Elmwood Park, NJ (New Jersey) Houses and Residents

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Elmwood Park Apartments for Rent

Total population: 18,634 (All urban)

Elmwood Park, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 7,242 (7,089 occupied: 4,298 owner occupied, 2,791 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	39%
State:	34%

Housing density: 2728 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2008 in this state: $412,899.

Median contract rent in 2008: $1,155 (lower quartile is $946, upper quartile is $1,428)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2008: $1,075

Median gross rent in Elmwood Park, NJ in 2008: $1,260

Housing units in Elmwood Park with a mortgage: 1,699 (213 second mortgage, 133 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,471

Elmwood Park,NJ index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $386,132 (it was $191,200 in 2000)

Elmwood Park:	$386,132
New Jersey:	$364,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $313,490 - $403,587

Mean price in 2008:

Detached houses: $377,448
Here: $377,448
State: $449,074

Townhouses or other attached units: $338,087
Here: $338,087
State: $303,198

In 2-unit structures: $472,393
Here: $472,393
State: $390,437

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $270,673
Here: $270,673
State: $389,032

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $146,693
Here: $146,693
State: $297,264

Mobile homes: $175,156
Here: $175,156
State: $53,584

Household type by relationship

Households: 18,891

In family households: 16,569 (3,812 male householders, 1,317 female householders)
4,067 spouses, 5,713 children (5,477 natural, 117 adopted, 119 stepchildren), 312 grandchildren, 259 brothers or sisters, 366 parents, 429 other relatives, 294 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,322 (818 male householders (614 living alone)), 1,149 female householders (1,027 living alone)), 355 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 34 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,901 2-persons, 1,266 3-persons, 1,129 4-persons, 552 5-persons, 240 6-persons, 41 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,641 1-person, 285 2-persons, 41 3-persons.

3,069 married couples with children.
569 single-parent households (123 men, 446 women).

58.0% of residents of Elmwood Park speak English at home.
12.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
23.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
3.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 5,708 (30.2%)
(51.1% 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:	4.2
State:	3.8

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Elmwood Park, New Jersey:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 6 3 rooms: 109 4 rooms: 569 5 rooms: 823 6 rooms: 1,153 7 rooms: 854 8 rooms: 353 9 or more rooms: 431

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Elmwood Park, New Jersey:
	1 room: 55 2 rooms: 152 3 rooms: 583 4 rooms: 834 5 rooms: 640 6 rooms: 391 7 rooms: 63 8 rooms: 38 9 or more rooms: 35

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 11
1995 to 1998: 82
1990 to 1994: 178
1980 to 1989: 441
1970 to 1979: 554
1960 to 1969: 823
1950 to 1959: 2,104
1940 to 1949: 1,839
1939 or earlier: 1,210

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Elmwood Park:
	no bedroom: 17 1 bedroom: 164 2 bedrooms: 1,057 3 bedrooms: 1,929 4 bedrooms: 823 5 or more bedrooms: 308

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Elmwood Park:
	no bedroom: 92 1 bedroom: 643 2 bedrooms: 1,353 3 bedrooms: 609 4 bedrooms: 69 5 or more bedrooms: 25

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Elmwood Park in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 254 1 vehicle: 1,241 2 vehicles: 1,876 3 vehicles: 672 4 vehicles: 220 5 or more vehicles: 35

Cars and other vehicles available in Elmwood Park in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 353 1 vehicle: 1,224 2 vehicles: 1,046 3 vehicles: 137 4 vehicles: 24 5 or more vehicles: 7

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2008 in Elmwood Park, NJ:

Less than $10,000: 5
$10,000 to $14,999: 3
$15,000 to $19,999: 3
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 7
$50,000 to $59,999: 0
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 0
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 0
$100,000 to $124,999: 25
$125,000 to $149,999: 52
$150,000 to $174,999: 55
$175,000 to $199,999: 18
$200,000 to $249,999: 95
$250,000 to $299,999: 321
$300,000 to $399,999: 1798
$400,000 to $499,999: 1033
$500,000 to $749,999: 701
$750,000 to $999,999: 100
$1,000,000 or more: 15

Elmwood Park rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Elmwood Park:

Less than $100: 11 people
$100 to $149: 8
$150 to $199: 18
$200 to $249: 3
$250 to $299: 3
$300 to $349: 7
$350 to $399: 0
$400 to $449: 11
$450 to $499: 17
$500 to $549: 16
$550 to $599: 22
$600 to $649: 22
$650 to $699: 24
$700 to $749: 52
$750 to $799: 55
$800 to $899: 225
$900 to $999: 284
$1,000 to $1,249: 876
$1,250 to $1,499: 573
$1,500 to $1,999: 306
$2,000 or more: 116
No cash rent: 101

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,196 1990 to 1994: 1,014 1985 to 1989: 786 1980 to 1984: 744 1975 to 1979: 465 1970 to 1974: 445 1970 to 1974: 370 1965 to 1969: 688

