† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupProspect ParkNew JerseyUnited States
Dominican22.7%4.0%0.7%
Mexican10.4%2.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican9.8%5.1%1.8%
Peruvian6.0%0.8%—
Colombian4.7%1.7%0.4%
Ecuadorian2.5%1.7%—
Salvadoran1.3%0.8%0.7%
Cuban1.2%0.9%0.7%
Italian7.5%13.7%4.8%
Irish4.2%12.1%9.4%
German3.3%8.6%12.5%
Polish2.8%4.6%2.2%
American1.7%3.3%5.3%
English1.5%4.9%9.5%
Dutch0.8%——
Russian0.7%1.3%—
African American†9.1%8.6%9.9%
Jamaican1.8%0.8%0.4%
African0.6%0.5%0.5%
Asian Indian3.0%4.6%1.4%
Filipino1.0%1.3%0.9%
Chinese0.5%1.6%1.3%
Bangladeshi0.5%——
Korean0.3%1.1%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Prospect Park
New Jersey
United States
Median age
36.2
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
7.8%
8.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.0%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Prospect Park
New Jersey
United States
Median household income
$53,125
$103,556
$84,427
Poverty rate
28.3%
9.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.1%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Prospect Park
New Jersey
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
61.3%
33.2%
22.3%
Spanish
52.6%
17.2%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
5.0%
5.6%
2.0%
Arabic
1.2%
0.9%
0.4%
Other languages
1.1%
1.1%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Prospect Park
New Jersey
United States
Catholic
—
32.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
47.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Prospect Park, New Jersey
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+49.7%
2008
+56.4%
2012
+65.0%
2016
+61.3%
2020
+48.0%
2024
+15.5%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
55.2%Harris1,227
39.7%Trump882
5.1%
D+15.5
R+32.5
D+17.0
2,222
D
73.7%Biden1,859
25.7%Trump649
0.5%
D+48.0
R+13.3
D+43.5
2,521
D
79.0%Clinton1,820
17.6%Trump406
3.4%
D+61.3
R+3.6
D+59.3
2,305
D
82.0%Obama1,708
17.0%Romney355
1.0%
D+65.0
D+8.6
D+61.1
2,083
D
77.8%Obama1,721
21.4%McCain474
0.8%
D+56.4
D+6.7
D+49.1
2,212
D
74.8%Kerry1,441
25.1%Bush484
0.1%
D+49.7
—
D+52.1
1,926
Prospect Park is one of the more compact municipalities in Passaic County, with a majority-Hispanic demographic profile that has reshaped its local electorate over the past two decades and drawn attention from voter-outreach strategists.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 65.0 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 32.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.5 points.
A population of 6,319, a 16% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,125 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Haledon and Haverstraw.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Prospect Park, New Jersey voted Democratic by 15.5 points (D+15.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,222 votes cast, 1,227 went Democratic and 882 went Republican.
How many people live in Prospect Park, New Jersey?
Prospect Park, New Jersey has a population of 6,319 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Prospect Park, New Jersey?
Median household income in Prospect Park, New Jersey is $53,125 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Prospect Park, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Prospect Park, New Jersey from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
