Sussex County, New Jersey (NJ)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 9,666
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 42,019
Renter-occupied apartments: 8,596 (it was 8,812 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 17% |
State: | 35% |
Land area: 521 sq. mi.
Water area: 14.7 sq. mi.
Population density: 270 people per square mile (high).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (23.1%), Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (12.9%), Retail trade (11.4%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 79%
- Government: 15%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 5%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 119,80885.7%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 12,0198.6%Hispanic or Latino
- 2,9882.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 2,9382.1%Asian alone
- 1,9151.4%Two or more races
- 1120.08%Some other race alone
- 150.01%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
Median resident age: | 44.8 years |
New Jersey median age: | 40.2 years |
Males: 69,839 | ![]() |
Females: 70,649 | ![]() |

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Sussex County: | 2.0 people |
New Jersey: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2019: $101,130 ($65,266 in 1999)
This county: | $101,130 |
New Jersey: | $85,751 |
Median contract rent in 2019 for apartments: $1,151 (lower quartile is $909, upper quartile is $1,524)
This county: | $1151 |
State: | $1228 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $279,600 (it was $157,600 in 2000)
Sussex: | $279,600 |
New Jersey: | $348,800 |
Mean price in 2019:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $2,169Detached houses: $308,641
Here: $308,641 State: $433,865 Townhouses or other attached units: $228,877
Here: $228,877 State: $299,752 In 2-unit structures: $326,357
Here: $326,357 State: $377,644 In 3-to-4-unit structures: $171,248
Here: $171,248 State: $336,923 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $119,226
Here: $119,226 State: $336,746 Mobile homes: $42,781
Here: $42,781 State: $77,853
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $936
Institutionalized population: 1,332
Health of residents in Sussex County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:
General health status score of residents in this county from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) is 3.6. This is better than average.73.8% of residents exercised in the past month. This is about average.
50.5% of residents smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives. This is about average.
84.5% of adult residents drank alcohol in the past 30 days. This is more than average.
75.7% of residents visited a dentist within the past year. This is about average.
Average weight of males is 197 pounds. This is about average.
Average weight of females is 155 pounds. This is less than average.
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 1997: 473 buildings, average cost: $127,200
- 1998: 552 buildings, average cost: $138,600
- 1999: 599 buildings, average cost: $139,000
- 2000: 719 buildings, average cost: $136,600
- 2001: 621 buildings, average cost: $152,300
- 2002: 667 buildings, average cost: $161,700
- 2003: 547 buildings, average cost: $165,500
- 2004: 558 buildings, average cost: $160,400
- 2005: 666 buildings, average cost: $163,900
- 2006: 551 buildings, average cost: $175,800
- 2007: 323 buildings, average cost: $199,900
- 2008: 190 buildings, average cost: $209,900
- 2009: 163 buildings, average cost: $211,300
- 2010: 203 buildings, average cost: $205,800
- 2011: 139 buildings, average cost: $213,100
- 2012: 164 buildings, average cost: $205,800
- 2013: 165 buildings, average cost: $208,900
- 2014: 158 buildings, average cost: $212,100
- 2015: 133 buildings, average cost: $223,200
- 2016: 95 buildings, average cost: $236,100
- 2017: 74 buildings, average cost: $212,500
- 2018: 88 buildings, average cost: $189,500
- 2019: 120 buildings, average cost: $182,400
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $7,743 (2.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $7,383 (2.7%)
Sussex County: | 4.7% |
New Jersey: | 9.2% |
Median age of residents in 2019: 44.8 years old
(Males: 43.6 years old, Females: 45.5 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 46.9 years old, Black residents: 37.7 years old, American Indian residents: 33.6 years old, Asian residents: 51.1 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 36.3 years old, Other race residents: 29.9 years old)
Area name: Newark, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Sussex County is $879 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1004 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1202 a month.
Cities in this county include: Hopatcong, Lake Mohawk, Newton, Franklin, Highland Lake, Stanhope, Hamburg, Ogdensburg, Sussex, Vernon Valley.