Elmwood Park, NJ Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 58.5%
Number of people working at home: 85 (0.9% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 245
5 to 9 minutes: 828
10 to 14 minutes: 1357
15 to 19 minutes: 1670
20 to 24 minutes: 1484
25 to 29 minutes: 655
30 to 34 minutes: 1196
35 to 39 minutes: 196
40 to 44 minutes: 295
45 to 59 minutes: 455
60 to 89 minutes: 534
90 or more minutes: 213

Elmwood Park mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 7,323 (79%)
Carpooled: 1,039 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 380 (4%)
Subway or elevated: 9 (0%)
Railroad: 71 (1%)
Taxi: 5 (0%)
Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
Bicycle: 22 (0%)
Walked: 232 (3%)
Other means: 41 (0%)
Worked at home: 85 (1%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 344
$10,000 to $14,999: 437
$15,000 to $19,999: 439
$20,000 to $24,999: 289
$25,000 to $29,999: 383
$30,000 to $34,999: 410
$35,000 to $39,999: 408
$40,000 to $44,999: 350
$45,000 to $49,999: 270
$50,000 to $59,999: 770
$60,000 to $74,999: 936
$75,000 to $99,999: 1038
$100,000 to $124,999: 549
$125,000 to $149,999: 284
$150,000 to $199,999: 126
$200,000 or more: 63

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 4612

Italian: 4250

Polish: 2103

Irish: 1119

German: 1034

United States or American: 673

Russian: 527

Macedonian: 306

Dutch: 298

English: 296

Arab:: 282

Hungarian: 258

Ukrainian: 247

Slovak: 203

Greek: 182

Scotch-Irish: 101

Austrian: 88

Guyanese: 87

Arab/Arabic: 86

French (except Basque): 70

Portuguese: 70

Palestinian: 67

Scottish: 61

Yugoslavian: 61

Canadian: 52

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 50

Subsaharan African:: 49

Syrian: 45

Czechoslovakian: 40

Turkish: 40

Egyptian: 39

European: 39

Lebanese: 38

Czech: 37

Romanian: 32

African: 31

Afghan: 29

Norwegian: 27

Lithuanian: 26

British: 25

Bulgarian: 24

Finnish: 21

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 20

Sudanese: 18

West Indian: 16

Croatian: 15

Danish: 12

Armenian: 12

Israeli: 12

Estonian: 10

Belgian: 10

French Canadian: 9

Brazilian: 9

Latvian: 8

Jamaican: 7

Other West Indian: 7

Other Arab: 7

Slavic: 6

Australian: 6

Welsh: 6

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

Poland (17%)
India (13%)
Italy (9%)
Colombia (6%)
Other Eastern Europe (6%)
Peru (5%)
Philippines (3%)

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

This state: 10005
Northeast: 2419
Midwest: 146
South: 249
West: 81

65% of Elmwood Park residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in New Jersey.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 95
Nursery to 4th grade: 44
5th and 6th grade: 57
7th and 8th grade: 217
9th grade: 127
10th grade: 194
11th grade: 122
12th grade, no diploma: 360
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,983
Less than 1 year of college: 393
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,034
Associate degree: 278
Bachelor's degree: 961
Master's degree: 256
Professional school degree: 104
Doctorate degree: 36

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 76
Nursery to 4th grade: 73
5th and 6th grade: 131
7th and 8th grade: 348
9th grade: 153
10th grade: 260
11th grade: 168
12th grade, no diploma: 282
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,757
Less than 1 year of college: 468
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 754
Associate degree: 378
Bachelor's degree: 1,016
Master's degree: 276
Professional school degree: 102
Doctorate degree: 34

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.7%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 6.2%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 7.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 6.3%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 1.9%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 4.3%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 5.6%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 4.2%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 15.1%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 3.7%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 8.2%

Median household income in 2008 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $69,025
Black householders: $52,728
Asian householders: $70,617
Some other race householders: $66,130
Two or more races householders: $55,630
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $57,538

Elmwood Park household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Elmwood Park household income for Black householders

Elmwood Park household income for Asian householders

Elmwood Park household income for Some other race householders

Elmwood Park household income for Two or more races householders

Elmwood Park household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Elmwood Park marital status for males

Elmwood Park marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $369,369
Black or African American householders: $343,318
Asian householders: $366,340
Some other race householders: $382,698
Two or more races householders: $409,760
Hispanic or Latino householders: $388,151

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 3,377
One, attached: 315
Two: 2,330
3 or 4: 458
5 to 9: 104
10 to 19: 216
20 to 49: 120
50 or more: 306
Mobile homes: 16

Median worth of mobile homes: $149,059

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Elmwood Park:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (80%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%) Electricity (2%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (70%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%) Electricity (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) No fuel used (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 595

Here:	30.1%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 180

Here:	18.5%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 347

Here:	35.3%
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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