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Preakness, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Preakness is a Census CDP of 18,520 people across 5.67 square miles of land, in Passaic County. Median household income is $133,205, 70.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Preakness
What Preakness is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area5.67 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,264
- County holding the largest share of its areaPassaic 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.
Preakness
How many people live in Preakness
- Population18,520
- Median age41.0
- Population under 184,396
- Share under 1823.7 percent
- Population 65 and over3,785
- Share 65 and over20.4 percent
- Households6,602
- Family households4,469
- Share of households that are families67.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Preakness
Income and work in Preakness
- Median household income$133,205
- Per capita income$57,082
- Civilian labor force9,762
- Employed9,311
- Unemployed451 plus or minus 171
- Unemployment rate4.6 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over12,734
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher57.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree24.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Preakness
Housing in Preakness
- Housing units6,759
- Occupied units6,602
- Vacant units157 plus or minus 108
- Vacancy rate2.3 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Owner occupied4,662
- Renter occupied1,940
- Ownership rate70.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$617,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,918
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.3 percent
- Single family units4,182
- Share single family61.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,577
- Share in buildings of two or more38.1 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1967
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Preakness
How Preakness gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,531
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,528 plus or minus 369
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.3 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,728
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more49.5 percent
- Drove alone70.2 percent
- Carpooled6.8 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Public transport5.1 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home16.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Passaic County, not Preakness
Passaic County context, not Preakness figures
- Establishments in Passaic County12,406
- Covered employment, Passaic County170,830
- Average annual pay, Passaic County$63,668
- Housing units permitted, Passaic County852
Every figure in this section is published for Passaic County as a whole and is not a measurement of Preakness.
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.
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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
Preakness questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Preakness, New Jersey?
18,520, in 6,602 households. Preakness CDP covers 5.67 square miles of land, which is 3,264 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Preakness in?
Passaic 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 Preakness?
$133,205. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $617,700. Median gross rent is $1,918 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 Preakness figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Passaic 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 Preakness.
Is zoning published for Preakness?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.