Belleville, NJ (New Jersey) Houses and Residents

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Belleville, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 14,144 (13,731 occupied: 6,995 owner occupied, 6,736 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	49%
State:	34%

Housing density: 4230 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $420,316.

Median contract rent in 2007: $942 (lower quartile is $831, upper quartile is $1,138)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,016

Median gross rent in Belleville, NJ in 2007: $1,038

Housing units in Belleville with a mortgage: 3,107 (295 second mortgage, 302 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,743

Belleville,NJ index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $333,258 (it was $148,500 in 2000)

Belleville:	$333,258
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $260,868 - $334,430

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $289,509
Here: $289,509
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $274,751
Here: $274,751
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $392,885
Here: $392,885
State: $429,538

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $356,644
Here: $356,644
State: $371,779

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $177,870
Here: $177,870
State: $309,003

Mobile homes: $162,500
Here: $162,500
State: $53,584

Household type by relationship

Households: 35,731

In family households: 30,263 (6,444 male householders, 2,656 female householders)
6,648 spouses, 10,919 children (10,358 natural, 180 adopted, 381 stepchildren), 613 grandchildren, 733 brothers or sisters, 563 parents, 1,059 other relatives, 628 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 5,468 (2,078 male householders (1,572 living alone)), 2,538 female householders (2,261 living alone)), 852 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 197 (174 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,327 2-persons, 2,292 3-persons, 1,938 4-persons, 908 5-persons, 394 6-persons, 241 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,833 1-person, 692 2-persons, 66 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 3 5-persons.

5,382 married couples with children.
1,679 single-parent households (368 men, 1,311 women).

57.4% of residents of Belleville speak English at home.
21.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
12.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
8.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 9,638 (26.8%)
(50.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.8
State:	3.8

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Belleville, New Jersey:
	1 room: 18 2 rooms: 82 3 rooms: 273 4 rooms: 682 5 rooms: 1,355 6 rooms: 1,972 7 rooms: 1,480 8 rooms: 560 9 or more rooms: 573

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Belleville, New Jersey:
	1 room: 114 2 rooms: 646 3 rooms: 2,093 4 rooms: 1,877 5 rooms: 1,391 6 rooms: 417 7 rooms: 101 8 rooms: 52 9 or more rooms: 45

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 6
1995 to 1998: 128
1990 to 1994: 164
1980 to 1989: 679
1970 to 1979: 1,328
1960 to 1969: 1,691
1950 to 1959: 2,872
1940 to 1949: 2,669
1939 or earlier: 4,607

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Belleville:
	no bedroom: 25 1 bedroom: 474 2 bedrooms: 1,909 3 bedrooms: 3,164 4 bedrooms: 1,093 5 or more bedrooms: 330

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Belleville:
	no bedroom: 173 1 bedroom: 3,060 2 bedrooms: 2,632 3 bedrooms: 763 4 bedrooms: 86 5 or more bedrooms: 22

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Belleville in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 664 1 vehicle: 2,291 2 vehicles: 2,676 3 vehicles: 950 4 vehicles: 291 5 or more vehicles: 123

Cars and other vehicles available in Belleville in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,032 1 vehicle: 3,815 2 vehicles: 1,646 3 vehicles: 200 4 vehicles: 19 5 or more vehicles: 24

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Belleville, NJ:

Less than $10,000: 3
$10,000 to $14,999: 1
$15,000 to $19,999: 1
$20,000 to $24,999: 4
$25,000 to $29,999: 6
$30,000 to $34,999: 7
$35,000 to $39,999: 11
$40,000 to $49,999: 16
$50,000 to $59,999: 16
$60,000 to $69,999: 26
$70,000 to $79,999: 28
$80,000 to $89,999: 13
$90,000 to $99,999: 22
$100,000 to $124,999: 65
$125,000 to $149,999: 70
$150,000 to $174,999: 67
$175,000 to $199,999: 274
$200,000 to $249,999: 766
$250,000 to $299,999: 1082
$300,000 to $399,999: 3007
$400,000 to $499,999: 1069
$500,000 to $749,999: 410
$750,000 to $999,999: 17
$1,000,000 or more: 12

Belleville rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Belleville:

Less than $100: 35 people
$100 to $149: 12
$150 to $199: 0
$200 to $249: 8
$250 to $299: 8
$300 to $349: 9
$350 to $399: 13
$400 to $449: 34
$450 to $499: 39
$500 to $549: 48
$550 to $599: 78
$600 to $649: 120
$650 to $699: 174
$700 to $749: 239
$750 to $799: 341
$800 to $899: 1,476
$900 to $999: 1,478
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,674
$1,250 to $1,499: 540
$1,500 to $1,999: 255
$2,000 or more: 14
No cash rent: 143

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,920 1990 to 1994: 2,116 1985 to 1989: 1,593 1980 to 1984: 1,053 1975 to 1979: 888 1970 to 1974: 630 1970 to 1974: 462 1965 to 1969: 976

