Hawthorne, NJ (New Jersey) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 17,997 (All urban)

Hawthorne, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 7,419 (7,260 occupied: 4,736 owner occupied, 2,524 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	35%
State:	34%

Housing density: 2185 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: $1,182 (lower quartile is $1,042, upper quartile is $1,373)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,012

Median gross rent in Hawthorne, NJ in 2007: $1,307

Housing units in Hawthorne with a mortgage: 2,268 (251 second mortgage, 311 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,244

Hawthorne,NJ index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $434,742 (it was $202,000 in 2000)

Hawthorne:	$434,742
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $342,543 - $500,249

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $465,797
Here: $465,797
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $442,752
Here: $442,752
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $486,816
Here: $486,816
State: $429,538

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $456,798
Here: $456,798
State: $371,779

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $228,500
Here: $228,500
State: $309,003

Mobile homes: $250,000
Here: $250,000
State: $53,584

Household type by relationship

Households: 18,186

In family households: 15,385 (3,639 male householders, 1,298 female householders)
3,968 spouses, 5,321 children (4,968 natural, 144 adopted, 209 stepchildren), 113 grandchildren, 173 brothers or sisters, 339 parents, 265 other relatives, 269 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,801 (891 male householders (635 living alone)), 1,420 female householders (1,281 living alone)), 490 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 32 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,026 2-persons, 1,191 3-persons, 1,053 4-persons, 463 5-persons, 162 6-persons, 42 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,916 1-person, 340 2-persons, 39 3-persons, 16 4-persons.

3,142 married couples with children.
598 single-parent households (130 men, 468 women).

79.4% of residents of Hawthorne speak English at home.
6.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
9.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other language at home (62% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 2,534 (13.9%)
(64.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.4
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.3
State:	3.8

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Hawthorne, New Jersey:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 92 4 rooms: 307 5 rooms: 941 6 rooms: 1,149 7 rooms: 1,071 8 rooms: 667 9 or more rooms: 509

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Hawthorne, New Jersey:
	1 room: 54 2 rooms: 49 3 rooms: 486 4 rooms: 887 5 rooms: 562 6 rooms: 343 7 rooms: 82 8 rooms: 22 9 or more rooms: 39

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 39
1995 to 1998: 132
1990 to 1994: 95
1980 to 1989: 365
1970 to 1979: 474
1960 to 1969: 790
1950 to 1959: 1,718
1940 to 1949: 1,160
1939 or earlier: 2,646

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Hawthorne:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 220 2 bedrooms: 1,139 3 bedrooms: 2,174 4 bedrooms: 966 5 or more bedrooms: 237

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Hawthorne:
	no bedroom: 61 1 bedroom: 734 2 bedrooms: 1,213 3 bedrooms: 428 4 bedrooms: 77 5 or more bedrooms: 11

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Hawthorne in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 133 1 vehicle: 1,377 2 vehicles: 2,309 3 vehicles: 714 4 vehicles: 175 5 or more vehicles: 28

Cars and other vehicles available in Hawthorne in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 247 1 vehicle: 1,131 2 vehicles: 951 3 vehicles: 157 4 vehicles: 38 5 or more vehicles: 0

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

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 2
$35,000 to $39,999: 4
$40,000 to $49,999: 2
$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: 0
$125,000 to $149,999: 0
$150,000 to $174,999: 11
$175,000 to $199,999: 2
$200,000 to $249,999: 78
$250,000 to $299,999: 208
$300,000 to $399,999: 1513
$400,000 to $499,999: 1198
$500,000 to $749,999: 1232
$750,000 to $999,999: 330
$1,000,000 or more: 100

Hawthorne rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Hawthorne:

Less than $100: 5 people
$100 to $149: 2
$150 to $199: 0
$200 to $249: 5
$250 to $299: 6
$300 to $349: 9
$350 to $399: 22
$400 to $449: 11
$450 to $499: 5
$500 to $549: 0
$550 to $599: 14
$600 to $649: 15
$650 to $699: 28
$700 to $749: 66
$750 to $799: 33
$800 to $899: 166
$900 to $999: 165
$1,000 to $1,249: 876
$1,250 to $1,499: 569
$1,500 to $1,999: 271
$2,000 or more: 104
No cash rent: 124

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 243 1990 to 1994: 323 1985 to 1989: 344 1980 to 1984: 286 1975 to 1979: 223 1970 to 1974: 233 1970 to 1974: 137 1965 to 1969: 745

