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Notable locations in Carteret: Carteret Fire Company Number 3 (A), Carteret Fire Station Number 1 (B), Carteret Fire Station Number 2 (C), Carteret Jewish Community Center (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Center: Carteret Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Carteret include: First Presbyterian Church (A), Saint Mark's Episcopal Church (B), Holy Family Roman Catholic Church (C), Saint Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church (D), Hungarian Reformed Church (E), Congregation Brotherhood of Israel Synagogue (F), Congregation of Loving Justice Synagogue (G), Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (H), People's African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Rolphs Creek (A), Run Creek (B), Noes Creek (C), Marshes Creek (D), Caseys Creek (E), Cross Creek (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Carteret include: Carteret Park (1), Joseph Medwick Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post office: Carteret Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Hotels: Julian's Cafe Restaurant & Lounge (1000 Roosevelt Avenue), Holiday Inn Carteret (1000 Roosevelt Ave).
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Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: |  11.0% | | Whole state: |  8.5% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 5.8% | | Whole state: | 4.2% |
Carteret compared to New Jersey state average:
- Median house value above state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Carteret (2007 data):
- Wachovia Bank, National Association: Carteret at 2 Holmes Street, branch established on 1923-09-15. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $518,123.0 mil, Deposits: $353,234.0 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3191 total offices, Holding Company: Wachovia Corporation
- North Fork Bank: Carteret Branch at 785 Roosevelt Avenue, branch established on 2001-05-21. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $57,902.9 mil, Deposits: $37,594.8 mil, headquarters in Mattituck, NY, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 353 total offices, Holding Company: Capital One Financial Corporation
- United Roosevelt Savings Bank: at 11-15 Cooke Avenue, branch established on 1914-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $93.3 mil, Deposits: $75.8 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 1 total offices, Holding Company: United Roosevelt Mhc
- Bank of America, National Association: Cooke Avenue Branch at 25 Cooke Avenue, branch established on 1962-08-13. Info updated 2006-10-10: Bank assets: $1,196,123.8 mil, Deposits: $759,600.6 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, 5839 total offices, Holding Company: Bank Of America Corporation
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Solid Waste Management |
2 | $7,353 | $44,118 | 0 | $0 |
| Fire - Other |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $1,683 |
| Welfare |
3 | $8,834 | $35,336 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
19 | $111,324 | $70,310 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
12 | $32,192 | $32,192 | 27 | $29,234 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
48 | $297,922 | $74,481 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
7 | $24,206 | $41,496 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
8 | $22,554 | $33,831 | 4 | $5,610 |
| Financial Administration |
11 | $41,207 | $44,953 | 1 | $1,240 |
| Health |
4 | $14,152 | $42,456 | 6 | $1,328 |
| Streets and Highways |
18 | $57,901 | $38,601 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
11 | $40,541 | $44,227 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
4 | $16,787 | $50,361 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
11 | $41,583 | $45,363 | 6 | $4,873 |
| Local Libraries |
6 | $22,220 | $44,440 | 9 | $3,894 |
| Transit |
3 | $9,438 | $37,752 | 1 | $1,355 |
| Housing and Community Development(Local) |
17 | $62,882 | $44,387 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
184 | $811,094 | $52,897 | 55 | $49,217 |
Carteret government finances in 2004:
- Charges - Sewerage: $4,803,000
Housing & Community Development: $854,000
- Construction - Parks & Recreation: $958,000
Housing & Community Development: $640,000
Regular Highways: $536,000
Sewerage: $500,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $5,048,000
General - Other: $4,820,000
Housing & Community Development: $2,612,000
Sewerage: $2,110,000
Fire Protection: $2,099,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,150,000
Parks & Recreation: $805,000
Regular Highways: $754,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $659,000
Financial Administration: $657,000
Central Staff Services: $460,000
Libraries: $459,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $388,000
Parking Facilities: $302,000
Health Services - Other: $297,000
General Public Buildings: $282,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $6,502,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $837,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Parks & Recreation: $98,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $21,483,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $19,722,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $1,761,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $444,000
Interest Earnings: $92,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $18,223,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $3,158,000
Highways: $1,050,000
All Other: $275,000
Housing & Community Development: $59,000
- Tax - Property: $14,233,000
NEC: $852,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $10,616,000
7.26% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($54,801 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.26% | | New Jersey average: | 6.12% |
0.33% of residents moved from foreign countries ($699 average AGI)| Middlesex County: | 0.33% | | New Jersey average: | 0.14% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
9.05% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($57,563 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 9.05% | | New Jersey average: | 6.89% |
0.14% of residents moved to foreign countries ($627 average AGI)| Middlesex County: | 0.14% | | New Jersey average: | 0.09% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Carteret:
- WMCA (570 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF NEW YORK, LLC)
- WJDM (1530 AM; 10 kW; ELIZABETH, NJ; Owner: RADIO UNICA OF NEW YORK LICENSE CORP)
- WOR (710 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WINS (1010 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WEPN (1050 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: NEW YORK AM RADIO, LLC)
- WABC (770 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WABC-AM RADIO, INC.)