Belleville, NJ Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 51.6%
Number of people working at home: 126 (0.8% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 384
5 to 9 minutes: 1301
10 to 14 minutes: 1947
15 to 19 minutes: 2416
20 to 24 minutes: 2516
25 to 29 minutes: 1043
30 to 34 minutes: 3031
35 to 39 minutes: 548
40 to 44 minutes: 663
45 to 59 minutes: 1384
60 to 89 minutes: 1097
90 or more minutes: 335

Belleville mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 12,946 (77%)
Carpooled: 1,940 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 812 (5%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 9 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 223 (1%)
Railroad: 156 (1%)
Taxi: 26 (0%)
Bicycle: 17 (0%)
Walked: 435 (3%)
Other means: 101 (1%)
Worked at home: 126 (1%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 923
$10,000 to $14,999: 723
$15,000 to $19,999: 633
$20,000 to $24,999: 778
$25,000 to $29,999: 718
$30,000 to $34,999: 865
$35,000 to $39,999: 885
$40,000 to $44,999: 791
$45,000 to $49,999: 763
$50,000 to $59,999: 1574
$60,000 to $74,999: 1654
$75,000 to $99,999: 1845
$100,000 to $124,999: 780
$125,000 to $149,999: 402
$150,000 to $199,999: 203
$200,000 or more: 179

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 12559

Italian: 10328

Irish: 2130

German: 1291

Polish: 1158

United States or American: 918

Portuguese: 485

English: 449

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 330

Arab:: 322

Brazilian: 196

Turkish: 183

Subsaharan African:: 175

Russian: 165

Haitian: 139

Greek: 138

Egyptian: 136

Yugoslavian: 136

Hungarian: 133

Scottish: 114

French (except Basque): 113

African: 102

Dutch: 101

Lithuanian: 100

West Indian: 92

Arab/Arabic: 85

Albanian: 84

Czechoslovakian: 79

Scotch-Irish: 70

Palestinian: 67

Austrian: 62

Nigerian: 61

Ukrainian: 60

Jamaican: 54

Romanian: 52

European: 51

Croatian: 51

Welsh: 51

Iranian: 51

French Canadian: 50

Guyanese: 42

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 37

Eastern European: 31

Lebanese: 25

Serbian: 23

Armenian: 22

British: 20

Belgian: 17

Swedish: 13

Kenyan: 12

Slovak: 12

Canadian: 12

Norwegian: 9

British West Indian: 8

Finnish: 7

Icelander: 7

Danish: 7

Swiss: 6

Czech: 6

Syrian: 5

Moroccan: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Philippines (17%)
Ecuador (14%)
Italy (10%)
India (6%)
Cuba (4%)
Vietnam (4%)
Peru (4%)

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

This state: 21080
Northeast: 2842
Midwest: 264
South: 636
West: 129

61% of Belleville residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in New Jersey.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 122
Nursery to 4th grade: 121
5th and 6th grade: 206
7th and 8th grade: 399
9th grade: 245
10th grade: 291
11th grade: 308
12th grade, no diploma: 640
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,046
Less than 1 year of college: 788
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,520
Associate degree: 374
Bachelor's degree: 1,938
Master's degree: 541
Professional school degree: 205
Doctorate degree: 26

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 236
Nursery to 4th grade: 126
5th and 6th grade: 222
7th and 8th grade: 697
9th grade: 261
10th grade: 430
11th grade: 423
12th grade, no diploma: 749
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,724
Less than 1 year of college: 761
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,354
Associate degree: 610
Bachelor's degree: 2,030
Master's degree: 534
Professional school degree: 160
Doctorate degree: 27

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.6%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 7.7%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 8.8%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 7.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 3.9%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 6.1%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 8.8%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 5.2%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 1.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 11.6%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.2%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 7.9%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $61,074
Black householders: $53,921
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $13,863
Asian householders: $78,287
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $34,203
Some other race householders: $57,667
Two or more races householders: $56,002
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $60,331

Belleville household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Belleville household income for Black householders

Belleville household income for Asian householders

Belleville household income for Some other race householders

Belleville household income for Two or more races householders

Belleville household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Belleville marital status for males

Belleville marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $328,320
Black or African American householders: $338,868
Asian householders: $355,699
Some other race householders: $317,997
Two or more races householders: $298,697
Hispanic or Latino householders: $333,257

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 5,205
One, attached: 538
Two: 3,240
3 or 4: 1,593
5 to 9: 896
10 to 19: 1,198
20 to 49: 858
50 or more: 606
Mobile homes: 10

Median worth of mobile homes: $274,385

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Belleville:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (71%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%) Electricity (5%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (65%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%) Electricity (8%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 573

Here:	15.5%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 227

Here:	12.8%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 545

Here:	29.9%
New Jersey:	30.1%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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