Neighboring counties: Jasper County, Indiana , La Salle County, Illinois
, Summit County, Ohio
, Van Wert County, Ohio
, Wyandot County, Ohio
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Here: | 9.1% |
New Jersey: | 9.9% |
Current college students: 6,368
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 94.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 38.1%
Number of foreign born residents: 11,060 (78.5% naturalized citizens)
Sussex County: | 7.9% |
Whole state: | 23.4% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 1,0972010 or later
- 2,2892000 to 2009
- 2,2981990 to 1999
- 1,3791980 to 1989
- 1,3741970 to 1979
- 3,413Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): 38.3 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 40.8%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 50,182
- One, attached: 3,466
- Two: 972
- 3 or 4: 1,373
- 5 to 9: 1,817
- 10 to 19: 1,053
- 20 to 49: 925
- 50 or more: 943
- Mobile homes: 1,901
Housing units in Sussex County with a mortgage: 33,239 (678 second mortgage, 4,753 home equity loan, 54 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 13,869
Here: | 71.7% with mortgage |
State: | 65.6% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Sussex County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Catholic | 56,400 | 16 |
Mainline Protestant | 9,211 | 36 |
Evangelical Protestant | 4,368 | 31 |
Other | 1,345 | 12 |
Orthodox | 300 | 1 |
Black Protestant | 182 | 1 |
None | 77,459 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Sussex County: | 1.92 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 2.90 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 1.65 / 10,000 pop. |
New Jersey: | 1.76 / 10,000 pop. |
Sussex County: | 0.86 / 10,000 pop. |
New Jersey: | 0.81 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 6.68 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 7.15 / 10,000 pop. |
Sussex County: | 7.8% |
New Jersey: | 8.3% |
Sussex County: | 23.7% |
State: | 23.3% |
Here: | 15.4% |
State: | 18.0% |
Agriculture in Sussex County:
Average size of farms: 73 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $14,340
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $290.80
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 24.92%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 45.26%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $18,914
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 36.79%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 2.04%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $27,611
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 90.09%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 8.04
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 32.02%
Corn for grain: 1480 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 122 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 103 harvested acres
Vegetables: 870 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 410 acres
Earthquake activity:
Sussex County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above New Jersey state average. It is 67% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 281.3 miles away from Sussex County center
On 10/7/1983 at 10:18:46, a magnitude 5.3 (5.1 MB, 5.3 LG, 5.1 ML) earthquake occurred 198.0 miles away from the county center
On 1/16/1994 at 01:49:16, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, 4.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 89.5 miles away from the county center
On 4/20/2002 at 10:50:47, a magnitude 5.3 (5.3 ML, Depth: 3.0 mi) earthquake occurred 241.1 miles away from the county center
On 4/20/2002 at 10:50:47, a magnitude 5.2 (5.2 MB, 4.2 MS, 5.2 MW, 5.0 MW) earthquake occurred 239.2 miles away from Sussex County center
On 1/16/1994 at 00:42:43, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 88.4 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
- New Jersey Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4488-NJ: March 25, 2020, FEMA Id: 4488, Natural disaster type: Other
- New Jersey Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3354: October 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3354, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- New Jersey Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4086: October 30, 2012, FEMA Id: 4086, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- New Jersey Severe Storm, Incident Period: October 29, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4048: November 30, 2011, FEMA Id: 4048, Natural disaster type: Storm
- New Jersey Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, Incident Period: September 28, 2011 to October 06, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4039: October 14, 2011, FEMA Id: 4039, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
- New Jersey Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 27, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4021: August 31, 2011, FEMA Id: 4021, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- New Jersey Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 26, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3332: August 27, 2011, FEMA Id: 3332, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- New Jersey Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding, Incident Period: April 14, 2007 to April 20, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1694: April 26, 2007, FEMA Id: 1694, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- New Jersey Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 23, 2006 to July 10, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1653: July 07, 2006, FEMA Id: 1653, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- New Jersey Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3257: September 19, 2005, FEMA Id: 3257, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- 13 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Sussex County (23) is greater than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 14
Emergencies Declared: 9
