Rahway, New Jersey

Back to Rahway, NJ housing info, Union County, New Jersey, NJ smaller cities, NJ small cities, All Cities.

Rahway Apartments for Rent

Submit your own pictures of this city and show them to the World

General Map
Google Map
MSN Map

Current weather forecast for Rahway, NJ

Union County

Population in July 2007: 28,189. Population change since 2000: +3.8%

Males: 13,444	(47.7%)
Females: 14,745	(52.3%)

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

Zip codes: 07065.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $56,425 (it was $50,729 in 2000)

Rahway:	$56,425
New Jersey:	$67,035

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $328,893 (it was $144,100 in 2000)

Rahway:	$328,893
New Jersey:	$372,300

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $299,237; Detached houses: $294,648; Townhouses or other attached units: $250,317; In 2-unit structures: $402,088; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $538,456; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $190,823; Mobile homes: $137,500
Recent home sales, real estate maps, and home value estimator for zip code 07065

Rahway, 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

Profiles of local businesses:
Kingdom Karate

Races in Rahway:

White Non-Hispanic (53.2%)
Black (27.1%)
Hispanic (13.9%)
Other race (5.6%)
Two or more races (3.3%)
Filipino (1.6%)
Asian Indian (0.9%)
American Indian (0.8%)
Chinese (0.6%)

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

2008 cost of living index in Rahway: 125.4 (high, U.S. average is 100)

Recent posts about Rahway, New Jersey on our local forum with over 600,000 registered users. Rahway is mentioned 1,144 times on our forum:

	Hand car wash near Woodbridge/Rahway (2 replies)
	Rahway,NJ (88 replies)
	Rahway, Woodbridge train station parking and bus to NYC (30 replies)
	How's the commute from New Brunswick to Rahway? (9 replies)
	Question for anyone living in Rahway (30 replies)
	Riverplace at Rahway, NJ (4 replies)

Latest news from Rahway, NJ collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations

Ancestries: Italian (12.0%), Irish (11.4%), German (10.0%), Polish (9.5%), English (3.8%), United States (2.9%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1858

Elevation: 20 feet

Land area: 3.99 square miles.

Population density: 7066 people per square mile

(high).

Rahway,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 Rahway

High school or higher: 81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.6%
Graduate or professional degree: 5.5%
Unemployed: 6.6%
Mean travel time to work: 27.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Rahway city

Never married: 29.0%
Now married: 51.0%
Separated: 3.0%
Widowed: 8.6%
Divorced: 8.4%

4,553 residents are foreign born (8.8% Latin America, 3.8% Europe, 3.4% Asia).

This city:	17.2%
New Jersey:	17.5%

According to our research there were 5 registered sex offenders living in Rahway, New Jersey in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Rahway to the number of sex offenders is 5638 to 1.

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

Rahway:	2.9% ($4,157)
New Jersey:	2.4% ($4,047)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Elizabeth, NJ (5.4 miles , pop. 120,568).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Staten Island, NY (7.6 miles , pop. 443,728).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Brooklyn, NY (17.5 miles , pop. 2,465,326).

Nearest cities: Avenel, NJ (1.3 miles ), Clark, NJ (1.3 miles ), Colonia, NJ (1.4 miles ), Linden, NJ (1.6 miles ), Iselin, NJ (1.7 miles ), Port Reading, NJ (1.8 miles ), Carteret borough, NJ (1.8 miles ), Roselle borough, NJ (1.8 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 4 buildings, average cost: $71,300
1997: 4 buildings, average cost: $73,200
1998: 21 buildings, average cost: $36,700
1999: 20 buildings, average cost: $68,200
2000: 30 buildings, average cost: $81,000
2001: 7 buildings, average cost: $92,600
2002: 11 buildings, average cost: $78,600
2003: 11 buildings, average cost: $91,900
2004: 11 buildings, average cost: $113,700
2005: 130 buildings, average cost: $111,600
2006: 61 buildings, average cost: $104,600
2007: 35 buildings, average cost: $93,800

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

Latitude: 40.61 N, Longitude: 74.28 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: +1,944 (+7.3%)
Workers who live and work in this city: 2,016 (16.5%)

Area codes: 732, 908, 848

This city's Wikipedia profile

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

Population change in the 1990s: +1,200 (+4.7%).

