With 10,996 people, Little Ferry is a city in New Jersey. The foreign-born share is 47%. 46% of homes are owner-occupied. At a median age of 44.6, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Density works out to 7,445 people per square mile. The poverty rate is 6.3%, under the national 12.5%.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $85,750, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 44.6
US median: 38.9
Average education
36% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Little Ferry
What changed most since 1990
White share81.4% → 37.2%(−44.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share8.7% → 37.6%(+28.9 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Median age34.4 → 44.6(+10.2 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)1.5%(3)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era57.9%(117)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 202 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Little Ferry, decade by decade
Little Ferry population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
9,989
$107,775
$443,293
23.1%
40.5
2000
10,800
$91,006
$348,847
24.1%
72.8
2010
10,626
$82,396
$534,717
29.1%
83.2
2020
10,987
$83,902
$441,061
35.4%
88.0
2024
10,996
$85,750
$429,300
36.1%
84.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
