† 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
GroupKearnyNew JerseyUnited States
Dominican10.2%4.0%0.7%
Puerto Rican9.1%5.1%1.8%
Ecuadorian5.5%1.7%—
Cuban4.6%0.9%0.7%
Colombian3.9%1.7%0.4%
Mexican3.3%2.6%11.3%
Salvadoran3.0%0.8%0.7%
Peruvian2.7%0.8%—
Italian9.2%13.7%4.8%
Irish8.0%12.1%9.4%
German4.4%8.6%12.5%
Polish3.3%4.6%2.2%
American3.1%3.3%5.3%
English2.4%4.9%9.5%
Russian1.2%1.3%—
Portuguese1.2%0.4%—
African American†3.9%8.6%9.9%
Jamaican0.3%0.8%0.4%
African0.3%0.5%0.5%
Haitian0.3%0.7%0.3%
Guyanese0.3%0.2%—
Nigerian0.2%0.4%0.2%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.2%0.2%—
Asian Indian2.0%4.6%1.4%
Chinese0.9%1.6%1.3%
Filipino0.8%1.3%0.9%
Korean0.2%1.1%0.4%
Pakistani0.2%0.4%—
Aztec4.2%——
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
Kearny
New Jersey
United States
Median age
40
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
8.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.6%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Kearny
New Jersey
United States
Median household income
$79,154
$103,556
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.5%
9.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.6%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Kearny
New Jersey
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
65.2%
33.2%
22.3%
Spanish
42.0%
17.2%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.9%
1.7%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
15.5%
5.6%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.8%
1.5%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Kearny
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.
Kearny, New Jersey
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+9.0%
2008
+22.6%
2012
+39.2%
2016
+29.0%
2020
+22.1%
2024
−1.6%
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 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle 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
R
47.9%Harris6,226
49.5%Trump6,428
2.6%
R+1.6
R+23.6
R+0.1
12,993
D
60.8%Biden8,594
38.8%Trump5,477
0.4%
D+22.1
R+6.9
D+17.6
14,124
D
62.8%Clinton7,653
33.8%Trump4,121
3.4%
D+29.0
R+10.2
D+26.9
12,185
D
69.0%Obama7,942
29.9%Romney3,435
1.1%
D+39.2
D+16.6
D+35.3
11,506
D
60.7%Obama6,953
38.1%McCain4,365
1.2%
D+22.6
D+13.6
D+15.3
11,451
D
53.9%Kerry5,739
44.9%Bush4,784
1.2%
D+9.0
—
D+11.4
10,649
Kearny sits on the Hackensack River in Hudson County, where a working-class, heavily Portuguese-American population has produced closer margins in local races than neighboring municipalities dominated by machine politics.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.2 points in 2012 and a Republican high of 1.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 23.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.6 points.
A population of 40,614, a 34% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,154 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Garfield and Perth Amboy.
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, Kearny, New Jersey voted Republican by 1.6 points (R+1.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 12,993 votes cast, 6,226 went Democratic and 6,428 went Republican.
When did Kearny, New Jersey last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Kearny, New Jersey voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Kearny, New Jersey?
Kearny, New Jersey has a population of 40,614 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kearny, New Jersey?
Median household income in Kearny, New Jersey is $79,154 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Kearny, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Kearny, New Jersey from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 1 went Republican.