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 6, Floods: 5, Storms: 5, Blizzards: 2, Heavy Rains: 2, Water Shortages: 2, Mudslide: 1, Snowstorm: 1, Tornado: 1, Tropical Depression: 1, Tropical Storm: 1, Wind: 1, Other: 3 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 35,290 (80.1%)
- Carpooled: 3,253 (7.4%)
- Bus: 308 (0.7%)
- Subway or elevated rail: 44 (0.1%)
- Long-distance train or commuter rail: 9 (0.0%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 430 (1.0%)
- Bicycle: 46 (0.1%)
- Walked: 627 (1.4%)
- Worked at home: 4,070 (9.2%)
- Health care and social assistance (19%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Retail trade (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Manufacturing (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care and social assistance (21%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Retail trade (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Manufacturing (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Management occupations (15%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (11%)
- Sales and related occupations (9%)
- Production occupations (7%)
- Transportation occupations (6%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (5%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (5%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (15%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (15%)
- Sales and related occupations (11%)
- Management occupations (10%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (7%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (6%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (5%)
- India (5%)
- Philippines (5%)
- Poland (5%)
- Uruguay (4%)
- Germany (4%)
- Colombia (4%)
- Italy (3%)
- Italian (16%)
- American (14%)
- Irish (10%)
- German (7%)
- Polish (5%)
- English (3%)
- Dutch (3%)
People in group quarters in Sussex County, New Jersey in 2000:
- 1,046 people in nursing homes
- 166 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 148 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 92 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 81 people in other group homes
- 70 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 29 people in religious group quarters
- 26 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 18 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 10 people in unknown juvenile institutions
People in group quarters in Sussex County, New Jersey in 2010:
- 1,093 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 174 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 170 people in group homes intended for adults
- 152 people in other noninstitutional facilities
- 53 people in residential treatment centers for juveniles (non-correctional)
- 44 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 31 people in residential treatment centers for adults
- 13 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
- 12 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional)
5.15% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($64,690 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 5.15% |
New Jersey average: | 5.43% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.62% relocated from other counties in New Jersey ($44,529 average AGI)
1.54% relocated from other states ($20,161 average AGI)
Sussex County: 1.54% New Jersey average: 2.27%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
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from Passaic County, NJ | ![]() |
from Bergen County, NJ | ![]() |
from Warren County, NJ | ![]() |
from Essex County, NJ | ![]() |
from Hudson County, NJ | ![]() |
from Orange County, NY | ![]() |
5.74% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($75,554 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 5.74% |
New Jersey average: | 6.14% |
0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($369 average AGI)
Sussex County: 0.04% New Jersey average: 0.07%
2.99% relocated to other counties in New Jersey ($38,931 average AGI)
2.72% relocated to other states ($36,254 average AGI)
Sussex County: 2.72% New Jersey average: 2.98%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2010 and 2011:
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to Warren County, NJ | ![]() |
to Passaic County, NJ | ![]() |
to Bergen County, NJ | ![]() |
to Essex County, NJ | ![]() |
to Pike County, PA | ![]() |
to Hudson County, NJ | ![]() |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.4
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 6.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 7.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 3.5
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 2.9%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 18,737 (15,701 aged, 3,036 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 2,523 (6%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Sussex County, New Jersey in 1999 - 2019:
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (1,947)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (1,504)
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (1,207)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (905)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (811)
- Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (797)
- Unspecified dementia (635)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (573)
- Breast, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (484)
- Colon, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (432)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 7,326
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 96
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 20,525
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 991
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 673
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 18
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 48
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 78
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 18
Beer, wine & liquor stores per 100,000 population in 2005: 1
EPA green book nonattainment status in 2004-2006: 1
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 75.0. This is more than state average.
