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Upper Montclair, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Upper Montclair is a Census CDP of 12,457 people across 2.38 square miles of land, in Essex County. Median household income is $250,001, 85.8 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Upper Montclair
What Upper Montclair is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.38 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,234
- County holding the largest share of its areaEssex County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Upper Montclair
How many people live in Upper Montclair
- Population12,457
- Median age42.2
- Population under 183,602
- Share under 1828.9 percent
- Population 65 and over1,835
- Share 65 and over14.7 percent
- Households4,061
- Family households3,420
- Share of households that are families84.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Upper Montclair
Income and work in Upper Montclair
- Median household income$250,001
- Per capita income$112,208
- Civilian labor force6,460
- Employed6,137
- Unemployed323 plus or minus 98
- Unemployment rate5.0 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over8,140
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher99.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher84.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree49.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Upper Montclair
Housing in Upper Montclair
- Housing units4,352
- Occupied units4,061
- Vacant units291 plus or minus 151
- Vacancy rate6.7 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Owner occupied3,483
- Renter occupied578 plus or minus 151
- Ownership rate85.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$989,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,237
- Annual rent as a share of median income10.7 percent
- Single family units3,566
- Share single family81.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more786 plus or minus 209
- Share in buildings of two or more18.1 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Upper Montclair
How Upper Montclair gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,441
- Commuting under 15 minutes762
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,233
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more64.9 percent
- Drove alone34.8 percent
- Carpooled2.0 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Public transport17.3 percent
- Walked2.4 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Worked from home43.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Essex County, not Upper Montclair
Essex County context, not Upper Montclair figures
- Establishments in Essex County19,392
- Covered employment, Essex County349,076
- Average annual pay, Essex County$88,369
- Housing units permitted, Essex County3,827
Every figure in this section is published for Essex County as a whole and is not a measurement of Upper Montclair.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Upper Montclair questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Upper Montclair, New Jersey?
12,457, in 4,061 households. Upper Montclair CDP covers 2.38 square miles of land, which is 5,234 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Upper Montclair in?
Essex County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Upper Montclair?
$250,001. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $989,000. Median gross rent is $2,237 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Upper Montclair figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Essex County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Upper Montclair.
Is zoning published for Upper Montclair?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.