- WBBR (1130 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: BLOOMBERG COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
- WADO (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WADO-AM LICENSE CORP.)
- WLIB (1190 AM; 30 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ICBC BROADCAST HOLDINGS-NY, INC.)
- WQEW (1560 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: THE NEW YORK TIMES ELECTRONIC MEDIA COMPANY)
- WNYC (820 AM; 10 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WNYC RADIO)
- WFAN (660 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WNSW (1430 AM; 5 kW; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: MULTICULTURAL RADIO BROADCASTING INC)
Strongest FM radio stations in Carteret:
- WRKS (98.7 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORP OF NEW YORK)
- WSIA (88.9 FM; STATEN ISLAND, NY; Owner: THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND)
- WNYC-FM (93.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WNYC RADIO)
- WPAT-FM (93.1 FM; PATERSON, NJ; Owner: WPAT LICENSING, INC.)
- WNEW (102.7 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WQCD (101.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
- WCAA (105.9 FM; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: WADO-AM LICENSE CORP. ("WADO"))
- WBAI (99.5 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: PACIFICA FOUNDATION, INC.)
- WBLS (107.5 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ICBC BROADCAST HOLDINGS-NY, INC.)
- WLTW (106.7 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: AMFM NEW YORK LICENSES, LLC)
- WQXR-FM (96.3 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: THE NEW YORK TIMES ELECTRONIC MEDIA COMPANY)
- WSKQ-FM (97.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WSKQ LICENSING, INC.)
- WXRK (92.3 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WKTU (103.5 FM; LAKE SUCCESS, NY; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
- WQHT (97.1 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: EMMIS LICENSE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK)
- WAXQ (104.3 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: AMFM NEW YORK LICENSES, LLC)
- WHTZ (100.3 FM; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WWPR-FM (105.1 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WCBS-FM (101.1 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WKCR-FM (89.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK)
TV broadcast stations around Carteret:
- WCBS-TV (Channel 2; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
- WABC-TV (Channel 7; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC)
- WPIX (Channel 11; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WPIX, INC.)
- WWOR-TV (Channel 9; SECAUCUS, NJ; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
- WNYW (Channel 5; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
- WPXN-TV (Channel 31; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WLBX-LP (Channel 22; CRANFORD, NJ; Owner: RENARD COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- WNBC (Channel 4; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WNET (Channel 13; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WXTV (Channel 41; PATERSON, NJ; Owner: WXTV LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, G.P.)
- WPXO-LP (Channel 34; EAST ORANGE, NJ; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LPTV, INC.)
- WNJU (Channel 47; LINDEN, NJ; Owner: WNJU LICENSE CORPORATION)
- WFUT (Channel 68; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: UNIVISION NEW YORK LLC)
- WNYE-TV (Channel 25; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION)
- WXNY-LP (Channel 32; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ISLAND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WKOB-LP (Channel 53; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WKOB COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WEBR-CA (Channel 17; MANHATTAN, NY; Owner: K LICENSEE INC.)
- WRNN-LP (Channel 57; NYACK, NY; Owner: LP NYACK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- W60AI (Channel 60; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)
- WNXY-LP (Channel 26; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ISLAND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- W33BS (Channel 33; DARIEN, CT; Owner: CT&T BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WNYN-LP (Channel 39; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ISLAND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WNYX-LP (Channel 35; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ISLAND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- W36AS (Channel 36; NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ; Owner: DEEPAK VISWANATH)
- WNJT (Channel 52; TRENTON, NJ; Owner: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
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