- Firearm - 36.5
- Suffocation - 22.1
- Other - 16.3
Household type by relationship:
Households: 140,488- Male householders: 27,545 (5,219 living alone), Female householders: 26,554 (6,072 living alone)
32,580 spouses (32,494 opposite-sex spouses), 3,136 unmarried partners, (3,039 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 41,861 children (40,003 natural, 359 adopted, 1,499 stepchildren), 1,801 grandchildren, 873 brothers or sisters, 1,022 parents, 73 foster children, 1,164 other relatives, 1,854 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 2,025
Size of family households: 17,956 2-persons, 9,888 3-persons, 8,239 4-persons, 2,622 5-persons, 1,221 6-persons, 196 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 11,291 1-person, 2,511 2-persons, 113 3-persons, 62 6-persons.
19,963 married couples with children.
5,036 single-parent households (1,134 men, 3,902 women).
90.1% of residents of Sussex speak English at home.
4.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $519,053,000 ($3,410 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $23,051,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $282,918,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $122,690,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $424,000
Federal grants: $63,374,000
Federal procurement contracts: $24,369,000 ($16,285,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $25,278,000 ($1,100,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,727,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $113,857,000
Federal Government insurance: $48,204,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 8,902Here: | 58 per 1000 residents |
State: | 69 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 5,258
Here: | 34 per 1000 residents |
State: | 44 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +819
Here: | +5 per 1000 residents |
State: | +33 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +4,664
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Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 6.16 millions of gallons per day (84% from ground, 16% from surface)
Here: | 6.9 |
State: | 6.8 |
Here: | 4.4 |
State: | 4.0 |
- Year house built in Sussex County, New Jersey
- 6652014 or later
- 6992010 to 2013
- 5,6072000 to 2009
- 5,1001990 to 1999
- 9,7401980 to 1989
- 12,6431970 to 1979
- 7,4051960 to 1969
- 9,1851950 to 1959
- 3,8171940 to 1949
- 7,7711939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sussex County, New Jersey
- 631 room
- 1922 rooms
- 1,0553 rooms
- 3,4754 rooms
- 6,7135 rooms
- 8,9206 rooms
- 8,1937 rooms
- 7,3738 rooms
- 11,1249+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sussex County, New Jersey
- 4241 room
- 3242 rooms
- 1,8463 rooms
- 1,0174 rooms
- 1,2275 rooms
- 6436 rooms
- 8607 rooms
- 2458 rooms
- 4059+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Sussex County, New Jersey
- 112no bedroom
- 1,4601 bedroom
- 8,4502 bedrooms
- 22,3703 bedrooms
- 12,7004 bedrooms
- 2,0165+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sussex County, New Jersey
- 502no bedroom
- 1,7181 bedroom
- 2,3102 bedrooms
- 1,7493 bedrooms
- 5654 bedrooms
- 1475+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Sussex County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 1,085no vehicle
- 8,4501 vehicle
- 21,8372 vehicles
- 9,1513 vehicles
- 4,1224 vehicles
- 2,4635+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Sussex County in renter-occupied apartments
- 928no vehicle
- 3,0851 vehicle
- 2,2392 vehicles
- 5023 vehicles
- 1984 vehicles
- 395+ vehicles
91.8% of Sussex County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in New Jersey.