Unemployment in December 2008:

Here:	4.8%
New Jersey:	4.1%

Unemployment by year (%)

Historical population

Historical housing units

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (10%)
Chemicals (6%)
Public administration (6%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (16%)
Educational services (9%)
Finance and insurance (8%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Social assistance (5%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Public administration (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
Computer specialists (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Registered nurses (3%)
Cashiers (3%)

Rahway races chart

Crime in Rahway by Year
Type	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Murders	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	0
per 100,000	3.9	7.7	3.7	0.0	7.4	0.0	0.0	3.6	0.0
Rapes	4	4	2	2	2	4	2	3	1
per 100,000	15.7	15.4	7.5	7.4	7.4	14.8	7.2	10.9	3.6
Robberies	52	31	27	32	49	55	44	46	58
per 100,000	204.5	119.0	101.0	118.3	181.1	204.0	159.2	166.8	209.2
Assaults	31	32	29	33	29	33	41	26	25
per 100,000	121.9	122.9	108.5	122.0	107.2	122.4	148.3	94.3	90.2
Burglaries	142	204	156	133	154	150	95	117	125
per 100,000	558.5	783.2	583.8	491.6	569.1	556.3	343.7	424.2	450.9
Thefts	490	522	633	519	457	449	376	433	461
per 100,000	1927.2	2004.1	2368.9	1918.4	1688.8	1665.1	1360.4	1569.8	1663.1
Auto thefts	107	87	131	144	100	75	80	82	70
per 100,000	420.8	334.0	490.3	532.3	369.5	278.1	289.5	297.3	252.5
Arson	7	2	5	5	5	7	5	5	0
per 100,000	27.5	7.7	18.7	18.5	18.5	26.0	18.1	18.1	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9)	256.0	249.6	240.3	219.5	233.4	225.3	184.9	201.1	202.0

(click on a table row to update graph)

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 87 (80 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	2.84
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in Rahway, New Jersey

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Rahway, New Jersey average precipitation

Back to the top

Rahway-area historical tornado activity is slightly above New Jersey state average. It is 6% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/28/1973, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 17.6 miles away from the Rahway city center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 10/18/1990, a category 3 tornado 27.2 miles away from the city center injured 8 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Hospital/medical center in Rahway:

RAHWAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (865 STONE ST)

Other hospitals/medical centers near Rahway:

TRINITAS HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; ELIZABETH, NJ)
MUHLENBERG REGIONAL MED CTR (about 5 miles; PLAINFIELD, NJ)
OVERLOOK HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; SUMMIT, NJ)

Political contributions by individuals in Rahway, NJ

Heliports located in Rahway:

Merck & Co Heliport

Amtrak stations near Rahway:

4 miles: METROPARK (ISELIN, 100 MIDDLESEX-ESSEX TPK.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, paid short-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
8 miles: NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NEWARK, ). Services: ticket office, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones.
11 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 Rahway:

UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 4 miles; CRANFORD, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 5,856)
KEAN UNIVERSITY (about 7 miles; UNION, NJ; FT enrollment: 8,627)
CUNY COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND (about 7 miles; STATEN ISLAND, NY; FT enrollment: 8,135)
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY (about 10 miles; SOUTH ORANGE, NJ; FT enrollment: 7,509)
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK (about 11 miles; NEWARK, NJ; FT enrollment: 6,878)
NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 11 miles; NEWARK, NJ; FT enrollment: 6,565)
ESSEX COUNTY COLLEGE (about 11 miles; NEWARK, NJ; FT enrollment: 5,893)

Public high school in Rahway:

Rahway High School (Students: 1184; Location: 1012 MADISON AVE; Grades: G9 - G12)

Private high school in Rahway:

ST MARYS (Students: 241; Location: 244 CENTRAL AVENUE; Grades: PK - 12)

Public elementary/middle schools in Rahway:

Rahway Middle School (Students: 899; Location: KLINE PLACE; Grades: G6 - G8)
Roosevelt School (Students: 646; Location: 811 ST GEORGE AVE; Grades: PK - G5)
Franklin School (Students: 562; Location: 1809 ST GEORGES AVE; Grades: PK - G5)
Grover Cleveland School (Students: 324; Location: 486 E MILTON AVE; Grades: PK - G5)
Madison School (Students: 296; Location: 944 MADISON AVE; Grades: PK - G5)

