Perth Amboy

Population & Demographics

Perth Amboy, NJ

Perth Amboy is home to 55,855 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 25,737 resident workers commute each day.

New JerseyCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
55,855
people
Population

55,855 residents

Median age 37.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Perth Amboy population & demographics

Who lives in Perth Amboy — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
55,855
Median age
37.9yrs
Median household income
$61,977
Median home value
$370,600
Median gross rent
$1,688/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
15.7%
Poverty rate
20.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Perth Amboy

How Perth Amboy breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino83.6%
White7.9%
Black6.0%
Asian1.2%
Two or more races0.7%
Some other race0.5%

Race across Perth Amboy

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Perth Amboy.

Perth Amboy at a glance
Employed Residents
25,737
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
15.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
14.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
4.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
New York
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Perth Amboy proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Perth Amboy commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

62 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Perth Amboy

25,737 commutes, one dot at a time

Perth Amboy

Where 25,737 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Perth Amboy, by worker count.

1Perth Amboy0.0 mi3,711
2New York22.8 mi1,643
3New Brunswick9.4 mi909
4Newark15.6 mi672
5Woodbridge2.6 mi650
6Linden8.0 mi508
7Jersey City17.8 mi507
8Elizabeth10.4 mi441

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Perth Amboy.

1Perth Amboy0.0 mi3,711
2New York22.8 mi856
3Sayreville4.5 mi446
4Elizabeth10.4 mi413
5Woodbridge2.6 mi294
6Carteret4.9 mi281
7Fords2.3 mi230
8Linden8.0 mi198

Top industries

The sectors that employ Perth Amboy’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance23.2%
TRTransportation and Warehousing12.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services12.3%
EDEducational Services11.1%
RTRetail Trade7.9%
WSWholesale Trade7.2%
MFManufacturing6.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services4.1%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.5%
Connectivity

Internet options for Perth Amboy

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

3 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Perth Amboy

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).