Highland Park, NJ (New Jersey) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 14,245 (All urban)

Highland Park, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 6,071 (5,899 occupied: 2,478 owner occupied, 3,421 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	58%
State:	34%

Housing density: 3302 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: $1,061 (lower quartile is $900, upper quartile is $1,273)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,176

Median gross rent in Highland Park, NJ in 2007: $1,134

Housing units in Highland Park with a mortgage: 1,381 (167 second mortgage, 236 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 692

Highland Park,NJ index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $403,621 (it was $179,000 in 2000)

Highland Park:	$403,621
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $296,163 - $564,528

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $462,849
Here: $462,849
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $413,902
Here: $413,902
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $435,863
Here: $435,863
State: $429,538

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $579,921
Here: $579,921
State: $371,779

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $465,800
Here: $465,800
State: $309,003

Household type by relationship

Households: 13,987

In family households: 10,730 (2,442 male householders, 982 female householders)
2,784 spouses, 3,682 children (3,486 natural, 113 adopted, 83 stepchildren), 184 grandchildren, 145 brothers or sisters, 122 parents, 252 other relatives, 137 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,257 (1,012 male householders (755 living alone)), 1,469 female householders (1,101 living alone)), 776 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 12 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,403 2-persons, 864 3-persons, 702 4-persons, 304 5-persons, 86 6-persons, 65 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,856 1-person, 497 2-persons, 107 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 4 6-persons.

2,397 married couples with children.
448 single-parent households (100 men, 348 women).

66.2% of residents of Highland Park speak English at home.
7.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
12.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
9.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
4.2% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 1% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 4,085 (29.2%)
(34.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.6
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.4
State:	3.8

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Highland Park, New Jersey:
	1 room: 9 2 rooms: 32 3 rooms: 43 4 rooms: 192 5 rooms: 275 6 rooms: 634 7 rooms: 498 8 rooms: 414 9 or more rooms: 381

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Highland Park, New Jersey:
	1 room: 220 2 rooms: 565 3 rooms: 1,065 4 rooms: 841 5 rooms: 472 6 rooms: 155 7 rooms: 34 8 rooms: 51 9 or more rooms: 18

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 4
1995 to 1998: 55
1990 to 1994: 160
1980 to 1989: 403
1970 to 1979: 631
1960 to 1969: 853
1950 to 1959: 1,345
1940 to 1949: 673
1939 or earlier: 1,947

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Highland Park:
	no bedroom: 9 1 bedroom: 94 2 bedrooms: 422 3 bedrooms: 1,287 4 bedrooms: 511 5 or more bedrooms: 155

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Highland Park:
	no bedroom: 233 1 bedroom: 1,781 2 bedrooms: 1,107 3 bedrooms: 251 4 bedrooms: 49 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Highland Park in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 142 1 vehicle: 736 2 vehicles: 1,251 3 vehicles: 287 4 vehicles: 56 5 or more vehicles: 6

Cars and other vehicles available in Highland Park in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 619 1 vehicle: 1,732 2 vehicles: 847 3 vehicles: 160 4 vehicles: 12 5 or more vehicles: 51

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Highland Park, 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: 3
$35,000 to $39,999: 12
$40,000 to $49,999: 12
$50,000 to $59,999: 0
$60,000 to $69,999: 2
$70,000 to $79,999: 7
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 0
$100,000 to $124,999: 0
$125,000 to $149,999: 11
$150,000 to $174,999: 15
$175,000 to $199,999: 26
$200,000 to $249,999: 175
$250,000 to $299,999: 229
$300,000 to $399,999: 747
$400,000 to $499,999: 441
$500,000 to $749,999: 584
$750,000 to $999,999: 182
$1,000,000 or more: 74

Highland Park rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Highland Park:

Less than $100: 15 people
$100 to $149: 11
$150 to $199: 17
$200 to $249: 48
$250 to $299: 29
$300 to $349: 33
$350 to $399: 49
$400 to $449: 22
$450 to $499: 23
$500 to $549: 23
$550 to $599: 26
$600 to $649: 57
$650 to $699: 38
$700 to $749: 47
$750 to $799: 71
$800 to $899: 290
$900 to $999: 534
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,359
$1,250 to $1,499: 458
$1,500 to $1,999: 221
$2,000 or more: 23
No cash rent: 81

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,558 1990 to 1994: 1,005 1985 to 1989: 490 1980 to 1984: 246 1975 to 1979: 173 1970 to 1974: 141 1970 to 1974: 57 1965 to 1969: 415

