Little Ferry, New Jersey

Back to Little Ferry, NJ housing info, Bergen County, New Jersey, NJ smaller cities, NJ small cities, All Cities.

We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures!

Current weather forecast for Little Ferry, NJ

Population in July 2007: 10,568. Population change since 2000: -2.0%

Males: 5,147	(48.7%)
Females: 5,421	(51.3%)

Median resident age:	37.1 years
New Jersey median age:	36.7 years

Zip codes: 07643.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $61,600 (it was $49,958 in 2000)

Little Ferry	$61,600
New Jersey:	$67,035

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $379,100 (it was $192,800 in 2000)

Little Ferry	$379,100
New Jersey:	$372,300

Recent home sales, real estate maps, and home value estimator for zip code 07643

Little Ferry, NJ residents, houses, and apartments details

Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition

Races in Little Ferry:

White Non-Hispanic (60.2%)
Hispanic (15.2%)
Korean (7.9%)
Other race (5.8%)
Black (4.7%)
Asian Indian (3.6%)
Two or more races (3.5%)
Filipino (3.2%)
Chinese (0.9%)
Other Asian (0.8%)
Japanese (0.8%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Little Ferry: 117.8 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)

Recent posts about Little Ferry, New Jersey on our local forum with over 400,000 registered users. Little Ferry is mentioned 824 times on our forum:

	Jersey "Institutions" of Yesteryear...Ahhhh (231 replies)
	Has anyone eaten at Rutt's Hut in Clifton? (69 replies)
	The Worst Places To Live In NJ? (75 replies)
	Advice on Daycare in Bergen County (21 replies)
	New Jersey - gotta love us (Long) (14 replies)
	Moving to NJ Please rate these cities' safety. (20 replies)

Ancestries: Italian (26.3%), Irish (14.1%), German (12.4%), Polish (5.4%), United States (2.9%), English (1.9%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1894

Elevation: 9 feet

Land area: 1.53 square miles.

Population density: 6923 people per square mile

(high).

Little Ferry,NJ real estate house value index trend

Home Value Estimate
Address:		Unit (optional):
City	State	Zip

Recent Home Sales
Address:
City	State	Zip
Min Price (optional)	Max Price (optional)
Prioritization: Sale Date Distance

For population 25 years and over in Little Ferry

High school or higher: 81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.1%
Graduate or professional degree: 8.0%
Unemployed: 4.6%
Mean travel time to work: 26.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Little Ferry borough

Never married: 29.3%
Now married: 53.0%
Separated: 2.1%
Widowed: 7.4%
Divorced: 8.2%

3,357 residents are foreign born (15.0% Asia, 8.0% Latin America, 6.2% Europe).

This city:	31.1%
New Jersey:	17.5%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Little Ferry:	2.5% ($4,813)
New Jersey:	2.4% ($4,047)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Union City, NJ (5.7 miles , pop. 67,088).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Manhattan, NY (7.2 miles , pop. 1,537,195).

Nearest cities: Ridgefield Park, NJ (1.3 miles ), Teterboro, NJ (1.3 miles) , Moonachie borough, NJ (1.4 miles ), Bogota borough, NJ (1.9 miles ), Hasbrouck Heights borough, NJ (2.5 miles ), Hackensack, NJ (2.7 miles ), Ridgefield borough, NJ (2.7 miles ), Carlstadt borough, NJ (2.9 miles ).

Latitude: 40.85 N, Longitude: 74.04 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: -1,689 (-15.6%)
Workers who live and work in this city: 489 (8.7%)

Area code commonly used in this area: 201

Little Ferry household income distribution

This city's Wikipedia profile

Little Ferry, New Jersey business and economic data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Population change in the 1990s: +787 (+7.9%).

Historical population

Historical housing units

Most common industries for males:

Construction (8%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (16%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
Finance and insurance (9%)
Educational services (5%)
Public administration (4%)
Clothing and clothing accessories, including shoe, stores (3%)
Accommodation and food services (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Computer specialists (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Cashiers (6%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)

Little Ferry races chart

Crime in Little Ferry by Year
Type	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Murders	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	9.2	9.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	1
per 100,000	0.0	9.5	9.2	9.1	9.2	0.0	18.4	9.3
Robberies	1	5	4	5	1	2	3	0
per 100,000	9.8	47.7	36.7	45.3	9.2	18.4	27.6	0.0
Assaults	3	5	12	13	6	8	5	4
per 100,000	29.4	47.7	110.2	117.9	55.2	73.6	46.0	37.1
Burglaries	20	18	25	21	17	11	8	23
per 100,000	195.8	171.9	229.6	190.5	156.5	101.1	73.6	213.3
Thefts	65	173	128	67	75	70	67	71
per 100,000	636.5	1651.7	1175.4	607.7	690.3	643.7	616.7	658.4
Auto thefts	27	43	38	27	25	26	20	21
per 100,000	264.4	410.5	348.9	244.9	230.1	239.1	184.1	194.8
Arson	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
per 100,000	0.0	9.5	9.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.2	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9)	69.1	142.4	149.8	119.8	78.1	72.2	76.8	71.7

