Hopewell, NJ (New Jersey) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 1,988 (Urban population: 0, Rural population: 1,988 (all nonfarm))

Hopewell, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 836 (813 occupied: 585 owner occupied, 228 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	28%
State:	34%

Housing density: 1218 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: $996 (lower quartile is $850, upper quartile is $1,265)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,138

Median gross rent in Hopewell, NJ in 2007: $1,135

Housing units in Hopewell with a mortgage: 396 (24 second mortgage, 100 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 148

Hopewell,NJ index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $501,112 (it was $223,200 in 2000)

Hopewell:	$501,112
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $363,650 - $589,344

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $491,134
Here: $491,134
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $312,868
Here: $312,868
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $528,878
Here: $528,878
State: $429,538

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $798,871
Here: $798,871
State: $371,779

Household type by relationship

Households: 2,034

In family households: 1,721 (437 male householders, 125 female householders)
453 spouses, 637 children (584 natural, 40 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 14 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 313 (117 male householders (83 living alone)), 133 female householders (117 living alone)), 63 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 234 2-persons, 149 3-persons, 123 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 200 1-person, 46 2-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.

410 married couples with children.
107 single-parent households (13 men, 94 women).

93.4% of residents of Hopewell speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (31% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 28% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 157 (7.7%)
(59.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	7.1
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.4
State:	3.8

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Hopewell, New Jersey:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 5 4 rooms: 17 5 rooms: 68 6 rooms: 130 7 rooms: 124 8 rooms: 110 9 or more rooms: 131

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Hopewell, New Jersey:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 20 3 rooms: 20 4 rooms: 81 5 rooms: 56 6 rooms: 20 7 rooms: 16 8 rooms: 15 9 or more rooms: 0

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 3
1995 to 1998: 4
1990 to 1994: 40
1980 to 1989: 40
1970 to 1979: 28
1960 to 1969: 69
1950 to 1959: 87
1940 to 1949: 65
1939 or earlier: 500

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Hopewell:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 5 2 bedrooms: 74 3 bedrooms: 302 4 bedrooms: 157 5 or more bedrooms: 47

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Hopewell:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 58 2 bedrooms: 112 3 bedrooms: 41 4 bedrooms: 17 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 Hopewell in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 24 1 vehicle: 111 2 vehicles: 318 3 vehicles: 88 4 vehicles: 35 5 or more vehicles: 9

Cars and other vehicles available in Hopewell in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 24 1 vehicle: 112 2 vehicles: 67 3 vehicles: 21 4 vehicles: 4 5 or more vehicles: 0

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Hopewell, 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: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 0
$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: 2
$150,000 to $174,999: 3
$175,000 to $199,999: 4
$200,000 to $249,999: 13
$250,000 to $299,999: 18
$300,000 to $399,999: 107
$400,000 to $499,999: 136
$500,000 to $749,999: 193
$750,000 to $999,999: 73
$1,000,000 or more: 22

Hopewell rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Hopewell:

Less than $100: 0 people
$100 to $149: 0
$150 to $199: 0
$200 to $249: 0
$250 to $299: 0
$300 to $349: 0
$350 to $399: 0
$400 to $449: 7
$450 to $499: 3
$500 to $549: 2
$550 to $599: 8
$600 to $649: 8
$650 to $699: 5
$700 to $749: 2
$750 to $799: 0
$800 to $899: 28
$900 to $999: 48
$1,000 to $1,249: 56
$1,250 to $1,499: 24
$1,500 to $1,999: 26
$2,000 or more: 0
No cash rent: 6

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 36 1990 to 1994: 28 1985 to 1989: 23 1980 to 1984: 17 1975 to 1979: 25 1970 to 1974: 8 1970 to 1974: 0 1965 to 1969: 20

Hopewell, NJ Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 59.8%
Number of people working at home: 77 (6.4% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 59
5 to 9 minutes: 101
10 to 14 minutes: 125
15 to 19 minutes: 176
20 to 24 minutes: 162
25 to 29 minutes: 90
30 to 34 minutes: 176
35 to 39 minutes: 41
40 to 44 minutes: 36
45 to 59 minutes: 55
60 to 89 minutes: 73
90 or more minutes: 41

Hopewell mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 947 (78%)
Carpooled: 135 (11%)
Railroad: 8 (1%)
Bicycle: 9 (1%)
Walked: 31 (3%)
Other means: 5 (0%)
Worked at home: 77 (6%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 20
$10,000 to $14,999: 25
$15,000 to $19,999: 16
$20,000 to $24,999: 21
$25,000 to $29,999: 35
$30,000 to $34,999: 29
$35,000 to $39,999: 24
$40,000 to $44,999: 32
$45,000 to $49,999: 31
$50,000 to $59,999: 63
$60,000 to $74,999: 103
$75,000 to $99,999: 142
$100,000 to $124,999: 100
$125,000 to $149,999: 78
$150,000 to $199,999: 55
$200,000 or more: 38

First ancestries reported:

Irish: 305

German: 298

Italian: 215

English: 201

Other groups: 187

United States or American: 87

Dutch: 72

Polish: 67

Scotch-Irish: 53

Swiss: 47

Norwegian: 46

Russian: 36

British: 23

Swedish: 22

African: 22

Subsaharan African:: 22

Northern European: 16

Austrian: 13

Hungarian: 13

Scottish: 11

European: 11

Welsh: 11

Canadian: 9

Arab:: 8

Yugoslavian: 8

French (except Basque): 7

Ukrainian: 7

Slavic: 5

Greek: 5

Maltese: 5

Slovak: 5

Other Arab: 5

Israeli: 4

Czechoslovakian: 4

Brazilian: 4

Arab/Arabic: 3

Eastern European: 3

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

Guatemala (20%)
United Kingdom (11%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (9%)
Korea (9%)
Colombia (8%)
Other Western Europe (6%)
Canada (6%)

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

This state: 1136
Northeast: 440
Midwest: 98
South: 132
West: 55

65% of Hopewell residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in New Jersey.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 3
Nursery to 4th grade: 8
5th and 6th grade: 13
7th and 8th grade: 15
9th grade: 12
10th grade: 9
11th grade: 9
12th grade, no diploma: 12
High school graduate (or equivalency): 122
Less than 1 year of college: 27
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 48
Associate degree: 35
Bachelor's degree: 165
Master's degree: 125
Professional school degree: 15
Doctorate degree: 49

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 3
7th and 8th grade: 6
9th grade: 8
10th grade: 26
11th grade: 8
12th grade, no diploma: 16
High school graduate (or equivalency): 128
Less than 1 year of college: 52
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 51
Associate degree: 42
Bachelor's degree: 191
Master's degree: 162
Professional school degree: 34
Doctorate degree: 23

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.1%

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

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

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

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $96,512
Black householders: $50,423
Asian householders: $208,452
Some other race householders: $82,198
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $88,303

Hopewell household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Hopewell household income for Black householders

Hopewell household income for Some other race householders

Hopewell household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Hopewell marital status for males

Hopewell marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $499,315
Black or African American householders: $273,680
Asian householders: $1,964,484

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 569
One, attached: 66
Two: 112
3 or 4: 81
5 to 9: 4
20 to 49: 4

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Hopewell:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (57%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (39%) Electricity (2%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Wood (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (53%) Utility gas (38%) Electricity (9%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39

Here:	15.1%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 22

Here:	18.5%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14

Here:	40.0%
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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