Perth Amboy is a city of 55,855 people in New Jersey. The foreign-born share is 51%. 35% of homes are owner-occupied. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 16% of adults. Density works out to 11,981 people per square mile. That trails the New Jersey median by roughly 40%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $61,977, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
16% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 54%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Perth Amboy
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share54.7% → 83.6%(+28.9 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
White share36.0% → 7.9%(−28.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$298,329 → $370,600(+24%)US over the same years: +67%
Perth Amboy's population equals 6.4% of Middlesex County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.5% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 2.1% of the county's.
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)36.9%(323)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)13.1%(115)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era29%(254)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.3%(46)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.4%(12)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 876 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
Perth Amboy, decade by decade
Perth Amboy 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
41,967
$68,107
$298,329
8.2%
70.6
2000
47,303
$68,509
$240,641
9.7%
58.7
2010
50,814
$68,614
$446,676
13.9%
46.2
2020
55,436
$65,678
$327,857
15.3%
37.2
2024
55,855
$61,977
$370,600
15.7%
36.5
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.