(click on a table row to update graph)

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 31 (28 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	2.65
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in Little Ferry, New Jersey

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Little Ferry, New Jersey average temperatures

Little Ferry, New Jersey average precipitation

Back to the top

Little Ferry-area historical tornado activity is slightly below New Jersey state average. It is 36% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/28/1973, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 31.7 miles away from the Little Ferry city center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 8/7/1962, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 5.9 miles away from the city center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Little Ferry:

HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL (about 3 miles; HACKENSACK, NJ)
HOLY NAME HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; TEANECK, NJ)
PALISADES GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; NORTH BERGEN, NJ)

Political contributions by individuals in Little Ferry, NJ

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Little Ferry:

TETERBORO (about 1 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 11 miles; NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
LA GUARDIA (about 14 miles; NEW YORK, NY; ID: LGA)

Other public-use airports nearest to Little Ferry:

LITTLE FERRY (about 2 miles; LITTLE FERRY, NJ; ID: 2N7)
WEST 30TH ST. (about 8 miles; NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRA)
PAN AM METROPORT (about 10 miles; NEW YORK, NY; ID: 6N4)

Amtrak stations near Little Ferry:

8 miles: NEW YORK (PENN STA) (NEW YORK, 7TH AVE. & W. 32ND ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, full-service food facilities, snack bar, vending machines, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
12 miles: YONKERS (FOOT OF DOCK ST. & WELLS AVE.). Services: fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack bar, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
12 miles: NEWARK (RAYMOND PLAZA WEST). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, intercity bus service, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Little Ferry:

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY-ALL CAMPUSES (about 4 miles; TEANECK, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 6,482)
CUNY CITY COLLEGE (about 7 miles; NEW YORK, NY; FT enrollment: 7,635)
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (about 7 miles; NEW YORK, NY; FT enrollment: 18,009)
TEACHERS COLLEGE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (about 7 miles; NEW YORK, NY; FT enrollment: 3,371)
BARNARD COLLEGE (about 7 miles; NEW YORK, NY; FT enrollment: 2,253)
BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 7 miles; PARAMUS, NJ; FT enrollment: 7,733)
CUNY JOHN JAY COLLEGE CRIMINAL JUSTICE (about 7 miles; NEW YORK, NY; FT enrollment: 8,338)

Public elementary/middle schools in Little Ferry:

Memorial School (Students: 753; Location: 130 LIBERTY ST; Grades: PK - G8)
Washington School (Students: 222; Location: 123 LIBERTY ST; Grades: KG - G1)

Library in Little Ferry:

LITTLE FERRY FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $303,645; Location: 239 LIBERTY STREET; 29,216 books; 711 audio materials; 666 video materials; 125 serial subscriptions)

Click to draw/clear city borders

Notable location: Little Ferry Free Public Library (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Little Ferry include: Evangelical Christian Church (A), Saint Margaret's of Cartona Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Gethsemane Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Willow Lake (A), Indian Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Losen Slofe (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Park in Little Ferry: Lakeview Field (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Post office: Little Ferry Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Tourist attraction: All Season Tours (Tours & Charters; 220 Route 46 West).

Average household size:

This city:	2.5 people
New Jersey:	2.7 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	63.8%
Whole state:	70.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	4.6%
Whole state:	4.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	6.3%
Whole state:	8.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	3.1%
Whole state:	4.2%

Little Ferry compared to New Jersey state average:

Median house value significantly 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.

Back to the top

Banks with branches in Little Ferry (2007 data):

Interchange Bank: Little Ferry Branch at 225 Main Street, branch established on 1993-08-14. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $1,566.2 mil, Deposits: $1,233.8 mil, headquarters in Saddle Brook, NJ, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 30 total offices, Holding Company: Interchange Financial Services Corporation
PNC Bank, National Association: Little Ferry Branch at 85 Washington Avenue, branch established on 1988-05-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $90,142.4 mil, Deposits: $65,279.9 mil, headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 836 total offices, Holding Company: Pnc Financial Services Group, Inc., The
Greater Community Bank: Little Ferry Branch at 100 Washington Avenue, branch established on 1924-01-01. Info updated 2006-10-11: Bank assets: $946.4 mil, Deposits: $730.3 mil, headquarters in Totowa, NJ, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 17 total offices, Holding Company: Greater Community Bancorp
Wachovia Bank, National Association: Little Ferry Branch at 255 Liberty Street, branch established on 1958-03-29. 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

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Little Ferry mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Bergen County New Jersey:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other and Unallocable	12	$18,859	$18,859	0	$0
Judicial and Legal	0	$0		7	$8,756
Financial Administration	0	$0		8	$10,127
Local Libraries	5	$12,186	$29,246	10	$4,220
Other Government Administration	3	$7,342	$29,368	0	$0
Parks and Recreation	1	$3,237	$38,844	8	$4,153
Health	0	$0		1	$487
Streets and Highways	14	$62,957	$53,963	0	$0
Police - Other	5	$9,321	$22,370	24	$10,362
Police Protection - Officers	26	$189,651	$87,531	0	$0
Totals for Government	66	$303,553	$55,191	58	$38,105

