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Vauxhall, New Jersey.

A community in Union County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Union County’s.

Living in Vauxhall, Union County, New Jersey

Vauxhall, in Union County, had 5,251 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $111,421 a year and half less, against $103,202 across Union County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Union County was 5.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Union County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 5,251 in the 2020 census
Household income $111,421 the median, give or take $14,984 · Union County: $103,202
Unemployment 5.0% Union County, August 2026; 6.3% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Vauxhall for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,856households
  • 32%of adults have a degree
  • 7%below the poverty line
  • 29 mintypical commute
  • 7%work from home

What people in Union County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities10%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Manufacturing9%
  • Banks, insurance and property8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Union County had 231,428 jobs in 2025, 1.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 25°; warmest in July, 86° and 68° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 40° 25° F M A M J J 86° 68° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 25°; warmest in July, 86° and 68° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 40° 25° F M A M J J 86° 68° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 68°. About 26 inches of snow and 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cranford weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Union County

  1. Merck and CoMedicinal chemicals, uncompounded, manufacturing10,466
  2. Elizabeth Public SchoolsSchool district4,231FTE
  3. Bristol Myers Squibb - Summit West Cell Therapy ManufacturingGene therapy preparations manufacturing2,443
  4. Kenvue GHQ SummitCorporate offices2,057
  5. Kean UniversityUniversity or college2,020
  6. APM Terminals ElizabethLoading and unloading services at ports and harbors1,900
  7. Trinitas HospitalGeneral hospital1,738FTE
  8. Plainfield Public School DistrictSchool district1,318FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 329 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 65,678 people in all across the county; Vauxhall has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. Strong windRelatively moderate
  3. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  4. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  5. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Vauxhall’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Union County.