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American Community Survey 2019–2023

Newark area census tracts by residents below the poverty level

Residents below the poverty level is highest in Newark city (southeast 2) (85.7%). This table ranks 210 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
1Newark city (southeast 2)85.7%
2Newark city (west-southwest 7)60.5%
3Newark city (south-southwest 10)58%
4Newark city (south-southeast 2)52.8%
5Newark city (south 1)51.3%
6Newark city (southwest 1)46.5%
7Newark city (south 2)45.8%
8Newark city (south 4)42.8%
9Newark city (north 3)42.3%
10Newark city (north-northwest 3)41.1%
11East Orange city (south-southeast)40.8%
12Newark city (south-southwest 8)40.4%
13Newark city (northwest 1)39.9%
14Newark city (southwest 3)38.9%
15Newark city (south-southeast 4)38.3%
16Newark city (west 6)35.9%
17Newark city (north-northeast 5)35.8%
18Newark city (west-southwest 6)35.8%
19Newark city (north 2)34.9%
20Newark city (south-southwest 2)34.4%
21Newark city (north-northeast 6)33.6%
22Unincorporated (south 12)33.6%
23Newark city (south-southwest 3)33.4%
24Newark city (south 5)33.3%
25Newark city (north-northeast 4)33.2%
26Newark city (south-southeast 1)33.1%
27Newark city (southeast 1)32.8%
28Newark city (east 2)32.3%
29Unincorporated (south 6)32.3%
30Newark city (north 1)32%
31Newark city (north-northeast 1)31.8%
32Newark city (north-northeast 3)31.1%
33Newark city (northeast)30.8%
34Newark city (west-southwest 2)30.5%
35Newark city (northwest 2)30%
36East Orange city (north 1)29.8%
37East Orange city (east 2)29%
38Newark city (west-southwest 4)29%
39Newark city (east 6)28.9%
40Newark city (south-southwest 6)28.3%
41Unincorporated (north-northeast 3)28.3%
42Newark city (south-southeast 3)27.7%
43East Orange city (east-northeast 1)27.6%
44Newark city (east-northeast 2)27.5%
45Newark city (west 3)26.7%
46Unincorporated (south-southeast 3)26.6%
47Unincorporated (south-southeast 8)26.6%
48Newark city (southeast 4)26.5%
49Unincorporated (south 7)26.3%
50Newark city (east-southeast 3)25.9%
51Newark city (south-southwest 4)25.4%
52Newark city (west 2)25.4%
53Newark city (north 5)25.3%
54Newark city (north 9)25.3%
55Unincorporated (east-southeast)24.6%
56East Orange city (south)24.5%
57East Orange city (southeast)24.1%
58Newark city (north-northwest 1)24.1%
59Newark city (south-southwest 9)24.1%
60Newark city (east-northeast 1)23.4%
61Unincorporated (south-southeast 6)23.2%
62Unincorporated (south-southeast 2)22.9%
63Newark city (southwest 2)21.8%
64Newark city (west 1)21.6%
65Newark city (east-southeast 4)21.4%
66Newark city (east-southeast 1)20.7%
67Unincorporated (south-southeast 4)20.7%
68Unincorporated (south-southeast 7)20.6%
69Newark city (south 6)20%
70Unincorporated (south 4)19.6%
71Newark city (north-northwest 2)19.5%
72Newark city (south 3)19.5%
73East Orange city (south-southwest 1)19.3%
74East Orange city (east 1)19%
75Unincorporated (south 8)18.9%
76Newark city (west 7)18.7%
77Newark city (north 10)18.6%
78Unincorporated (south 1)18.6%
79Newark city (north 7)17.9%
80Ampere North CDP17.7%
81Newark city (north 6)17.3%
82Newark city (east 3)17.1%
83Newark city (north 11)17%
84Newark city (west-southwest 5)17%
85Newark city (east 7)16.9%
86Newark city (southeast 5)16.8%
87Newark city (west 4)16.7%
88Unincorporated (south-southeast 11)16.7%
89Newark city (north 12)16.5%
90Unincorporated (south 11)16.4%
91Unincorporated (east-northeast 3)16.3%
92Unincorporated (south-southwest 1)16.3%
93Newark city (north 13)16.2%
94Newark city (south-southwest 1)16.1%
95Newark city (southwest 4)16%
96Unincorporated (south-southeast 5)15.9%
97Newark city (south-southwest 5)15.6%
98Newark city (east-southeast 5)15.5%
99Newark city (north-northeast 9)15.5%
100Unincorporated (east-northeast 4)15.5%
101Newark city (east 5)15.4%
102Llewellyn Park CDP (east-southeast)15.3%
103Newark city (east 1)15.1%
104Newark city (north-northeast 7)14.9%