Private elementary/middle schools in Rahway:

ECYC INC DBA EMPLOYEES CENTER (Students: 88; Location: C O MERCK AND CO INC PO BOX 20; Grades: PK - KG)
PAT'S DAY CARE CENTER (Students: 54; Location: 1645 COLUMBUS PLACE; Grades: PK - 2)

See full list of schools located in Rahway

Library in Rahway:

RAHWAY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $680,680; Location: 75 EAST CHERRY, RM 9B; 82,970 books; 914 audio materials; 525 video materials; 184 serial subscriptions)

Click to draw/clear city borders

Notable locations in Rahway: North Rahway Station (A), Rahway Yacht Club (B), Rahway Waterworks (C), Rahway Station (D), Rahway Theatre (E), Rahway Public Library (F), Rahway Engine Company Number 5 (G), Rahway City Hall (H), Downtown Fire Station (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Rahway include: Saint Marks Catholic Church (A), Holy Comforter Episcopal Church (B), Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church (C), Saint Paul's Episcopal Church (D), Second Baptist Church (E), Second Presbyterian Church (F), Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church (G), Progressive Baptist Church (H), Saint John The Baptist Russian Orthodox Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

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

Reservoir: Milton Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Robinsons Branch (A), South Branch Rahway River (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Rahway include: Flannagan Field (1), Veteran's Field (2), Brennan Field (3), Roosevelt Field (4), Howard Field (5), Milton Lake Park (6), Madden Field (7), Stein Field (8), Merck Athletic Field (9). Display/hide their locations on the map

Hotels: Guest Packaging (389 West Inman Avenue), Executive Inn (1650 USHighway 1), Kings Inn Motel (U S Hwy No 1 & Lawrence), Deluxe Inn (USHighway 1 & # # 9).

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

RAHWAY WATER DEPARTMENT (Population served: 26500, Surface_water):

Past health violations:

MCL, Average - Between DEC-1992 and NOV-1997, Contaminant: Trichloroethylene. Follow-up actions: St AO (w/o penalty) issued (APR-16-1993), St Compliance Meeting conducted (APR-16-1993), St Tech Assistance Visit (APR-16-1993), St Public Notif received (APR-16-1993)

MCL, Average - Between DEC-1992 and NOV-1997, Contaminant: Tetrachloroethylene. Follow-up actions: St AO (w/o penalty) issued (APR-16-1993), St Compliance Meeting conducted (APR-16-1993), St Tech Assistance Visit (APR-16-1993), St Public Notif received (APR-16-1993)

MCL, Average - Between NOV-1992 and OCT-1997, Contaminant: Trichloroethylene. Follow-up actions: St AO (w/o penalty) issued (APR-16-1993), St Compliance Meeting conducted (APR-16-1993), St Tech Assistance Visit (APR-16-1993), St Public Notif received (APR-16-1993)

Past monitoring violations:

2 routine major monitoring violations

2 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:

This city:	2.6 people
New Jersey:	2.7 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	67.1%
Whole state:	70.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	5.4%
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 2007:

This city:	7.1%
Whole state:	8.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This city:	3.6%
Whole state:	4.2%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Rahway, NJ

People in group quarters in Rahway

118 people in nursing homes
40 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
2 people in religious group quarters

Rahway compared to New Jersey state average:

Median house value 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 Rahway (2009 data):

RSI BANK: Rsi Bank at 1500 Irving Street, branch established on 1851-03-12; Rsi Bank at 2401 St. Georges Avenue, branch established on 2004-04-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $445.3 mil, Deposits: $350.8 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 4 total offices, Holding Company: Rsi Bancorp, Mhc
Wachovia Bank, National Association: Rahway Branch at 1420 Irving Street, branch established on 1962-09-18. Info updated 2008-06-19: Bank assets: $635,476.0 mil, Deposits: $424,599.0 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, negative income in the last year, 3343 total offices, Holding Company: Wells Fargo & Company
Bank of America, National Association: Rahway Branch at 1034 St. Georges Avenue, branch established on 1967-11-08. Info updated 2008-11-07: Bank assets: $1,471,631.0 mil, Deposits: $954,677.6 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, 6194 total offices, Holding Company: Bank Of America Corporation
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association: St. Georges Branch at 1003 Saint Georges Avenue, branch established on 2006-12-18. Info updated 2008-09-30: Bank assets: $1,746,242.0 mil, Deposits: $1,055,765.0 mil, headquarters in Columbus, OH, positive income, International Specialization, 5491 total offices, Holding Company: Jpmorgan Chase & Co.
TD Bank, National Association: Rahway Branch at St. Georges Avenue And West Milton Street, branch established on 2000-09-09. Info updated 2008-06-17: Bank assets: $101,632.1 mil, Deposits: $76,748.6 mil, headquarters in Wilmington, DE, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1084 total offices, Holding Company: Toronto-Dominion Bank, The

