Population

71,337

US Census estimate, July 2025

Median home value

$429,900

Owner-occupied units

Passaic, NJ

New Jersey · 40.858° N, 74.129° W · 3 sq mi

Passaic is a city in New Jersey, with a population of 71,337 and about 22,770 residents per square mile. The median household earns $55,371 a year, and the median home is worth $429,900.

Conditions

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Sunrise & sunset

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Local time

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Size & density

Land area

3 sq mi

Water excluded

Population density

22,770

People per square mile

Rank by population

#581

Of cities on this site

Rank by area

#891

Of cities on this site

Money & housing

Median household income

$55,371

US median ≈ $78,538

Median gross rent

$1,465

Per month

Homeownership

23.8%

US ≈ 65%

Average commute

25.3 min

One way

People

Median age

31.9

US median 39.1

Bachelor's degree +

16.7%

Age 25 and over

Foreign born

41.4%

Households

21,151

3.29 people each

What people here do for work

Education & health care 22^%

Manufacturing 14.4^%

Retail trade 12.1^%

Professional & business services 12^%

Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024

Wealthiest person in New Jersey

Name

John Overdeck

Forbes, Apr 2025

Net worth

$7.4B

As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live

Lives in

Millburn

Source of wealth

Hedge funds

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

Largest employer in New Jersey · private sector

Employer

RWJBarnabas Health

Sector

Healthcare

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified. Government employers are excluded.

Largest public company in New Jersey

Company

Johnson & Johnson

Revenue

$88.8B

Fiscal year 2024

Headquarters

New Brunswick

Ticker

JNJ

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

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State of New Jersey

State bird

Eastern Goldfinch

State flower

Common Violet

State capital

Trenton

Nickname

The Garden State

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Newark, NJ9 mi · 323,808
Hoboken, NJ9 mi · 59,027
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