Food Stamps in Carteret, New Jersey (Borough)

Income On and Off Food Stamps#1

Median income among households that do and do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in New Jersey and Carteret
Carteret
New Jersey
$0k$20k$40k$60k$80kCountAllOn Food StampsNot On Food Stamps$67,776.000000$73,702.000000$67,776.000000$67.8k8,048$21,609.000000$20,687.000000$21,609.000000$21.6k850$71,762.000000$80,566.000000$71,762.000000$71.8k7,198
Count number of households in category

Characteristics of Households Receiving Food Stamps#2

Households with given characteristics as a percentage of all households that receive food stamps.
Scope: households in New Jersey and Carteret
Carteret
New Jersey
0%10%20%30%40%50%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty250.941176%52.253199%50.941176%50.9%13.852%13.9%29.294118%29.393053%29.294118%29.3%33.740%33.7%14.235294%17.375319%14.235294%14.2%5.969%5.97%39.058824%41.806913%39.058824%39.1%17.247%17.2%29.411765%35.110266%29.411765%29.4%8.693%8.69%40.235294%47.344982%40.235294%40.2%29.688%29.7%
% households on food stamps as a percentage of all households with the given characteristic
1at least one qualifying person 2income in last 12 months below poverty level

Characteristics of Households Not Receiving Food Stamps#3

Households with given characteristics as a percentage of all households that do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in New Jersey and Carteret
Carteret
New Jersey
0%10%20%30%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty237.413170%31.920209%37.413170%37.4%86.148%86.1%6.793554%5.690705%6.793554%6.8%66.260%66.3%26.479578%23.969262%26.479578%26.5%94.031%94.0%22.131148%20.413780%22.131148%22.1%82.753%82.8%36.482356%39.270715%36.482356%36.5%91.307%91.3%11.253126%6.812419%11.253126%11.3%70.313%70.3%
% households not on food stamps as a percentage of all households with the given characteristic
1at least one qualifying person 2income in last 12 months below poverty level

On Food Stamps by Race#4

Percentage of given ethno-racial group on food stamps.
Scope: households in New Jersey and Carteret
Carteret
New Jersey
0%5%10%15%20%Count%Hispanic1Mixed2Other2All RacesWhite3Black2Asian217.874141%19.519639%17.874141%17.9%338169.236570%169%16.763006%18.876652%16.763006%16.8%29158.716083%159%16.158537%24.667789%16.158537%16.2%53152.992826%153%10.561630%9.347126%10.561630%10.6%850100.000000%100%8.801314%4.530378%8.801314%8.8%26883.332908%83%7.348029%20.521619%7.348029%7.3%11069.572871%70%4.667864%4.780709%4.667864%4.7%5244.196430%44%
Count number of households on food stamps in given ethno-racial group
% percentage more or less than the population at large
1white Hispanic 2including Hispanic 3non-Hispanic white

Map of Food Stamps by Neighborhood in Carteret

Food Stamps Food Stamps by Neighborhood#5

Percentage of households (%):
3.39%3.54%3.67%3.81%3.95%4.10%
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Map of Food Stamps by Tract in Carteret

Food Stamps Food Stamps by Tract#6

Percentage of households (%):
3.7%5.7%7.7%9.7%11.7%13.7%
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Food Stamps by Neighborhood in Carteret

There are 2 neighborhoods that are fully or partially contained within Carteret (0 fully and 2 partially). This section compares all 2 of those to each other, Carteret, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Carteret.

Most Food Stamps by Neighborhood#7

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Carteret, selected neighborhoods in Carteret, and entities that contain Carteret
0%5%10%Count#New York, Newark, and Jersey City Metro AreaNew York AreaMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesZIP Code 07008ZIP 07008Carteret Borough School DistrictCarteret BoroCarteretNew JerseyMiddlesex CountyMiddlesexAvenel NeighborhoodAvenelPort Reading NeighborhoodPort Reading13.636380%13.636380%13.6%973,441973k13.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M10.561630%10.561630%10.6%85010.561630%10.561630%10.6%85010.561630%10.561630%10.6%8509.347126%9.347126%9.3%298,642299k5.986324%5.986324%6.0%16,95817.0k4.090042%4.090042%4.1%17813.396855%3.396855%3.4%44452
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of neighborhood out of 2 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in the New York Area

There are 818 places in the New York Area. This section compares Carteret to all of the places in the New York Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Carteret.

