Monmouth County, New Jersey (NJ)

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% of renters here:	25%
State:	34%

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Median resident age:	37.7 years
New Jersey median age:	36.7 years

Males: 298,839	(48.6%)
Females: 316,462	(51.4%)

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Monmouth County:	2.7 people
New Jersey:	2.7 people

This county:	$78,247
New Jersey:	$67,035

This county:	$953
State:	$905

Monmouth County:	$445,000
New Jersey:	$372,300

Detached houses: $548,905

Here:	$548,905
State:	$452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $363,473

Here:	$363,473
State:	$310,364

In 2-unit structures: $474,903

Here:	$474,903
State:	$429,538

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $368,035

Here:	$368,035
State:	$371,779

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $300,082

Here:	$300,082
State:	$309,003

Mobile homes: $72,178

Here:	$72,178
State:	$53,584

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $78,125

Here:	$78,125
State:	$87,707

Health of residents in Monmouth County based on 1076 CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2002 to 2004:
General health status score of residents in this county from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) is 3.7. This is better than average.
75.5% of residents exercised in the past month. This is about average.
34.0% of residents had a sunburn in the past 12 months. This is about average.
52.7% of residents smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives. This is more than average.
69.1% of residents drank alcohol in the past 30 days. This is more than average.
80.3% of residents visited a dentist within the past year. This is more than average.
Average weight of males is 190 pounds. This is about average.
Average weight of females is 151 pounds. This is about average.
8.1% of residents keep firearms around their homes. This is less than average.

Monmouth County:	6.1%
New Jersey:	8.6%

Area name: New York-Monmouth-Ocean, NY-NJ HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Monmouth County is $1003 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1133 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1406 a month.

Cities in this county include: Long Branch, Asbury Park, Tinton Falls, Eatontown, West Freehold, Red Bank, Morganville, Freehold, Keansburg, Yardville-Groveville.

2005 air pollution in Monmouth County:

Carbon Monoxide: 2 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.115 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Above U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.088 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Burlington County , Mercer County , Middlesex County , Ocean County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits: Notable locations in Monmouth County: Jumping Brook Golf Club (A), Spring Meadow Golf And Country Club (B), Marlboro Industrial Park (C), Holland Orchards Country Club (D), Hollywood Golf Course (E), Hominy Hills Golf Course (F), Hop Creek Farms (G), Rumson Country Club (H), Howell Park Golf Course (I), Howell Station (J), Beacon Hill Country Club (K), Romanessin Brook Farm (L), Monmouth Water Works (M), Bel - Aire Golf Course (N), Ocean Township Industrial Park (O), River Plaza (P), Camp Housman (Q), Camp Kearney (R), Shark River Golf Course (S), Camp Zehnder (T). Display/hide their locations on the map Shopping Centers: Airport Plaza Shopping Center (1), Holmdel Towne Center Shopping Center (2), Freehold Raceway Mall Shopping Center (3), Seaview Square Mall Shopping Center (4), Sea Girt Mall Shopping Center (5). Display/hide their locations on the map Churches in Monmouth County include: Church of the Good Shepherd (A), Saint Mark African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (B), Holy Innocents Church (C), Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church (D), Saint Marys Church (E), Saint Michael's Episcopal Church (F), Colts Neck Church (G), Community Church of Christ (H), Siloam United Methodist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Cemeteries: Mount Prospect Cemetery (1), Mount Olivet Cemetery (2), Mount Calvary Cemetery (3), Conover Cemetery (4), Brewer Cemetery (5), Smock Family Cemetery (6), State Hospital Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Haskell Pond (A), Wemrock Pond (B), Alberta Lake (C), Aldrich Lake (D), Imlaystown Lake (E), Hurleys Pond (F), Echo Lake (G), Jumping Brook Reservoir (H). Display/hide their locations on the map Streams, rivers, and creeks: Applegates Creek (A), Ardena Brook (B), Bannen Meadow Brook (C), Bass Run (D), Bear Swamp Brook (E), Big Brook (F), Birch Creek (G), Birch Swamp Brook (H), Bittern Brook (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Parks in Monmouth County include: Turkey Swamp Wildlife Management Area (1), Turkey Swamp Park (2), Normandy Park (3), Deep Cut County Park (4), Liberty Oak Park (5), Poricy Park (6), Tindall Park (7), Dorbrook County Park (8), Dorsett Park (9). Display/hide their locations on the map Beach: Ideal Beach (A). Display/hide its location on the map Post office: Neptune Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Here:	7.8%
New Jersey:	8.7%

Current college students: 30,358
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 34.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 63,807 (53% naturalized citizens)

Monmouth County:	10.4%
Whole state:	17.5%

Mean travel time to work: 34.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 60.0%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 161,048
• One, attached: 19,766
• Two: 9,684
• 3 or 4: 9,347
• 5 to 9: 9,520
• 10 to 19: 10,510
• 20 or more: 17,714
• Mobile homes: 3,213
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 82

