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state house district

New Jersey 17th State House District

Office (updates table and map)

President margin by year

Place winner margin

1876–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1876 → 2024

2024

Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

Dominican6.0%4.0%0.7%

Puerto Rican5.5%5.1%1.8%

Mexican3.7%2.6%11.3%

Colombian1.9%1.7%0.4%

Ecuadorian1.4%1.7%—

Honduran1.0%—0.3%

Peruvian1.0%0.8%—

Cuban0.6%0.9%0.7%

Italian7.7%13.7%4.8%

Irish6.2%12.1%9.4%

German4.4%8.6%12.5%

Polish3.7%4.6%2.2%

English2.3%4.9%9.5%

American1.9%3.3%5.3%

Russian1.1%1.3%—

Hungarian0.9%——

Asian Indian15.7%4.6%1.4%

Chinese3.7%1.6%1.3%

Filipino1.7%1.3%0.9%

Pakistani1.3%0.4%—

Korean0.7%1.1%0.4%

Vietnamese0.3%0.2%0.6%

Taiwanese0.2%——

African American†12.9%8.6%9.9%

Jamaican1.6%0.8%0.4%

African0.8%0.5%0.5%

Haitian0.8%0.7%0.3%

Ghanaian0.6%——

Nigerian0.6%0.4%0.2%

Guyanese0.6%0.2%—

West Indian0.4%——

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	NJ HD 17	New Jersey	United States
Median age	34.1	40.3	39.1
Age 18–24	8.9%	8.4%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	16.5%	17.1%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	NJ HD 17	New Jersey	United States
Median household income	$112,737	$103,556	$84,427
Poverty rate	11.7%	9.7%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	49.9%	43.5%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	NJ HD 17	New Jersey	United States
Owner-occupied homes	55.6%	63.8%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	44.4%	36.2%	34.8%
Median home value	$437,600	$454,400	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	$1,986	$1,720	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	48.3%	51.6%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	3.5%	7.5%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	NJ HD 17	New Jersey	United States
Mean commute	28.1 min	30.5 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	10.5%	13.7%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	57.1%	62.2%	68.8%
Takes public transit	4.3%	8.1%	3.2%
Works from home	17.6%	16.8%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	NJ HD 17	New Jersey	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	43.0%	33.2%	22.3%
Spanish	16.5%	17.2%	13.6%
Other Indo-European	11.8%	5.6%	2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)	3.1%	1.5%	1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island	4.4%	1.6%	1.1%

Religious landscape

Measure	NJ HD 17	New Jersey	United States
Catholic	—	32.0%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	—	5.1%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	—	47.8%	51.5%

Origins and service

Measure	NJ HD 17	New Jersey	United States
Foreign-born residents	35.7%	23.9%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	17.7%	13.5%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	18.0%	10.5%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	2.7%	3.7%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	0.428	0.478	0.483

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083).

President results by year

Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries

HarrisDemocratic65.8%55,459TrumpRepublican31.1%26,231OtherAll other candidates3.0%2,557

D+34.7

Lead: 29,228
Total: 84,247
vs nation: D+36.2