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Morris County

Population in July 2007: 2,673.
Males: 1,312  (49.1%)
Females: 1,361  (50.9%)
Median resident age:  37.8 years
New Jersey median age:  36.7 years

Zip codes: 07857.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $67,300 (it was $55,000 in 2000)
Netcong  $67,300
New Jersey:  $67,035

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $288,900 (it was $147,400 in 2000)
Netcong  $288,900
New Jersey:  $372,300

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Races in Netcong:

  • White Non-Hispanic (88.8%)
  • Hispanic (7.1%)
  • Other race (1.4%)
  • Two or more races (1.4%)
  • Black (1.2%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Netcong: 116.0 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: Italian (38.9%), Irish (21.5%), German (17.6%), English (9.1%), Polish (7.5%), Dutch (4.6%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1894

Elevation: 882 feet

Land area: 0.84 square miles.

Population density: 3177 people per square mile 
 
 (average).

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For population 25 years and over in Netcong

  • High school or higher: 84.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 22.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 6.2%
  • Unemployed: 2.9%
  • Mean travel time to work: 27.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Netcong borough

  • Never married: 26.5%
  • Now married: 55.4%
  • Separated: 2.0%
  • Widowed: 7.3%
  • Divorced: 8.8%

269 residents are foreign born (5.1% Europe, 3.1% Latin America, 2.0% Asia).

This city:  10.4%
New Jersey:  17.5%

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

Netcong:  2.6% ($3,807)
New Jersey:  2.4% ($4,047)
Netcong satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Wayne, NJ (31.3 miles , pop. 54,069).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Newark, NJ (37.4 miles , pop. 273,546).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Manhattan, NY (51.0 miles , pop. 1,537,195).

Nearest cities: Stanhope borough, NJ (0.9 miles ), Budd Lake, NJ (3.2 miles ), Hopatcong borough, NJ (3.9 miles ), Mount Arlington borough, NJ (4.6 miles ), Succasunna-Kenvil, NJ (4.7 miles ), Andover borough, NJ (6.6 miles ), Chester borough, NJ (7.8 miles ), Allamuchy-Panther Valley, NJ (8.5 miles ).

Latitude: 40.90 N, Longitude: 74.70 W


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Area code: 973

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Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (10%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (13%)
  • Health care (12%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
  • Finance and insurance (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
  • Personal and laundry services (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Computer specialists (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Registered nurses (4%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
  • Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (4%)


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Crime in Netcong by Year

Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 031211
    per 100,000 0.0113.930.360.530.330.3
Robberies 012002
    per 100,000 0.038.060.60.00.060.7
Assaults 658612
    per 100,000 230.7189.8242.4181.530.360.7
Burglaries 13108182023
    per 100,000 499.8379.7242.4544.5605.5697.6
Thefts 625264826074
    per 100,000 2383.71974.21939.42480.31816.52244.5
Auto thefts 142412911
    per 100,000 538.375.9121.2363.0272.5333.6
Arson 001010
    per 100,000 0.00.030.30.030.30.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) 219.5252.1195.2251.1167.1219.9

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 12 (9 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  3.37
US city average:  3.00

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Netcong-area historical tornado activity is slightly above New Jersey state average. It is 16% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/28/1973, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 3.5 miles away from the Netcong city center injured 12 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 5/28/1973, a category 3 tornado 15.6 miles away from the city center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Netcong:
  • HACKETTSTOWN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; HACKETTSTOWN, NJ)
  • SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; DOVER, NJ)
  • MATHENY SCHOOL & HOSPITAL,THE (about 14 miles; PEAPACK, NJ)

Political contributions by individuals in Netcong, NJ

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Netcong:
  • NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 40 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID: EWR)
  • TRENTON MERCER (about 44 miles; TRENTON, NJ; ID: TTN)
  • TETERBORO (about 46 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Netcong:
  • TRINCA (about 7 miles; ANDOVER, NJ; ID: 13N)
  • AEROFLEX-ANDOVER (about 8 miles; ANDOVER, NJ; ID: 12N)
  • NEWTON (about 9 miles; NEWTON, NJ; ID: 3N5)

Local government website: www.netcong.org

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Netcong:
  • COUNTY COLLEGE OF MORRIS (about 10 miles; RANDOLPH, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 5,202)
  • DREW UNIVERSITY (about 22 miles; MADISON, NJ; FT enrollment: 2,133)
  • RARITAN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 24 miles; SOMERVILLE, NJ; FT enrollment: 3,283)
  • SETON HALL UNIVERSITY (about 32 miles; SOUTH ORANGE, NJ; FT enrollment: 7,509)
  • WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (about 33 miles; WAYNE, NJ; FT enrollment: 8,017)
  • UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 33 miles; CRANFORD, NJ; FT enrollment: 5,856)
  • KEAN UNIVERSITY (about 34 miles; UNION, NJ; FT enrollment: 8,627)
Public elementary/middle school in Netcong:
Private elementary/middle school in Netcong:
  • ST MICHAEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 490; Location: 10 CHURCH STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
Library in Netcong:
  • NETCONG PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $61,787; Location: 18 PROSPECT STREET; 15,450 books; 359 audio materials; 477 video materials; 43 serial subscriptions)

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Hotel: Kingtown Motel (USHighway 46 North).