Fire-safe hotels and motels in Rahway, New Jersey

Rodeway Inn, 1650 Rt 1 & 9, Rahway, NJ 07065, Phone: (732) 396-9300, Fax: (732) 381-7883
Hotel Indigo, 1 Carriage City Plz, Rahway, NJ 07065, Phone: (732) 340-0076, Fax: (732) 340-0087
Best Western Riverview Inn & Suites, 1747 Paterson St, Rahway, NJ 07065, Phone: (732) 381-7650, Fax: (732) 381-6753

See all 3 fire-safe hotels and motels in Rahway, New Jersey

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Rahway mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Union County New Jersey:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (66%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (25%) Electricity (7%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Neighborhoods in Rahway:

Religon statistics for Rahway

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Presbyterian Church (USA)	American Baptist Churches in the USA	Episcopal Church	United Methodist Church
Adherents	73.6%	3.5%	2.9%	2.0%	1.5%
Congregations	17.6%	11.5%	9.2%	6.5%	6.5%

Name	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Assemblies of God	Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Other religions
Adherents	1.3%	1.1%	1.0%	0.6%	12.6%
Congregations	5.0%	6.1%	1.1%	2.3%	34.4%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration	8	$42,274	$63,411	0	$0
Other Government Administration	9	$66,306	$88,408	0	$0
Judicial and Legal	10	$24,052	$28,862	0	$0
Police Protection - Officers	81	$623,366	$92,351	0	$0
Police - Other	11	$30,680	$33,469	0	$0
Firefighters	54	$355,666	$79,037	0	$0
Fire - Other	3	$11,516	$46,064	0	$0
Streets and Highways	34	$153,364	$54,128	0	$0
Health	11	$55,770	$60,840	0	$0
Solid Waste Management	21	$71,686	$40,963	0	$0
Sewerage	4	$15,986	$47,958	0	$0
Parks and Recreation	9	$31,282	$41,709	13	$6,239
Housing and Community Development(Local)	16	$76,178	$57,134	4	$4,158
Local Libraries	18	$60,094	$40,063	11	$12,724
Other and Unallocable	5	$14,576	$34,982	8	$2,163
Totals for Government	294	$1,632,796	$66,645	36	$25,284

Rahway government finances in 2006:

Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $6,897,000
Charges - Housing and Community Development: $1,018,000
Sewerage: $600,000

Solid Waste Management: $85,000
Construction - Regular Highways: $1,340,000
Water Utilities: $1,251,000

General - Other: $930,000

Sewerage: $56,000
Current Operations - General - Other: $12,196,000
Police Protection: $8,392,000

Local Fire Protection: $5,094,000

Housing and Community Development: $3,664,000

Water Utilities: $2,595,000

Solid Waste Management: $1,994,000

Libraries: $1,250,000

Central Staff Services: $1,079,000

Health - Other: $886,000

Parks and Recreation: $696,000

Financial Administration: $669,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $529,000

Regular Highways: $371,000

Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $361,000

Sewerage: $182,000

Natural Resources - Other: $5,000
Federal Intergovernmental - Housing and Community Development: $2,553,000
All Other: $90,000
General - Interest on Debt: $1,420,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Sewerage: $2,557,000
Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $270,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $3,120,000
Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $621,000
Interest Earnings: $591,000

General Revenue, NEC: $521,000
NEW for 2005 - Long Term Debt Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $43,889,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $39,165,000

Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $7,844,000
Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $273,000
Solid Waste Management: $127,000

General - Other: $98,000

Regular Highways: $8,000

Sewerage: $8,000
Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $5,714,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $4,275,000
Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $8,364,000
End of Fiscal Year: $5,557,000
State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $5,463,000
All Other: $640,000
Tax - Property: $25,631,000
Other Selective Sales: $2,237,000