Housing units in Monmouth County with a mortgage: 115,013 (11,657 second mortgage, 18,994 home equity loan, 575 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 34,962

Here:	76.7% with mortgage
State:	71.5% with mortgage

Monmouth County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below New Jersey state average. It is 2.0 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 5 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 3/10/1964, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured 5 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Monmouth County-area historical earthquake activity is below New Jersey state average. It is 92% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 1/16/1994 at 00:42:43, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 99.2 miles away from Monmouth County center
On 8/26/2003 at 18:24:18, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, 3.5 ML, Depth: 1.9 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 56.1 miles away from the county center
On 1/9/1992 at 08:50:45, a magnitude 3.1 (3.0 LG, 3.1 MD, Depth: 4.9 mi) earthquake occurred 12.5 miles away from the county center
On 10/23/1990 at 01:34:48, a magnitude 3.2 (2.9 LG, 3.2 MD, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 90.7 miles away from Monmouth County center
On 10/28/1991 at 20:58:26, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 61.4 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML)

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 221,097 (76%) Carpooled: 26,932 (9%) Bus or trolley bus: 11,949 (4%) Streetcar or trolley car: 61 (0%) Subway or elevated: 524 (0%) Railroad: 10,840 (4%) Ferryboat: 1,455 (0%) Taxi: 1,037 (0%) Motorcycle: 199 (0%) Bicycle: 875 (0%) Walked: 5,886 (2%) Other means: 1,579 (1%) Worked at home: 9,504 (3%)

4.98% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($78,776 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.98%
New Jersey average:	6.12%

0.06% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,011 average AGI)

Monmouth County:	0.06%
New Jersey average:	0.14%

2.82% relocated from other counties in New Jersey ($44,666 average AGI)
2.10% relocated from other states ($33,099 average AGI)

Monmouth County:	2.10%
New Jersey average:	2.46%

from Middlesex County, NJ	0.78% ($74,424 average AGI)
from Ocean County, NJ	0.75% ($56,110)
from Richmond County, NY	0.28% ($102,994)
from Hudson County, NJ	0.25% ($119,246)
from Kings County, NY	0.24% ($83,973)
from Union County, NJ	0.20% ($88,609)
from Essex County, NJ	0.16% ($76,403)

5.90% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($72,852 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.90%
New Jersey average:	6.89%

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($540 average AGI)

Monmouth County:	0.06%
New Jersey average:	0.09%

2.98% relocated to other counties in New Jersey ($35,184 average AGI)
2.86% relocated to other states ($37,128 average AGI)

Monmouth County:	2.86%
New Jersey average:	3.32%

to Ocean County, NJ	1.29% ($61,703 average AGI)
to Middlesex County, NJ	0.63% ($79,620)
to Hudson County, NJ	0.19% ($86,630)
to New York County, NY	0.18% ($89,263)
to Mercer County, NJ	0.14% ($71,303)
to Union County, NJ	0.12% ($56,849)
to Burlington County, NJ	0.10% ($60,017)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 3.4

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 89,357 (79,307 aged, 10,050 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 529,784 (124,900 male householders, 36,322 female householders)

  132,506 spouses, 197,978 children (186,854 natural, 4,962 adopted, 6,162 stepchildren), 8,405 grandchildren, 4,763 brothers or sisters, 5,852 parents, 9,920 other relatives, 9,138 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 75,501 (26,686 male householders (21,044 living alone)), 36,539 female householders (32,299 living alone)), 12,276 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 10,016 (4,888 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 58,173 2-persons, 37,203 3-persons, 38,907 4-persons, 18,089 5-persons, 6,320 6-persons, 2,530 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 53,343 1-person, 8,542 2-persons, 888 3-persons, 305 4-persons, 85 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 35 7-or-more-persons.

85.3% of residents of Monmouth County speak English at home.
5.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
6.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $4,298,847,000 ($6756 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,233,759,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,477,340,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $757,508,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $7,283,000
Federal grants: $464,068,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,114,451,000 ($872,878,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $478,197,000 ($310,947,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $33,479,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $314,467,000
Federal Government insurance: $2,561,359,000

Here:	65 per 1000 residents
State:	69 per 1000 residents

Here:	44 per 1000 residents
State:	44 per 1000 residents

Here:	+17 per 1000 residents
State:	+33 per 1000 residents

Here:	-4 per 1000 residents
State:	-22 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 56.48 millions of gallons per day (31% from ground, 69% from surface)

Here:	7.0
State:	6.6

Here:	3.9
State:	3.8

63% of Monmouth County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in New Jersey.

Monmouth County:	62.6%
State average:	62.3%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 345640
• Northeast: 153879
• Midwest: 11714
• South: 25313
• West: 6549

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $179,900

Here:	12.3%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Here:	13.0%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Here:	33.1%
New Jersey:	30.1%

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