Elizabeth, NJ (New Jersey) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 124,755 (All urban)

Elizabeth, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 42,838 (40,482 occupied: 12,057 owner occupied, 28,425 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	70%
State:	34%

Housing density: 3505 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: $832 (lower quartile is $657, upper quartile is $1,008)

Housing units in Elizabeth with a mortgage: 4,148 (519 second mortgage, 319 home equity loan, 33 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,159

Elizabeth,NJ index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $437,200 (it was $154,600 in 2000)

Elizabeth:	$437,200
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $338,900 - $554,000

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $392,088
Here: $392,088
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $358,560
Here: $358,560
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $495,894
Here: $495,894
State: $429,538

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $539,263
Here: $539,263
State: $371,779

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $333,333
Here: $333,333
State: $309,003

Median year house/condo built: 1946

Median year apartment built: 1958

Household type by relationship

Households: 117,647

In family households: 102,774 (18,195 male householders, 10,221 female householders)
17,501 spouses, 39,123 children (36,949 natural, 490 adopted, 1,684 stepchildren), 3,061 grandchildren, 3,181 brothers or sisters, 2,276 parents, 4,328 other relatives, 4,888 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 14,873 (6,047 male householders (4,718 living alone)), 6,026 female householders (5,206 living alone)), 2,800 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,921 (2,349 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 7,797 2-persons, 7,249 3-persons, 6,491 4-persons, 3,806 5-persons, 1,779 6-persons, 1,294 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 9,924 1-person, 1,756 2-persons, 236 3-persons, 85 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons.

17,036 married couples with children.
9,944 single-parent households (2,136 men, 7,808 women).

32.5% of residents of Elizabeth speak English at home.
49.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
15.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (63% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 52,975 (43.9%)
(36.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.9
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.6
State:	3.8

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Elizabeth, New Jersey:
	1 room: 50 2 rooms: 224 3 rooms: 548 4 rooms: 1,369 5 rooms: 2,758 6 rooms: 2,854 7 rooms: 1,622 8 rooms: 1,149 9 or more rooms: 1,483

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Elizabeth, New Jersey:
	1 room: 2,728 2 rooms: 3,647 3 rooms: 6,849 4 rooms: 7,116 5 rooms: 5,214 6 rooms: 2,012 7 rooms: 465 8 rooms: 237 9 or more rooms: 157

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 196
1995 to 1998: 820
1990 to 1994: 803
1980 to 1989: 2,171
1970 to 1979: 4,523
1960 to 1969: 6,734
1950 to 1959: 7,408
1940 to 1949: 6,906
1939 or earlier: 13,277

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Elizabeth:
	no bedroom: 114 1 bedroom: 778 2 bedrooms: 3,335 3 bedrooms: 5,005 4 bedrooms: 1,918 5 or more bedrooms: 907

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Elizabeth:
	no bedroom: 3,151 1 bedroom: 10,239 2 bedrooms: 10,182 3 bedrooms: 4,229 4 bedrooms: 534 5 or more bedrooms: 90

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Elizabeth in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,288 1 vehicle: 4,314 2 vehicles: 4,144 3 vehicles: 1,730 4 vehicles: 408 5 or more vehicles: 173

Cars and other vehicles available in Elizabeth in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 8,919 1 vehicle: 12,627 2 vehicles: 5,671 3 vehicles: 780 4 vehicles: 198 5 or more vehicles: 230

Elizabeth rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Elizabeth:

Less than $100: 478 people
$100 to $149: 304
$150 to $199: 456
$200 to $249: 287
$250 to $299: 343
$300 to $349: 362
$350 to $399: 287
$400 to $449: 578
$450 to $499: 590
$500 to $549: 668
$550 to $599: 1,063
$600 to $649: 1,434
$650 to $699: 1,800
$700 to $749: 2,153
$750 to $799: 2,434
$800 to $899: 6,869
$900 to $999: 4,421
$1,000 to $1,249: 4,905
$1,250 to $1,499: 944
$1,500 to $1,999: 273
$2,000 or more: 89
No cash rent: 431

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 13,846 1990 to 1994: 9,945 1985 to 1989: 9,502 1980 to 1984: 6,672 1975 to 1979: 3,442 1970 to 1974: 4,047 1970 to 1974: 2,922 1965 to 1969: 2,599

Elizabeth, NJ Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 56.5%
Number of people working at home: 528 (1.1% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 681
5 to 9 minutes: 3178
10 to 14 minutes: 6593
15 to 19 minutes: 7440
20 to 24 minutes: 6282
25 to 29 minutes: 2788
30 to 34 minutes: 7089
35 to 39 minutes: 1196
40 to 44 minutes: 1705
45 to 59 minutes: 4097
60 to 89 minutes: 2946
90 or more minutes: 1570