Court: Netcong Borough - Municipal Court (23 Maple Avenue).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Netcong and their reported violations in the past:

NETCONG WATER DEPT (Population served: 2580, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Single Sample - Between JAN-2002 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
  • One minor monitoring violation
  • 63 regular monitoring violations
WILD WEST CITY (Population served: 306, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:
This city:  2.6 people
New Jersey:  2.7 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  67.6%
Whole state:  70.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  5.9%
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: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  3.1%
Whole state:  8.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  1.7%
Whole state:  4.2%

Netcong compared to New Jersey state average:

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  • Median household income above state average.
  • Median house value above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.


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Banks with branches in Netcong (2007 data):
  • Skylands Community Bank: Netcong Branch at 9 Ledgewood Avenue, branch established on 1908-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $608.8 mil, Deposits: $467.2 mil, headquarters in Hackettstown, NJ, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 12 total offices, Holding Company: Fulton Financial Corporation



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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
Judicial and Legal 0$0 1$878



6.35% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($85,822 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.35%
New Jersey average:  6.12%

0.12% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,309 average AGI)
Morris County:  0.12%
New Jersey average:  0.14%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Essex County, NJ  0.74% ($87,001 average AGI)
from Passaic County, NJ  0.66% ($68,059)
from Bergen County, NJ  0.52% ($89,098)


7.00% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($84,644 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.00%
New Jersey average:  6.89%

0.10% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,962 average AGI)
Morris County:  0.10%
New Jersey average:  0.09%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Sussex County, NJ  0.51% ($63,845 average AGI)
to Essex County, NJ  0.44% ($77,483)
to Passaic County, NJ  0.43% ($55,519)


Strongest AM radio stations in Netcong:
  • WMCA (570 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF NEW YORK, LLC)
  • WSNR (620 AM; 20 kW; JERSEY CITY, NJ)
  • WOR (710 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WABC (770 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WABC-AM RADIO, INC.)
  • WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • 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)
  • WADO (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WADO-AM LICENSE CORP.)
  • WBBR (1130 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: BLOOMBERG COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
  • WFAN (660 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WMTR (1250 AM; 7 kW; MORRISTOWN, NJ; Owner: THE SENTINEL PUBLISHING CO.)
  • WVNJ (1160 AM; 20 kW; OAKLAND, NJ; Owner: UNIVERSAL B/CASTING OF NEW YORK,INC.)
  • WNNJ (1360 AM; 2 kW; NEWTON, NJ)

Strongest FM radio stations in Netcong:
  • WNNJ-FM (103.7 FM; NEWTON, NJ; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WDHA-FM (105.5 FM; DOVER, NJ; Owner: THE SENTINEL PUBLISHING CO.)
  • W284AF (104.7 FM; HACKETTSTOWN, NJ; Owner: WRNJ RADIO, INC.)
  • WHCY (106.3 FM; BLAIRSTOWN, NJ; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WRKS (98.7 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORP OF NEW YORK)
  • WSUS (102.3 FM; FRANKLIN, NJ; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WAWZ (99.1 FM; ZAREPHATH, NJ; Owner: PILLAR OF FIRE)
  • W224AS (92.7 FM; WASHINGTON, NJ; Owner: WRNJ RADIO, INC.)
  • WNJP (88.5 FM; SUSSEX, NJ; Owner: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTH.)
  • W245AC (96.9 FM; HARMONY TOWNSHIP, NJ; Owner: MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WNEW (102.7 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WWPJ (89.5 FM; PEN ARGYL, PA; Owner: MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WNYC-FM (93.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WNYC RADIO)
  • WPAT-FM (93.1 FM; PATERSON, NJ; Owner: WPAT LICENSING, INC.)
  • WSBG (93.5 FM; STROUDSBURG, PA; Owner: NASSAU BROADCASTING II, L.L.C.)
  • WQCD (101.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WKTU (103.5 FM; LAKE SUCCESS, NY; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
  • WKCR-FM (89.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK)
  • W289AA (105.7 FM; LEBANON TOWNSHIP, NJ; Owner: MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WAXQ (104.3 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: AMFM NEW YORK LICENSES, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Netcong:
  • WMBC-TV (Channel 63; NEWTON, NJ; Owner: MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WNYW (Channel 5; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
  • WPXO-LP (Channel 34; EAST ORANGE, NJ; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LPTV, INC.)
  • 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.)
  • W54CZ (Channel 54; MORRISTOWN, NJ; Owner: WLNY-TV, INC.)
  • WPXN-TV (Channel 31; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
  • 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.)
  • 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)
  • WFME-TV (Channel 66; WEST MILFORD, NJ; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • WNJT (Channel 52; TRENTON, NJ; Owner: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
  • WNJB (Channel 58; NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ; Owner: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
  • WLBX-LP (Channel 22; CRANFORD, NJ; Owner: RENARD COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
  • W49BE (Channel 49; HACKETTSTOWN, NJ; Owner: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC B/CING. AUTHORITY)
  • W23AZ (Channel 23; HACKETTSTOWN, NJ; Owner: CENTENARY COLLEGE)




Netcong fatal accident list for 1999:
Nov 24, 1999 11:34 AM, 631, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1


Netcong fatal accident list for 1995:
Nov 6, 1995 11:33 AM, Us46, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1


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