Sussex County: | 91.8% |
State average: | 89.8% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 93,374
- Other state: 34,213
- Northeast: 24,418
- Midwest: 2,711
- South: 5,463
- West: 1,621
- 56.4%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 17.2%Utility gas
- 11.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 8.8%Electricity
- 3.7%Wood
- 1.2%Other fuel
- 0.8%No fuel used
- 0.3%Coal or coke
- 31.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 31.7%Electricity
- 25.6%Utility gas
- 6.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.7%Wood
- 1.2%No fuel used
- 1.2%Other fuel
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 4.9% |
New Jersey: | 10.0% |
Here: | 4.7% |
New Jersey: | 12.3% |
Here: | 20.1% |
New Jersey: | 26.8% |
Sussex County government finances - Expenditure in 2018:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $1,345,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $930,000
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $49,361,000
- Charges - Other: $17,924,000
Higher Education - Other: $14,338,000
Solid Waste Management: $10,657,000
Sewerage: $6,134,000
Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $1,434,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $356,000
- Construction - General - Other: $4,075,000
Regular Highways: $3,790,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $2,302,000
Other Higher Education: $2,110,000
Sewerage: $262,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $28,695,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $14,689,000
Correctional Institutions: $8,383,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $6,376,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $6,241,000
Health - Other: $5,614,000
Public Welfare - Other: $5,137,000
Regular Highways: $5,071,000
Solid Waste Management: $4,909,000
Libraries: $4,361,000
Sewerage: $3,210,000
Police Protection: $2,509,000
General Public Buildings: $2,359,000
Central Staff Services: $1,624,000
Financial Administration: $1,615,000
Other Higher Education: $1,470,000
Transit Utilities: $1,336,000
Corrections - Other: $339,000
Local Fire Protection: $274,000
Natural Resources - Other: $272,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $123,000
Parks and Recreation: $9,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Education: $3,057,000
Transit Utilities: $431,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $6,227,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Other Higher Education: $69,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Hospitals: $772,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $4,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Education: $5,756,000
Highways: $345,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $31,819,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $24,003,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $7,816,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $7,615,000
General Revenue - Other: $3,464,000
Fines and Forfeits: $1,284,000
Rents: $226,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Sewerage: $880,000
Solid Waste Management: $385,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $224,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $101,064,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $18,999,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $9,152,000
Health and Hospitals: $7,390,000
Public Welfare: $4,340,000
Other: $3,916,000
General Local Government Support: $124,000
- Tax - Property: $94,911,000
Other License: $10,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $17,601,000
Sussex County government finances - Revenue in 2018:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $1,345,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $930,000
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $49,361,000
- Charges - Other: $17,924,000
Higher Education - Other: $14,338,000
Solid Waste Management: $10,657,000
Sewerage: $6,134,000
Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $1,434,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $356,000
- Construction - General - Other: $4,075,000
Regular Highways: $3,790,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $2,302,000
Other Higher Education: $2,110,000
Sewerage: $262,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $28,695,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $14,689,000
Correctional Institutions: $8,383,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $6,376,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $6,241,000
Health - Other: $5,614,000
Public Welfare - Other: $5,137,000
Regular Highways: $5,071,000
Solid Waste Management: $4,909,000
Libraries: $4,361,000
Sewerage: $3,210,000
Police Protection: $2,509,000
General Public Buildings: $2,359,000
Central Staff Services: $1,624,000
Financial Administration: $1,615,000
Other Higher Education: $1,470,000
Transit Utilities: $1,336,000
Corrections - Other: $339,000
Local Fire Protection: $274,000
Natural Resources - Other: $272,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $123,000
Parks and Recreation: $9,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Education: $3,057,000
Transit Utilities: $431,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $6,227,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Other Higher Education: $69,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Hospitals: $772,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $4,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Education: $5,756,000