Elizabeth mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 27,210 (59%)
Carpooled: 8,251 (18%)
Bus or trolley bus: 4,596 (10%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 55 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 474 (1%)
Railroad: 1,473 (3%)
Taxi: 197 (0%)
Motorcycle: 15 (0%)
Bicycle: 231 (1%)
Walked: 2,280 (5%)
Other means: 783 (2%)
Worked at home: 528 (1%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 5597
$10,000 to $14,999: 3067
$15,000 to $19,999: 2713
$20,000 to $24,999: 2816
$25,000 to $29,999: 3073
$30,000 to $34,999: 2867
$35,000 to $39,999: 2630
$40,000 to $44,999: 2327
$45,000 to $49,999: 1914
$50,000 to $59,999: 3609
$60,000 to $74,999: 3739
$75,000 to $99,999: 3203
$100,000 to $124,999: 1544
$125,000 to $149,999: 556
$150,000 to $199,999: 572
$200,000 or more: 262

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 68474

Portuguese: 6431

Italian: 5378

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 3897

United States or American: 3703

Polish: 3683

Haitian: 2990

Irish: 2722

Subsaharan African:: 1459

German: 1375

Brazilian: 1292

African: 1048

Russian: 742

Ukrainian: 505

Arab:: 487

Greek: 421

Jamaican: 399

English: 340

Lithuanian: 296

European: 236

Slovak: 225

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 213

French (except Basque): 189

Egyptian: 170

Hungarian: 154

Arab/Arabic: 137

West Indian: 126

Yugoslavian: 105

Nigerian: 105

Scottish: 105

Dutch: 102

Liberian: 97

Ghanian: 96

Croatian: 94

Swedish: 91

Scotch-Irish: 91

Israeli: 82

Austrian: 78

Albanian: 74

Romanian: 72

Czechoslovakian: 69

Guyanese: 66

British: 64

Latvian: 64

Eastern European: 61

Czech: 58

Syrian: 58

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 54

Lebanese: 53

Other Subsaharan African: 49

British West Indian: 47

Palestinian: 40

U.S. Virgin Islander: 40

Barbadian: 36

Canadian: 36

Slavic: 35

Norwegian: 34

Iranian: 32

Kenyan: 32

Icelander: 26

Danish: 25

French Canadian: 24

Belizean: 22

Turkish: 17

Welsh: 17

South African: 16

Pennsylvania German: 15

Scandinavian: 15

Jordanian: 11

Sudanese: 10

Other Arab: 10

Bahamian: 9

Finnish: 8

Bermudan: 8

Moroccan: 8

Armenian: 7

Swiss: 7

Other West Indian: 7

Cape Verdean: 6

Australian: 6

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

Colombia (16%)
Cuba (11%)
Portugal (9%)
El Salvador (8%)
Peru (7%)
Dominican Republic (7%)
Haiti (5%)

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

This state: 48089
Northeast: 6799
Midwest: 701
South: 4396
West: 509

57% of Elizabeth residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in New Jersey.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 1,810
Nursery to 4th grade: 762
5th and 6th grade: 1,720
7th and 8th grade: 2,031
9th grade: 1,660
10th grade: 1,505
11th grade: 1,642
12th grade, no diploma: 2,969
High school graduate (or equivalency): 11,650
Less than 1 year of college: 1,522
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,539
Associate degree: 1,248
Bachelor's degree: 3,024
Master's degree: 845
Professional school degree: 761
Doctorate degree: 99

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 1,867
Nursery to 4th grade: 843
5th and 6th grade: 2,249
7th and 8th grade: 2,475
9th grade: 1,601
10th grade: 1,333
11th grade: 1,109
12th grade, no diploma: 3,461
High school graduate (or equivalency): 12,671
Less than 1 year of college: 2,058
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,540
Associate degree: 1,446
Bachelor's degree: 2,987
Master's degree: 761
Professional school degree: 679
Doctorate degree: 45

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.9%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 6.6%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 12.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 12.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 7.1%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 27.3%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 6.2%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 9.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 6.5%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 14.1%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 6.9%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 9.2%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.7%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 11.8%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $51,207
Black householders: $29,283
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $21,574
Asian householders: $61,349
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $211,017
Some other race householders: $48,370
Two or more races householders: $56,642
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $44,712

Elizabeth household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Elizabeth household income for Black householders

Elizabeth household income for Asian householders

Elizabeth household income for Some other race householders

Elizabeth household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Elizabeth marital status for males

Elizabeth marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $415,707
Black or African American householders: $342,463
Asian householders: $400,436
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $388,842
Some other race householders: $385,448
Two or more races householders: $398,174
Hispanic or Latino householders: $395,912

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 7,267
One, attached: 2,350
Two: 10,816
3 or 4: 6,591
5 to 9: 3,856
10 to 19: 3,351
20 to 49: 4,874
50 or more: 3,688
Mobile homes: 32
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13

Median worth of mobile homes: $115,326

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Elizabeth:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (74%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Electricity (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (70%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%) Electricity (9%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%) No fuel used (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,945

Here:	12.9%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,062

Here:	14.7%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,869

Here:	32.6%
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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