Other License: $900,000

Public Utilities Sales: $79,000

Alcoholic Beverage License: $34,000
Total Salaries and Wages: $19,269,000
Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $426,000

6.21% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($55,931 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.21%
New Jersey average:	6.12%

0.09% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,193 average AGI)
Union County: 0.09%
New Jersey average: 0.14%

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

from Essex County, NJ	1.58% ($43,782 average AGI)
from Middlesex County, NJ	0.79% ($45,395)
from Hudson County, NJ	0.64% ($64,325)

7.47% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($58,861 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.47%
New Jersey average:	6.89%

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($727 average AGI)
Union County: 0.06%
New Jersey average: 0.09%

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

to Middlesex County, NJ	1.18% ($47,329 average AGI)
to Essex County, NJ	0.93% ($39,626)
to Somerset County, NJ	0.63% ($72,811)

Strongest AM radio stations in Rahway:

WJDM (1530 AM; 10 kW; ELIZABETH, NJ; Owner: RADIO UNICA OF NEW YORK LICENSE CORP)
WMCA (570 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF NEW YORK, 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.)
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)
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)
WNYC (820 AM; 10 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WNYC RADIO)

Strongest FM radio stations in Rahway:

WRKS (98.7 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORP OF NEW YORK)
WNYC-FM (93.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WNYC RADIO)
WPAT-FM (93.1 FM; PATERSON, NJ; Owner: WPAT LICENSING, INC.)
WSIA (88.9 FM; STATEN ISLAND, NY; Owner: THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND)
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 Rahway:

WLBX-LP (Channel 22; CRANFORD, NJ; Owner: RENARD COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
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)
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)
WNJB (Channel 58; NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ; Owner: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
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)

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)

See more detailed statistics of Rahway fatal accidents for 1975 - 2007 here

National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 23
Total length: 71 meters (233ft)
Total costs: $30,172,000
Total average daily traffic: 313,818
Total average daily truck traffic: 11,139

New bridges - Historical Statistics

Before 1900: 1
1900-1909: 4
1910-1919: 3
1920-1929: 5
1930-1939: 2
1940-1949: 0
1950-1959: 1
1960-1969: 1
1970-1979: 2
1980-1989: 1
1990-1999: 1
2000-2009: 2

See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for Rahway, NJ

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1

Marin Fettman, 2113 Elizabeth Avenue (Nj05770h), Type: Tower, Structure height: 33.5 m, Overall height: 33.5 m, , Licensee ID: L00072622
Registrant: Omnipoint Communications Inc., 12920 S.E. 38th Street, Bellevue, WA 98006, Phone: (425) 383-4000, Email:

FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 6 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Rahway, NJ)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 17 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2

NJY0139, 619 New Brunswick Ave, Type: Pole, Structure height: 27.7 m, Call Sign: WQGJ271
Assigned Frequencies : 23120.0 MHz
Grant Date: 02/02/2007, Expiration Date: 02/02/2017, Certifier: Joseph M Sandri Jr
Registrant: Fibertower Corporation, 1667 K Street Nw, Suite 250, Washington, DC 20006, Phone: (202) 223-1028, Fax: (202) 315-3415, Email:
RAHWAY, 126 E Lincoln Avenue, Overall height: 23.2 m, Call Sign: WLR627
Assigned Frequencies : 6422.40 MHz
Grant Date: 02/13/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Cancelation Date: 03/06/2007, Certifier: Karen Zacharia
Registrant: Mci Communications Services, Inc., 2400 N. Glenville Drive, Dept/Loc 71216/107, Richardson, TX 75082, Phone: (972) 729-6406, Fax: (972) 729-2690, Email:

FCC Registered Paging Towers: 3

1181 Main Street, Type: Tower, Structure height: 45.7 m, Overall height: 50 m, Call Sign: KNKK653
Assigned Frequencies : 931.787 MHz
Grant Date: 03/10/2009, Expiration Date: 04/01/2019, Certifier: John X Adilette
Registrant: Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., 1120 20th Street, N.W., Suite 700 North, Washington, DC 22314, Phone: (202) 973-1210, Fax: (202) 973-1212, Email:
1181 Main Street, Overall height: 47.3 m, Call Sign: KNKG859
Assigned Frequencies : 931.937 MHz
Grant Date: 08/31/1999, Expiration Date: 04/01/2009, Certifier: John A Fellows
Registrant: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, 1500 K Street, N.W. - Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005, Phone: (202) 230-5180, Fax: (202) 387-3467, Email:
Rahway Plaza Apartments, 1181 Main Street, Structure height: 50 m, Overall height: 52 m, Call Sign: KNLW541
Assigned Frequencies : 931.287 MHz
Expiration Date: 12/12/2007, Cancelation Date: 02/23/2008, Certifier: Paul H Kuzia
Registrant: Venable, LLP, 575 7th Street, Nw, Washington, DC 20004, Phone: (202) 344-4000, Fax: (202) 344-8300, Email:

FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 2

1706 Paterson St, Call Sign: KJA491
Assigned Frequencies : 156.450 MHz, 156.800 MHz
Grant Date: 01/08/2003, Expiration Date: 12/11/2012
Registrant: Rahway Yacht Club, 1706 Paterson St., Rahway, NJ 07065, Phone: (732) 574-8594
126 East Lincoln Ave, Type: Bant, Structure height: 7 m, Overall height: 8 m, Call Sign: WPWI313
Assigned Frequencies : 129.025 MHz
Grant Date: 10/23/2007, Expiration Date: 11/20/2017, Certifier: Kris E Hutchison
Registrant: Aviation Spectrum Resources Inc, 2551 Riva Road, Annapolis, MD 21401, Phone: (410) 266-2132, Fax: (410) 266-2047, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 53 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Rahway)

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 4

Aircraft: WILKINS-WAYNE VARI-VIGGEN (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 12VV , Serial Number: 208, Airworthiness Date: 11/19/1984
Registrant (Individual): Reported Sale, 867 Bryant St, Rahway, NJ 07065
Aircraft: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVN. CORP. AA-5B (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 333FT , Serial Number: AA5B-0111, Year manufactured: 1975, Airworthiness Date: 08/14/1975
Registrant (Corporation): Crosswinds Flying Club Inc, 385 Maple Ave, Rahway, NJ 07065
Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-140 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 107 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 6747W , Serial Number: 28-20871, Year manufactured: 1965, Airworthiness Date: 05/12/1965
Registrant (Individual): John P Geesey, 118 Jefferson Ave, Rahway, NJ 07065
Aircraft: CESSNA 172N (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 734UQ , Serial Number: 17269128, Year manufactured: 1977, Airworthiness Date: 05/19/1977
Registrant (Corporation): Future Technologies Inc, 1308 Pierce St, Rahway, NJ 07065

	A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA Home Purchase Loans		B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans		C) Refinancings		D) Home Improvement Loans		E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families		F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)		G) Loans On Manufactured Home Dwelling (A B C & D)
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007 (Based on 6 full tracts)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	20	$323,200	334	$242,072	635	$218,427	165	$77,648	9	$1,102,556	68	$204,132	1	$20,000
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	0	$0	71	$234,042	163	$236,135	34	$49,353	0	$0	11	$249,727	1	$30,000
APPLICATIONS DENIED	6	$303,833	146	$247,521	532	$248,391	165	$82,455	2	$282,500	38	$176,842	1	$75,000
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	6	$301,833	79	$245,987	214	$231,215	27	$128,222	0	$0	15	$239,867	1	$104,000
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0	13	$208,000	87	$251,759	6	$165,000	0	$0	3	$147,333	0	$0

Choose year: 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

See detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0355.00 , 0356.00, 0357.00, 0358.00, 0359.00, 0360.00

	A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans		B) Refinancings		C) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A & B)
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007 (Based on 6 full tracts)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	103	$294,767	47	$330,000	8	$300,375
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	23	$260,304	25	$317,720	6	$246,000
APPLICATIONS DENIED	4	$299,000	7	$323,714	1	$258,000
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	13	$264,538	6	$311,167	3	$181,000
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0	0	$0	0	$0

Choose year: 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

See detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0355.00 , 0356.00, 0357.00, 0358.00, 0359.00, 0360.00

Conventional Home Purchase Loans

Conventional Home Purchase Loans - Value

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 89
Hazardous Condition: 309
Service Call: 10
Good Intent Call: 1

Incident types - Rahway

See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Rahway, NJ

Back to Rahway, NJ housing info, Union 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.