ZIP 08861 · Perth Amboy
Who lives in ZIP code 08861 (Perth Amboy, NJ): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Perth Amboy, NJ · Middlesex County
uszips 2026
People59,351
Median age38.3
Household income$64,491
Home value$372,531
Median rent$1,675/mo
Poverty19.3%
College degree+16.4%
Commute25 min
Place
- Metro area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- Wider region
- New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA
- Metro division
- Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 4,494 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 20,596
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
13.7% are 65 or older; 77.9% are adults.
Household income
30.5% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $30,816.
Education (adults 25+)
59.0% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
81.6% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 39.5%
- Never married
- 39.8%
- Divorced
- 16.3%
- Widowed
- 4.4%
- Family size
- 3.31
- Dual-income families
- 55.0%
Housing
- Own their home
- 37.5%
- Rent burden
- 41.2%
- Men / women
- 50% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 67.2%
- Unemployment
- 13.6%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 2.7%
- With a disability
- 13.1%
- No health insurance
- 19.0%
- Limited English
- 27.2%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.