Most Food Stamps by Place#8

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Carteret, selected other places in the New York Area, and entities that contain Carteret
0%20%40%60%Count#New SquareKaserKiryas JoelPatersonMonseyPassaicPocono Ranch LandsPocono Rnch LandsLakewoodNorthamptonNewarkNewburghHaverstrawFairviewKeansburgWyandanchUnion CityPine BushProspect ParkPoughkeepsieAsbury ParkSpring ValleyPort JervisSeaside HeightsSeaside HtsEast OrangeHempsteadVictory GardensVictory GdnsNew BrunswickNew YorkStaatsburgMount VernonYonkersJersey CitySleepy HollowNew York, Newark, and Jersey City Metro AreaNew York AreaMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesZIP Code 07008ZIP 07008Carteret Borough School DistrictCarteret BoroCarteretAmeniaNew JerseyLake RonkonkomaLk RonkonkomaBogotaMiddlesex CountyMiddlesexGlen GardnerVista CenterTitusvilleFranklin ParkMidland ParkLincoln ParkBrielleUpper BrookvilleShrub OakWest Hampton DunesW Hampton DunesByram CenterSaltaireZarephathDering Harbor77.076923%77.076923%77.1%1,002165.795455%65.795455%65.8%579261.859055%61.859055%61.9%2,449339.804428%39.804428%39.8%17,42217.4k439.050413%39.050413%39.1%1,464537.937984%37.937984%37.9%7,341637.359551%37.359551%37.4%133734.590290%34.590290%34.6%3,605831.050228%31.050228%31.1%68929.258268%29.258268%29.3%27,54927.5k1028.898267%28.898267%28.9%2,6021128.776581%28.776581%28.8%1,0421228.173375%28.173375%28.2%2731326.855567%26.855567%26.9%1,0711426.338028%26.338028%26.3%7481526.204857%26.204857%26.2%6,2041625.730181%25.730181%25.7%1851725.671642%25.671642%25.7%4301825.630821%25.630821%25.6%3,2201925.310835%25.310835%25.3%1,7102024.615730%24.615730%24.6%2,1942124.377533%24.377533%24.4%8422222.686833%22.686833%22.7%2552322.628530%22.628530%22.6%5,6252422.260123%22.260123%22.3%3,5242521.951220%21.951220%22.0%1262621.434062%21.434062%21.4%3,0672720.381006%20.381006%20.4%637,568638k2820.338983%20.338983%20.3%242920.208805%20.208805%20.2%4,9943016.679687%16.679687%16.7%12,17012.2k5516.195840%16.195840%16.2%16,13316.1k5816.176471%16.176471%16.2%5945913.636380%13.636380%13.6%973,441973k13.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M10.561630%10.561630%10.6%85010.561630%10.561630%10.6%85010.561630%10.561630%10.6%85011510.489510%10.489510%10.5%451179.347126%9.347126%9.3%298,642299k8.193309%8.193309%8.2%5511766.547619%6.547619%6.5%1872345.986324%5.986324%6.0%16,95817.0k5.328377%5.328377%5.3%432924.410256%4.410256%4.4%433513.734440%3.734440%3.7%94093.096886%3.096886%3.1%1794672.501787%2.501787%2.5%705261.945321%1.945321%1.9%745841.263042%1.263042%1.3%236420.590551%0.590551%0.6%37010.000000%0.000000%0.0%07590.000000%0.000000%0.0%08140.000000%0.000000%0.0%08150.000000%0.000000%0.0%08160.000000%0.000000%0.0%08170.000000%0.000000%0.0%0818
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 818 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in New Jersey

There are 545 places in New Jersey. This section compares Carteret to the 50 most populous places in New Jersey and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Carteret. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 19,411.

