Westfield town (south)3.6%
88Plainfield city (northeast 1)3.3%
89Roselle borough (south)3.3%
90Summit city (north)3.2%
91Vauxhall CDP (west-southwest)3.2%
92Kenilworth borough (east-northeast)3.1%
93Roselle borough (west-southwest 1)3.1%
94Westfield town (southeast)3.1%
95New Providence borough (north-northeast)3%
96Roselle Park borough (northeast)3%
97Mountainside borough (north-northeast)2.8%
98Roselle borough (northeast)2.6%
99Westfield town (northeast)2.5%
100Garwood borough (east-northeast)2.3%
101Springfield CDP (north)2.3%
102Garwood borough (north)2.2%
103Mountainside borough (southwest)2.2%
104Kean University CDP (southwest)2.1%
105Kenilworth borough (south-southwest)2.1%
106Cranford CDP (east)2%
107Kean University CDP (south-southwest 2)2%
108Summit city (south-southwest)2%
109Garwood borough (south-southeast)1.7%
110New Providence borough (north-northwest)1.7%
111Fanwood borough (north)1.5%
112Garwood borough (south-southwest)1.4%
113New Providence borough (east)1.4%
114Fanwood borough (north-northwest)1.3%
115Mountainside borough (southeast)1.2%
116Roselle Park borough (west)1.2%
117Fanwood borough (southeast)1%
118Mountainside borough (east)1%
119Mountainside borough (west)0.5%

Method and source

Values come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates. Census tracts are small statistical areas, not necessarily neighbourhood boundaries. The result is a descriptive comparison of the mapped area, not a measure of individual households or a prediction. Read about the American Community Survey.