Hawthorne, NJ Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 35.1%
Number of people working at home: 248 (2.6% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 235
5 to 9 minutes: 1429
10 to 14 minutes: 1445
15 to 19 minutes: 1371
20 to 24 minutes: 1348
25 to 29 minutes: 533
30 to 34 minutes: 1073
35 to 39 minutes: 203
40 to 44 minutes: 358
45 to 59 minutes: 536
60 to 89 minutes: 445
90 or more minutes: 226

Hawthorne mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 7,843 (83%)
Carpooled: 848 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 141 (1%)
Subway or elevated: 13 (0%)
Railroad: 163 (2%)
Taxi: 8 (0%)
Walked: 130 (1%)
Other means: 56 (1%)
Worked at home: 248 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 292
$10,000 to $14,999: 288
$15,000 to $19,999: 262
$20,000 to $24,999: 363
$25,000 to $29,999: 356
$30,000 to $34,999: 374
$35,000 to $39,999: 479
$40,000 to $44,999: 440
$45,000 to $49,999: 335
$50,000 to $59,999: 799
$60,000 to $74,999: 881
$75,000 to $99,999: 1116
$100,000 to $124,999: 538
$125,000 to $149,999: 324
$150,000 to $199,999: 215
$200,000 or more: 186

First ancestries reported:

Italian: 5430

Other groups: 2113

Irish: 2113

Dutch: 1579

German: 1401

Polish: 660

English: 638

United States or American: 453

Arab:: 433

French (except Basque): 203

Syrian: 195

Scottish: 195

Hungarian: 155

Russian: 141

Scotch-Irish: 116

Greek: 113

Ukrainian: 96

Jordanian: 79

Austrian: 77

Swiss: 71

French Canadian: 69

Turkish: 62

Swedish: 57

Arab/Arabic: 48

Croatian: 44

Welsh: 41

Portuguese: 40

Albanian: 39

Lebanese: 37

Danish: 37

Iranian: 33

Egyptian: 29

Norwegian: 25

Eastern European: 24

British: 23

Lithuanian: 22

Belgian: 21

Iraqi: 18

Jamaican: 17

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 17

Czech: 17

Czechoslovakian: 17

Northern European: 17

Other Arab: 17

Yugoslavian: 15

Armenian: 15

Slovak: 15

European: 14

Slavic: 13

Romanian: 13

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 12

Icelander: 12

Palestinian: 10

Australian: 9

Brazilian: 8

Alsatian: 8

Serbian: 8

Canadian: 7

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

Italy (21%)
Peru (9%)
Syria (5%)
Germany (5%)
India (5%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
Colombia (3%)

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

This state: 12348
Northeast: 2224
Midwest: 330
South: 382
West: 185

60% of Hawthorne residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in New Jersey.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 39
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 91
7th and 8th grade: 203
9th grade: 74
10th grade: 120
11th grade: 68
12th grade, no diploma: 334
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,894
Less than 1 year of college: 430
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 773
Associate degree: 322
Bachelor's degree: 1,077
Master's degree: 403
Professional school degree: 178
Doctorate degree: 52

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 61
Nursery to 4th grade: 41
5th and 6th grade: 137
7th and 8th grade: 274
9th grade: 107
10th grade: 139
11th grade: 119
12th grade, no diploma: 254
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,453
Less than 1 year of college: 593
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 863
Associate degree: 380
Bachelor's degree: 1,242
Master's degree: 316
Professional school degree: 68
Doctorate degree: 17

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.4%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.1%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 20.7%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 7.4%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 25.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 4.3%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 0.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $64,661
Black householders: $64,589
Asian householders: $108,415
Some other race householders: $70,190
Two or more races householders: $84,930
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $49,543

Hawthorne household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Hawthorne household income for Black householders

Hawthorne household income for Asian householders

Hawthorne household income for Some other race householders

Hawthorne household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Hawthorne marital status for males

Hawthorne marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $426,132
Asian householders: $733,034
Two or more races householders: $968,483
Hispanic or Latino householders: $397,508

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 3,780
One, attached: 229
Two: 2,561
3 or 4: 269
5 to 9: 100
10 to 19: 117
20 to 49: 234
50 or more: 105
Mobile homes: 24

Median worth of mobile homes: $422,131

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Hawthorne:

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

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (74%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%) Electricity (7%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 372

Here:	22.1%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 74

Here:	8.6%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 180

Here:	26.5%
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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