Most Food Stamps by Place#9

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Carteret, selected other places in New Jersey, and entities that contain Carteret
0%10%20%30%40%Count#CamdenPatersonPassaicLakewoodAtlantic CityBridgetonNewarkTrentonUnion CityPleasantvilleEast OrangeNew BrunswickPlainfieldWest New YorkElizabethPerth AmboyMillvilleVinelandGarfieldJersey CityLodiBayonneNew York, Newark, and Jersey City Metro AreaNew York AreaMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesKearnyLong BranchRoselleZIP Code 07008ZIP 07008Carteret Borough School DistrictCarteret BoroCarteretCliftonRahwayHackensackElmwood ParkNew JerseyLindenCliffside ParkCliffside PkToms RiverBergenfieldEnglewoodMiddlesex CountyMiddlesexHobokenNorth PlainfieldN PlainfieldPalisades ParkPalisades PkOld BridgeFort LeeIselinFair LawnSayrevilleSummitRidgewoodSouth PlainfieldS PlainfieldSomersetWestfieldParamusPrinceton43.170259%43.170259%43.2%10,69510.7k139.804428%39.804428%39.8%17,42217.4k237.937984%37.937984%37.9%7,341334.590290%34.590290%34.6%3,605432.446291%32.446291%32.4%4,999531.692460%31.692460%31.7%1,925629.258268%29.258268%29.3%27,54927.5k727.097172%27.097172%27.1%7,465826.204857%26.204857%26.2%6,204923.947642%23.947642%23.9%1,6101022.628530%22.628530%22.6%5,6251121.434062%21.434062%21.4%3,0671219.981137%19.981137%20.0%2,9661319.687106%19.687106%19.7%3,7501419.514573%19.514573%19.5%7,8071519.158642%19.158642%19.2%3,0241618.987929%18.987929%19.0%2,0451718.626707%18.626707%18.6%3,9281816.974606%16.974606%17.0%1,8651916.195840%16.195840%16.2%16,13316.1k2013.952721%13.952721%14.0%1,2692113.721086%13.721086%13.7%3,4822213.636380%13.636380%13.6%973,441973k13.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.396269%12.396269%12.4%1,6882311.998657%11.998657%12.0%1,4302411.484803%11.484803%11.5%9222510.561630%10.561630%10.6%85010.561630%10.561630%10.6%85010.561630%10.561630%10.6%8502610.239060%10.239060%10.2%2,9812710.199810%10.199810%10.2%1,072289.474196%9.474196%9.5%1,755299.438663%9.438663%9.4%644309.347126%9.347126%9.3%298,642299k9.062655%9.062655%9.1%1,283317.529103%7.529103%7.5%802327.073936%7.073936%7.1%2,346336.998445%6.998445%7.0%630346.652300%6.652300%6.7%710355.986324%5.986324%6.0%16,95817.0k5.605873%5.605873%5.6%1,405365.527570%5.527570%5.5%406375.213459%5.213459%5.2%392385.152104%5.152104%5.2%398394.674980%4.674980%4.7%776404.510929%4.510929%4.5%291414.395512%4.395512%4.4%521424.005972%4.005972%4.0%644433.265095%3.265095%3.3%252442.591482%2.591482%2.6%216452.447685%2.447685%2.4%193462.446308%2.446308%2.4%213472.164009%2.164009%2.2%228481.798604%1.798604%1.8%152491.313547%1.313547%1.3%13150
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in the Northeast

There are 4,274 places in the Northeast. This section compares Carteret to the 50 most populous places in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Carteret. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 71,389.

