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Median household income, Black householders in New Jersey

New Jersey ranks 7th of 51 states measured the same way. Below, every county in New Jersey, starting with where Black residents are doing best.

Median household income, Black householders
New Jersey$71,115
plus or minus $1,142
United States$55,157
plus or minus $255
All households in New Jersey: $103,556 (plus or minus $513). Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
Doing best Sussex County $144,286, plus or minus $30,786. Ranked 1st of 18 counties. What is Sussex County doing that works? Furthest to go: Salem County, $47,005. See Sussex County ›

Where you live

Enter your ZIP code or street address to find your county below and the people who decide this for you, by name. SourceLine does not keep the address.

Ranked from doing best

Every county in New Jersey

18 ranked of 21
Margin of error
1 Sussex County $144,286 plus or minus $30,786 $116,186
2 Somerset County $111,547 plus or minus $8,454 $140,374
3 Morris County $104,216 plus or minus $19,573 $137,326
4 Bergen County $101,263 plus or minus $6,357 $124,884
5 Middlesex County $96,629 plus or minus $4,991 $111,549
6 Burlington County $91,437 plus or minus $4,536 $108,111
7 Union County $89,554 plus or minus $4,923 $103,202
8 Ocean County $80,963 plus or minus $9,366 $89,863
9 Gloucester County $74,726 plus or minus $8,406 $105,115
10 Monmouth County $70,795 plus or minus $7,991 $124,845
11 Hudson County $67,913 plus or minus $3,528 $91,795
12 Mercer County $62,316 plus or minus $7,320 $100,645
13 Camden County $61,441 plus or minus $1,883 $88,755
14 Essex County $59,155 plus or minus $2,433 $80,789
15 Atlantic County $55,792 plus or minus $5,306 $78,050
16 Passaic County $54,952 plus or minus $4,646 $87,522
17 Cumberland County $47,446 plus or minus $8,530 $67,436
18 Salem County $47,005 plus or minus $11,120 $79,960
Not ranked Cape May County $70,577 Wide margin of error plus or minus $31,905 $91,128
Not ranked Hunterdon County $121,012 Wide margin of error plus or minus $41,764 $141,715
Not ranked Warren County $95,756 Wide margin of error plus or minus $31,334 $100,869

Ranked: the 18 counties measured in survey years 2020 to 2024 with a margin of error under a quarter of the figure. Places below that line are still listed, with the reason.

Who decides

From you up to Congress. Look up your address above and each step fills in with the people who hold that seat for you.

  1. You and your neighbors Buy from Black-owned businesses, pass along job openings, and back the people building firms here.

    Ask: Which local business can I send work to this month?

  2. Your mayor, council and county commission Award local contracts, issue business permits and steer development money.

    Ask: What share of city and county contracts went to Black-owned firms last year?

  3. Your state legislators Fund job training and set the minimum wage and the rules for state contracts.

    Ask: Does our state set aside contracts for small firms, as other states do?

  4. Your members of Congress Fund job training, small business loans and federal contracts.

    Ask: How many federal contracts in our district went to small Black-owned firms?

What you can do

  1. This weekSend one piece of work to a Black-owned business near you, and pass one job opening to someone looking.
  2. The next date that mattersThe next city council or county commission vote on contracts.
  3. Where your voice is countedRaise what matters where you live on SourceLine issues. Only confirmed residents are counted, and SourceLine shares the totals, never names, with the body that decides.
Method and sources

Median household income, Black householders. Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.

The margin of error is how far the true figure could be from the one shown. Surveys ask some people, not everyone, so smaller places have wider margins. A place with too few people to measure well is listed but not ranked.

Population, voting age population, citizens of voting age, registered voters and people who voted are different counts. Each page says which one it uses.

Who decides: the people named come from SourceLine’s record of officeholders for the address you enter. Where SourceLine hasn’t updated a level for your area yet, that step says so.

About these figures

Every figure on this page shows the year it describes. Public agencies release their numbers on their own schedules, often a year or more after the work of counting is done. The Census Bureau, for example, publishes its five year community survey each December, and the national reading test is given every two years. That is why some figures are not from this year. SourceLine updates each one as soon as the agency publishes it.

For some counties and small towns, SourceLine has not found meeting records online. Where it has not, we add them as they become available. A page that says SourceLine hasn’t updated a record yet means exactly that.