Little Ferry government finances in 2002:

Charges - All Other: $1,216,000
Current Operations - Police Protection: $2,524,000
General - Other: $1,485,000

Regular Highways: $810,000

Solid Waste Management: $454,000

Central Staff Services: $277,000

Libraries: $271,000

Fire Protection: $206,000

Financial Administration: $193,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $161,000

General Public Buildings: $78,000

Parks & Recreation: $50,000

Health Services - Other: $50,000
General - Interest on Debt: $337,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Sewerage: $770,000
General: $289,000

Elementary and Secondary Education: $106,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $5,613,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $5,198,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $415,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $210,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,500,000
Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $3,871,000
End of Fiscal Year: $3,694,000
State Intergovernmental - General Support: $1,525,000
Tax - Property: $6,696,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $2,599,000

5.27% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($66,093 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.27%
New Jersey average:	6.12%

0.15% of residents moved from foreign countries ($835 average AGI)
Bergen County: 0.15%
New Jersey average: 0.14%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Hudson County, NJ	0.87% ($60,674 average AGI)
from Passaic County, NJ	0.71% ($48,422)
from New York County, NY	0.43% ($100,747)

6.26% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($73,760 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.26%
New Jersey average:	6.89%

0.10% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,197 average AGI)
Bergen County: 0.10%
New Jersey average: 0.09%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Passaic County, NJ	0.81% ($54,598 average AGI)
to Hudson County, NJ	0.59% ($56,352)
to New York County, NY	0.37% ($97,508)

Strongest AM radio stations in Little Ferry:

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.)
WEPN (1050 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: NEW YORK AM RADIO, LLC)
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.)
WZRC (1480 AM; 5 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: MULTICULTURAL RADIO BRODCASTING, INC)
WMCA (570 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF NEW YORK, LLC)
WWRL (1600 AM; 25 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ACCESS.1 COMMUNICATIONS CORP.-NY)
WLIB (1190 AM; 30 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ICBC BROADCAST HOLDINGS-NY, INC.)
WWRU (1660 AM; 10 kW; JERSEY CITY, NJ; Owner: RADIO UNICA OF NEW YORK LICENSE CORP.)
WKDM (1380 AM; 5 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: MULTICULTURAL RADIO BROADCASTING, INC.)
WWRV (1330 AM; 10 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: RADIO VISION CRISTIANA MANAGEMENT CORP.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Little Ferry:

WNEW (102.7 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)
WKTU (103.5 FM; LAKE SUCCESS, NY; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
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.)
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.)
WQHT (97.1 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: EMMIS LICENSE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK)
W276AQ (103.1 FM; FORT LEE, NJ; Owner: GERARD A. TURRO)
WNYC-FM (93.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WNYC RADIO)
WPAT-FM (93.1 FM; PATERSON, NJ; Owner: WPAT LICENSING, INC.)
WPLJ (95.5 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WPLJ-FM RADIO, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Little Ferry:

WNYW (Channel 5; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
WCBS-TV (Channel 2; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
WNJU (Channel 47; LINDEN, NJ; Owner: WNJU LICENSE CORPORATION)
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.)
WFUT (Channel 68; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: UNIVISION NEW YORK LLC)
WNYE-TV (Channel 25; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION)
WPXN-TV (Channel 31; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
WKOB-LP (Channel 53; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WKOB COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WEBR-CA (Channel 17; MANHATTAN, NY; Owner: K LICENSEE INC.)
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.)
WRNN-LP (Channel 57; NYACK, NY; Owner: LP NYACK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WXNY-LP (Channel 32; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ISLAND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WNXY-LP (Channel 26; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ISLAND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
W60AI (Channel 60; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)
W33BS (Channel 33; DARIEN, CT; Owner: CT&T BROADCASTING, INC.)
WNYN-LP (Channel 39; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ISLAND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WPXO-LP (Channel 34; EAST ORANGE, NJ; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LPTV, INC.)
WNYX-LP (Channel 35; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ISLAND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
W68DN (Channel 68; CHERRY HILL, ETC., NJ; Owner: MARCIA COHEN)
WFME-TV (Channel 66; WEST MILFORD, NJ; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
W38CL (Channel 38; BRONX, NY; Owner: RENARD COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)

See more detailed statistics of Little Ferry fatal accidents for 1975 - 2006 here

Back to Little Ferry, NJ housing info, Bergen County, New Jersey, NJ smaller cities, NJ small cities, All Cities.

Back to the top

Recent home sales, price trends, and home value evaluator powered by Onboard Informatics
© 2008 Onboard Informatics. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

City-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk.
Some parts © 2003-2008 Advameg, Inc.