Highland Park, NJ Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 62.3%
Number of people working at home: 189 (2.5% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 262
5 to 9 minutes: 841
10 to 14 minutes: 1226
15 to 19 minutes: 969
20 to 24 minutes: 783
25 to 29 minutes: 422
30 to 34 minutes: 705
35 to 39 minutes: 179
40 to 44 minutes: 268
45 to 59 minutes: 613
60 to 89 minutes: 622
90 or more minutes: 386

Highland Park mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 5,414 (73%)
Carpooled: 665 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 207 (3%)
Subway or elevated: 43 (1%)
Railroad: 520 (7%)
Taxi: 41 (1%)
Bicycle: 44 (1%)
Walked: 293 (4%)
Other means: 49 (1%)
Worked at home: 189 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 457
$10,000 to $14,999: 230
$15,000 to $19,999: 206
$20,000 to $24,999: 331
$25,000 to $29,999: 387
$30,000 to $34,999: 363
$35,000 to $39,999: 233
$40,000 to $44,999: 301
$45,000 to $49,999: 286
$50,000 to $59,999: 482
$60,000 to $74,999: 664
$75,000 to $99,999: 784
$100,000 to $124,999: 415
$125,000 to $149,999: 289
$150,000 to $199,999: 274
$200,000 or more: 203

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 4430

Italian: 1124

Russian: 843

Irish: 826

Polish: 779

German: 668

United States or American: 438

English: 428

Hungarian: 402

Eastern European: 315

Ukrainian: 186

Subsaharan African:: 186

Greek: 185

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 173

Scottish: 158

European: 139

Israeli: 114

Sierra Leonean: 110

French (except Basque): 99

Swedish: 83

Romanian: 80

Scotch-Irish: 75

Jamaican: 73

Arab:: 72

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 72

Austrian: 70

Norwegian: 70

Turkish: 59

British: 58

Brazilian: 51

Latvian: 50

Czechoslovakian: 41

Czech: 41

French Canadian: 36

Slovak: 36

Lebanese: 34

Lithuanian: 34

Dutch: 33

Belgian: 33

Guyanese: 32

Swiss: 30

African: 28

Egyptian: 28

Albanian: 26

Slavic: 25

Slovene: 23

Welsh: 23

Armenian: 23

Ethiopian: 22

West Indian: 19

Canadian: 17

Scandinavian: 17

South African: 16

Serbian: 11

Northern European: 11

Finnish: 10

Nigerian: 10

Moroccan: 10

Barbadian: 9

Portuguese: 6

Iranian: 4

Danish: 4

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

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (16%)
India (13%)
Mexico (4%)
Israel (4%)
Ukraine (4%)
Germany (4%)
Korea (3%)

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

This state: 5544
Northeast: 2898
Midwest: 379
South: 587
West: 323

58% of Highland Park residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in New Jersey.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 16
Nursery to 4th grade: 11
5th and 6th grade: 24
7th and 8th grade: 16
9th grade: 30
10th grade: 82
11th grade: 49
12th grade, no diploma: 133
High school graduate (or equivalency): 669
Less than 1 year of college: 92
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 433
Associate degree: 215
Bachelor's degree: 1,059
Master's degree: 811
Professional school degree: 302
Doctorate degree: 724

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 35
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 29
7th and 8th grade: 98
9th grade: 57
10th grade: 108
11th grade: 42
12th grade, no diploma: 142
High school graduate (or equivalency): 929
Less than 1 year of college: 128
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 436
Associate degree: 200
Bachelor's degree: 1,317
Master's degree: 1,055
Professional school degree: 168
Doctorate degree: 391

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.3%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.2%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 3.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 8.5%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 1.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 3.8%

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

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 6.2%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 1.4%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $68,823
Black householders: $59,850
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $282,874
Asian householders: $65,173
Some other race householders: $49,268
Two or more races householders: $61,259
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $48,802

Highland Park household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Highland Park household income for Black householders

Highland Park household income for Asian householders

Highland Park household income for Some other race householders

Highland Park household income for Two or more races householders

Highland Park household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Highland Park marital status for males

Highland Park marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $426,846
Black or African American householders: $346,572
Asian householders: $338,229
Some other race householders: $366,415
Two or more races householders: $274,191
Hispanic or Latino householders: $404,072

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 2,273
One, attached: 69
Two: 717
3 or 4: 1,094
5 to 9: 313
10 to 19: 456
20 to 49: 722
50 or more: 427

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Highland Park:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (66%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%) Electricity (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (62%) Electricity (18%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Other fuel (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 353

Here:	25.2%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 158

Here:	23.1%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 160

Here:	23.2%
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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