Most Food Stamps by Place#10

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Carteret, selected other places in the Northeast, and entities that contain Carteret
0%10%20%30%40%Count#ReadingLawrenceCamdenHartfordPatersonSpringfieldRochesterBuffaloProvidenceNew BritainSyracuseWaterburyLynnNewarkAllentownFall RiverBrocktonBridgeportErieTrentonNew HavenNew BedfordPawtucketPhiladelphiaLowellScrantonWorcesterAlbanyNew YorkElizabethBostonBethlehemPittsburghYonkersJersey CityManchesterNew York, Newark, and Jersey City Metro AreaNew York AreaMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesCheektowagaWarwickDanburyQuincyZIP Code 07008ZIP 07008Carteret Borough School DistrictCarteret BoroCarteretCranstonCliftonNashuaSomervilleNew JerseyNew RochelleStamfordCambridgeNorwalkToms RiverMiddlesex CountyMiddlesexNewton44.333023%44.333023%44.3%12,86512.9k143.670174%43.670174%43.7%11,24911.2k243.170259%43.170259%43.2%10,69510.7k341.537790%41.537790%41.5%19,04319.0k439.804428%39.804428%39.8%17,42217.4k537.003988%37.003988%37.0%20,69320.7k634.826485%34.826485%34.8%29,88629.9k734.412955%34.412955%34.4%37,74037.7k832.144141%32.144141%32.1%19,67819.7k931.225549%31.225549%31.2%8,7801030.808773%30.808773%30.8%17,08117.1k1130.441676%30.441676%30.4%12,09612.1k1229.691086%29.691086%29.7%9,5731329.258268%29.258268%29.3%27,54927.5k1429.085692%29.085692%29.1%12,06312.1k1528.861492%28.861492%28.9%11,07311.1k1628.501766%28.501766%28.5%9,1181728.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k1827.864170%27.864170%27.9%11,41411.4k1927.097172%27.097172%27.1%7,4652026.525268%26.525268%26.5%13,26913.3k2126.343812%26.343812%26.3%10,34110.3k2225.954060%25.954060%26.0%7,1412325.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k2423.167678%23.167678%23.2%8,9742522.888490%22.888490%22.9%6,6342622.095544%22.095544%22.1%15,29115.3k2721.582487%21.582487%21.6%8,8242820.381006%20.381006%20.4%637,568638k2919.514573%19.514573%19.5%7,8073019.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k3118.654445%18.654445%18.7%5,3933217.343865%17.343865%17.3%23,03323.0k3316.679687%16.679687%16.7%12,17012.2k3416.195840%16.195840%16.2%16,13316.1k3514.949843%14.949843%14.9%6,7663613.636380%13.636380%13.6%973,441973k13.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.970071%12.970071%13.0%4,3253711.472754%11.472754%11.5%4,0363811.398083%11.398083%11.4%3,3543910.627025%10.627025%10.6%4,2324010.561630%10.561630%10.6%85010.561630%10.561630%10.6%85010.561630%10.561630%10.6%85010.439867%10.439867%10.4%3,1784110.239060%10.239060%10.2%2,981429.748058%9.748058%9.7%3,401439.677620%9.677620%9.7%3,119449.347126%9.347126%9.3%298,642299k9.304714%9.304714%9.3%2,627458.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,285468.428167%8.428167%8.4%3,666477.835101%7.835101%7.8%2,600487.073936%7.073936%7.1%2,346495.986324%5.986324%6.0%16,95817.0k4.239757%4.239757%4.2%1,31050
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in the United States

There are 29,322 places in the United States. This section compares Carteret to the 50 most populous places in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Carteret. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 383,899.