Highways: $345,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $31,819,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $24,003,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $7,816,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $7,615,000
General Revenue - Other: $3,464,000
Fines and Forfeits: $1,284,000
Rents: $226,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Sewerage: $880,000
Solid Waste Management: $385,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $224,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $101,064,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $18,999,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $9,152,000
Health and Hospitals: $7,390,000
Public Welfare: $4,340,000
Other: $3,916,000
General Local Government Support: $124,000
- Tax - Property: $94,911,000
Other License: $10,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $17,601,000
Sussex County government finances - Debt in 2018:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $1,345,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $930,000
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $49,361,000
- Charges - Other: $17,924,000
Higher Education - Other: $14,338,000
Solid Waste Management: $10,657,000
Sewerage: $6,134,000
Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $1,434,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $356,000
- Construction - General - Other: $4,075,000
Regular Highways: $3,790,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $2,302,000
Other Higher Education: $2,110,000
Sewerage: $262,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $28,695,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $14,689,000
Correctional Institutions: $8,383,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $6,376,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $6,241,000
Health - Other: $5,614,000
Public Welfare - Other: $5,137,000
Regular Highways: $5,071,000
Solid Waste Management: $4,909,000
Libraries: $4,361,000
Sewerage: $3,210,000
Police Protection: $2,509,000
General Public Buildings: $2,359,000
Central Staff Services: $1,624,000
Financial Administration: $1,615,000
Other Higher Education: $1,470,000
Transit Utilities: $1,336,000
Corrections - Other: $339,000
Local Fire Protection: $274,000
Natural Resources - Other: $272,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $123,000
Parks and Recreation: $9,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Education: $3,057,000
Transit Utilities: $431,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $6,227,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Other Higher Education: $69,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Hospitals: $772,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $4,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Education: $5,756,000
Highways: $345,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $31,819,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $24,003,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $7,816,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $7,615,000
General Revenue - Other: $3,464,000
Fines and Forfeits: $1,284,000
Rents: $226,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Sewerage: $880,000
Solid Waste Management: $385,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $224,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $101,064,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $18,999,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $9,152,000
Health and Hospitals: $7,390,000
Public Welfare: $4,340,000
Other: $3,916,000
General Local Government Support: $124,000
- Tax - Property: $94,911,000
Other License: $10,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $17,601,000
Sussex County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2018:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $1,345,000
Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $930,000
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $49,361,000
- Charges - Other: $17,924,000
Higher Education - Other: $14,338,000
Solid Waste Management: $10,657,000
Sewerage: $6,134,000
Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $1,434,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $356,000
- Construction - General - Other: $4,075,000
Regular Highways: $3,790,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $2,302,000
Other Higher Education: $2,110,000
Sewerage: $262,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $28,695,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $14,689,000
Correctional Institutions: $8,383,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $6,376,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $6,241,000
Health - Other: $5,614,000
Public Welfare - Other: $5,137,000
Regular Highways: $5,071,000
Solid Waste Management: $4,909,000
Libraries: $4,361,000
Sewerage: $3,210,000
Police Protection: $2,509,000
General Public Buildings: $2,359,000
Central Staff Services: $1,624,000
Financial Administration: $1,615,000
Other Higher Education: $1,470,000
Transit Utilities: $1,336,000
Corrections - Other: $339,000
Local Fire Protection: $274,000
Natural Resources - Other: $272,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $123,000
Parks and Recreation: $9,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Education: $3,057,000
Transit Utilities: $431,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $6,227,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Other Higher Education: $69,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Hospitals: $772,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $4,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Education: $5,756,000