105East Orange city (east-northeast 2)14.8%
106Newark city (west-southwest 3)14.8%
107Unincorporated (south-southeast 9)14.8%
108Watsessing CDP (north)14.6%
109East Orange city (south-southwest 2)14.4%
110Unincorporated (north-northeast 4)14.4%
111Newark city (east 4)14.3%
112Unincorporated (south-southeast 10)14.3%
113Unincorporated (west-southwest 4)14.3%
114Newark city (north 4)14.1%
115Newark city (north-northeast 2)13.6%
116Newark city (west-southwest 1)13.4%
117Newark city (east-southeast 6)13.3%
118Unincorporated (northeast 8)13%
119Newark city (north 8)12.3%
120East Orange city (southwest 2)11.8%
121East Orange city (west)11.8%
122Unincorporated (east-northeast 5)11.7%
123Unincorporated (south 10)11.5%
124Newark city (west-northwest 2)11.4%
125Llewellyn Park CDP (north-northeast)11.3%
126Silver Lake CDP (west-southwest)11.2%
127Unincorporated (northeast 9)11.2%
128Unincorporated (north-northeast 1)11.1%
129East Orange city (northeast)10.9%
130Unincorporated (northeast 5)10.9%
131East Orange city (south-southwest 3)10.4%
132Unincorporated (northeast 1)10.3%
133Unincorporated (east-northeast 1)10.1%
134Newark city (east-southeast 2)10%
135Unincorporated (northwest 2)10%
136Unincorporated (south 5)10%
137Newark city (west-northwest 1)9.9%
138East Orange city (southwest 1)9.7%
139Silver Lake CDP (east-northeast)9.7%
140East Orange city (northwest)9.5%
141Unincorporated (northeast 12)9.4%
142Newark city (south-southwest 7)9.2%
143Unincorporated (northeast 7)8.8%
144Unincorporated (southwest 2)8.8%
145East Orange city (north 2)8.6%
146Watsessing CDP (south-southeast)8.4%
147East Orange city (north-northwest 2)8.2%
148Newark city (north-northeast 8)8.2%
149Unincorporated (southeast)7.6%
150Unincorporated (northeast 6)7.5%
151Unincorporated (north-northeast 2)7.4%
152Unincorporated (south-southeast 1)7.1%
153Unincorporated (east-northeast 2)6.9%
154Short Hills CDP (south-southeast)6.8%
155Unincorporated (south 3)6.8%
156Unincorporated (north 1)6.6%
157Caldwell borough (northeast)6.5%
158Watsessing CDP (southwest)6.4%
159Unincorporated (north-northwest 2)6.2%
160East Orange city (north-northwest 1)6.1%
161Newark city (west 5)5.9%
162Unincorporated (northeast 11)5.8%
163Unincorporated (north 3)5.7%
164Unincorporated (north-northeast 5)5.7%
165Unincorporated (south-southwest 2)5.6%
166Brookdale CDP (south-southwest)5.5%
167Caldwell borough (southwest)5.3%
168Unincorporated (west-southwest 3)4.9%
169Unincorporated (west-northwest)4.7%
170Unincorporated (northwest 1)4.5%
171Unincorporated (north-northwest 3)4.4%
172Unincorporated (north-northwest 1)4.1%
173Llewellyn Park CDP (west-southwest)4%
174Unincorporated (north 2)3.9%
175Unincorporated (northeast 4)3.9%
176Short Hills CDP (west)3.3%
177Unincorporated (north 4)3.2%
178Unincorporated (south 9)3.1%
179Unincorporated (south-southwest 4)3.1%
180Unincorporated (north 5)3%
181Unincorporated (southwest 1)3%
182Unincorporated (southwest 4)3%
183Brookdale CDP (northwest)2.8%
184Unincorporated (north-northwest 4)2.8%
185Unincorporated (west-southwest 1)2.8%
186Unincorporated (south 2)2.7%
187Unincorporated (northwest 4)2.6%
188Upper Montclair CDP (north-northwest)2.5%
189Vauxhall CDP2.4%
190Brookdale CDP (northeast)2.3%
191Roseland borough2.3%
192Unincorporated (northeast 3)2.3%
193Unincorporated (south-southwest 5)2.2%
194Unincorporated (west 3)2.2%
195Upper Montclair CDP (south-southwest)2.2%
196Upper Montclair CDP (southeast)2.1%
197Short Hills CDP (north-northeast)1.9%
198Unincorporated (west-southwest 2)1.9%
199North Caldwell borough1.8%
200Unincorporated (west 1)1.8%
201Pleasantdale CDP1.4%
202Unincorporated (northwest 3)1.3%
203Unincorporated (northeast 10)1.1%
204Glen Ridge borough1%
205Upper Montclair CDP (northeast)1%
206Unincorporated (southwest 3)0.9%
207Unincorporated (south-southwest 3)0.6%
208Essex Fells borough0.4%
209Unincorporated (northeast 2)0.3%
210Unincorporated (west 2)0.1%

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.