Most Food Stamps by Place#11

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Carteret, selected other places in the United States, and entities that contain Carteret
0%10%20%30%40%Count#DetroitClevelandMiamiMilwaukeeBaltimorePhiladelphiaMemphisFresnoEl PasoNew YorkChicagoTucsonPortlandBostonColumbusIndianapolisAtlantaPhoenixJacksonvilleDallasSan AntonioTulsaMinneapolisLouisvilleFort WorthAlbuquerqueHoustonWashingtonKansas CityNashville-DavidsonOklahoma CityLas VegasSacramentoNew York, Newark, and Jersey City Metro AreaNew York AreaMiddle AtlanticArlingtonNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesWichitaCharlotteOmahaLong BeachOaklandMesaColorado SpringsColorado SpgsZIP Code 07008ZIP 07008Carteret Borough School DistrictCarteret BoroCarteretDenverLos AngelesSeattleNew JerseyRaleighAustinSan JoseVirginia BeachVirginia BchSan DiegoMiddlesex CountyMiddlesexSan Francisco42.327373%42.327373%42.3%108,775109k135.848492%35.848492%35.8%59,89159.9k232.200736%32.200736%32.2%52,03852.0k330.439719%30.439719%30.4%70,25070.3k425.907118%25.907118%25.9%62,80362.8k525.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k624.779032%24.779032%24.8%62,34962.3k723.459108%23.459108%23.5%38,49138.5k821.836606%21.836606%21.8%48,37948.4k920.381006%20.381006%20.4%637,568638k1019.820560%19.820560%19.8%206,645207k1119.541946%19.541946%19.5%40,58140.6k1219.219520%19.219520%19.2%49,28549.3k1319.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k1417.388647%17.388647%17.4%59,16859.2k1517.376020%17.376020%17.4%57,63457.6k1617.272886%17.272886%17.3%32,70532.7k1716.536703%16.536703%16.5%89,11189.1k1816.488666%16.488666%16.5%53,09453.1k1916.142911%16.142911%16.1%78,75478.8k2016.101953%16.101953%16.1%79,16379.2k2116.080399%16.080399%16.1%26,53726.5k2215.944948%15.944948%15.9%27,07527.1k2315.898351%15.898351%15.9%39,29539.3k2415.408373%15.408373%15.4%43,05543.1k2515.230887%15.230887%15.2%33,70933.7k2615.083509%15.083509%15.1%125,369125k2714.960260%14.960260%15.0%41,37241.4k2814.878116%14.878116%14.9%29,22329.2k2914.826522%14.826522%14.8%38,46438.5k3014.606174%14.606174%14.6%34,39934.4k3114.583438%14.583438%14.6%31,96532.0k3213.904317%13.904317%13.9%25,00925.0k3313.636380%13.636380%13.6%973,441973k13.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.305549%13.305549%13.3%17,94217.9k3413.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.955792%12.955792%13.0%19,60619.6k3512.867008%12.867008%12.9%39,89339.9k3612.344705%12.344705%12.3%21,58221.6k3711.829013%11.829013%11.8%19,39019.4k3811.614665%11.614665%11.6%18,46018.5k3911.059321%11.059321%11.1%19,10019.1k4011.033109%11.033109%11.0%19,61419.6k4110.561630%10.561630%10.6%85010.561630%10.561630%10.6%85010.561630%10.561630%10.6%85010.333295%10.333295%10.3%29,04429.0k429.844866%9.844866%9.8%133,527134k439.579263%9.579263%9.6%29,13629.1k449.347126%9.347126%9.3%298,642299k9.299252%9.299252%9.3%16,18216.2k459.253601%9.253601%9.3%33,16533.2k467.031769%7.031769%7.0%22,31322.3k476.899331%6.899331%6.9%11,55711.6k486.386941%6.386941%6.4%31,31031.3k495.986324%5.986324%6.0%16,95817.0k5.164561%5.164561%5.2%18,42718.4k50
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

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State:
New Jersey
County:
Middlesex
Metro Area:
New York Area
ZIP Code:
07008
Unified School District:
Carteret Borough
Neighborhoods:
Avenel, Port Reading
Congressional District:
NJ-6
State Senate District:
NJ-19
General Assembly District:
NJ-19
Neighboring Cities:
Linden, New York
Neighboring Unincorporated Places:
Avenel, Port Reading
Nearby Boroughs:
Roselle, Roselle Park
Nearby Cities:
Elizabeth, Perth Amboy, Rahway
Nearby Unincorporated Places:
Colonia, Fords, Iselin, Sewaren, Woodbridge