Highways: $345,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $31,819,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $24,003,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $7,816,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $7,615,000
General Revenue - Other: $3,464,000
Fines and Forfeits: $1,284,000
Rents: $226,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Sewerage: $880,000
Solid Waste Management: $385,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $224,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $101,064,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $18,999,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $9,152,000
Health and Hospitals: $7,390,000
Public Welfare: $4,340,000
Other: $3,916,000
General Local Government Support: $124,000
- Tax - Property: $94,911,000
Other License: $10,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $17,601,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 1,465
- Number of aged recipients: 202
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,263
- Number of recipients under 18: 191
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 959
- Number of recipients older than 64: 315
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 571
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 607
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 40 full tracts) | ||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 554 | $236,597 | 645 | $244,845 | 4,036 | $229,838 | 291 | $89,976 | 1 | $150,000 | 177 | $208,316 | 4 | $40,750 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 50 | $233,280 | 97 | $252,804 | 353 | $229,977 | 40 | $64,750 | 0 | $0 | 19 | $190,632 | 1 | $8,000 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 109 | $230,716 | 144 | $205,639 | 1,730 | $249,721 | 168 | $80,887 | 0 | $0 | 92 | $190,326 | 7 | $90,286 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 81 | $244,728 | 77 | $247,390 | 958 | $245,728 | 46 | $126,935 | 1 | $327,000 | 35 | $218,371 | 0 | $0 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 24 | $223,917 | 34 | $232,794 | 247 | $267,777 | 18 | $126,889 | 0 | $0 | 13 | $148,231 | 1 | $83,000 |
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 40 full tracts) | ||||||
A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | B) Refinancings | C) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A & B) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 108 | $261,667 | 63 | $265,698 | 3 | $273,333 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 57 | $257,193 | 33 | $267,455 | 1 | $204,000 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 28 | $250,107 | 30 | $292,733 | 3 | $224,000 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 16 | $242,750 | 15 | $254,867 | 0 | $0 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 3 | $233,000 | 3 | $239,667 | 0 | $0 |
Most common first names in Sussex County, NJ among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
John | 969 | 74.0 years |
Mary | 777 | 80.9 years |
William | 665 | 74.4 years |
Joseph | 527 | 74.4 years |
Helen | 468 | 81.1 years |
Robert | 446 | 68.8 years |
Margaret | 430 | 79.8 years |
Anna | 426 | 83.5 years |
George | 420 | 74.5 years |
Charles | 389 | 75.2 years |
Most common last names in Sussex County, NJ among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Smith | 300 | 77.0 years |
Miller | 105 | 75.5 years |
Johnson | 95 | 76.1 years |
Williams | 85 | 74.5 years |
Decker | 81 | 76.1 years |
Jones | 74 | 77.0 years |
Clark | 71 | 77.2 years |
Wilson | 60 | 77.5 years |
Morris | 57 | 76.0 years |
Anderson | 56 | 79.9 years |
Businesses in Sussex County, NJ | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
7-Eleven | 2 | Kohl's | 1 | |
A&P | 2 | La-Z-Boy | 1 | |
AT&T | 1 | Lane Furniture | 1 | |
Advance Auto Parts | 3 | Lowe's | 1 | |
Applebee's | 1 | Marriott | 1 | |
Arby's | 1 | Marshalls | 1 | |
Audi | 1 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 16 | |
BMW | 1 | McDonald's | 4 | |
Bed Bath & Beyond | 1 | Nissan | 1 | |
Blockbuster | 2 | Panera Bread | 1 | |
Burger King | 4 | Pathmark | 1 | |
CVS | 2 | Penske | 1 | |
Chevrolet | 1 | Pizza Hut | 1 | |
Curves | 3 | RadioShack | 3 | |
Dairy Queen | 4 | Rite Aid | 6 | |
Decora Cabinetry | 4 | Sears | 1 | |
Domino's Pizza | 2 | Staples | 2 | |
Dunkin Donuts | 13 | Starbucks | 2 | |
Econo Lodge | 1 | Stop & Shop | 1 | |
Fashion Bug | 1 | Subaru | 1 | |
FedEx | 20 | Subway | 6 | |
Firestone Complete Auto Care | 1 | T-Mobile | 4 | |
Ford | 1 | Talbots | 1 | |
GNC | 2 | Toyota | 1 | |
GameStop | 1 | True Value | 2 | |
H&R Block | 3 | U-Haul | 11 | |
Harmon Face Values | 2 | UPS | 26 | |
Holiday Inn | 1 | Volkswagen | 1 | |
Home Depot | 1 | Walgreens | 1 | |
Honda | 1 | Walmart | 2 | |
Hyundai | 1 | Wendy's | 2 | |
Jones New York | 2 | YMCA | 3 | |
KFC | 1 |
Sussex County on our top lists:
- #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
- #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
- #29 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
- #35 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
- #41 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving out compared to moving in (pop. 50,000+)"
- #48 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest average weight of females"
- #55 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
- #62 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"
- #81 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"
- #81 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #91 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the best general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"