Iselin, NJ (New Jersey) Houses and Residents

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(Urban population: 16,595, Rural population: 0)

Iselin, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 6,116 (5,977 occupied: 4,502 owner occupied, 1,475 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	25%
State:	34%

Housing density: 1951 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: $1,179 (lower quartile is $1,008, upper quartile is $1,528)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,098

Median gross rent in Iselin, NJ in 2007: $1,330

Housing units in Iselin with a mortgage: 2,786 (280 second mortgage, 316 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,340

Iselin,NJ index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $336,426 (it was $149,200 in 2000)

Iselin:	$336,426
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $275,515 - $369,951

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $341,968
Here: $341,968
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $239,693
Here: $239,693
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $457,960
Here: $457,960
State: $429,538

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $255,848
Here: $255,848
State: $371,779

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $203,372
Here: $203,372
State: $309,003

Household type by relationship

Households: 16,583

In family households: 14,851 (3,644 male householders, 888 female householders)
3,642 spouses, 5,142 children (4,933 natural, 92 adopted, 117 stepchildren), 296 grandchildren, 206 brothers or sisters, 375 parents, 373 other relatives, 285 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,732 (625 male householders (525 living alone)), 827 female householders (724 living alone)), 280 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 12 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,555 2-persons, 1,170 3-persons, 1,098 4-persons, 419 5-persons, 180 6-persons, 110 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,249 1-person, 164 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 1 5-persons, 6 6-persons.

2,908 married couples with children.
395 single-parent households (102 men, 293 women).

66.7% of residents of Iselin speak English at home.
5.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
20.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
7.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (54% speak English very well, 46% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 4,566 (27.5%)
(45.6% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.2
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.7
State:	3.8

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Iselin, New Jersey:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 14 3 rooms: 160 4 rooms: 395 5 rooms: 778 6 rooms: 1,272 7 rooms: 948 8 rooms: 558 9 or more rooms: 377

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Iselin, New Jersey:
	1 room: 119 2 rooms: 191 3 rooms: 309 4 rooms: 570 5 rooms: 211 6 rooms: 39 7 rooms: 20 8 rooms: 16 9 or more rooms: 0

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 28
1995 to 1998: 116
1990 to 1994: 116
1980 to 1989: 881
1970 to 1979: 624
1960 to 1969: 1,233
1950 to 1959: 2,163
1940 to 1949: 525
1939 or earlier: 430

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Iselin:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 160 2 bedrooms: 779 3 bedrooms: 2,092 4 bedrooms: 1,263 5 or more bedrooms: 208

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Iselin:
	no bedroom: 124 1 bedroom: 569 2 bedrooms: 604 3 bedrooms: 158 4 bedrooms: 20 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 Iselin in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 172 1 vehicle: 1,340 2 vehicles: 1,995 3 vehicles: 618 4 vehicles: 253 5 or more vehicles: 124

Cars and other vehicles available in Iselin in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 173 1 vehicle: 765 2 vehicles: 484 3 vehicles: 43 4 vehicles: 10 5 or more vehicles: 0

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

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 2
$25,000 to $29,999: 4
$30,000 to $34,999: 3
$35,000 to $39,999: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 2
$50,000 to $59,999: 2
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 0
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 8
$100,000 to $124,999: 10
$125,000 to $149,999: 23
$150,000 to $174,999: 50
$175,000 to $199,999: 67
$200,000 to $249,999: 425
$250,000 to $299,999: 750
$300,000 to $399,999: 2193
$400,000 to $499,999: 634
$500,000 to $749,999: 301
$750,000 to $999,999: 20
$1,000,000 or more: 7

Iselin rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Iselin:

Less than $100: 0 people
$100 to $149: 2
$150 to $199: 7
$200 to $249: 33
$250 to $299: 17
$300 to $349: 17
$350 to $399: 27
$400 to $449: 10
$450 to $499: 3
$500 to $549: 4
$550 to $599: 9
$600 to $649: 4
$650 to $699: 1
$700 to $749: 7
$750 to $799: 17
$800 to $899: 63
$900 to $999: 104
$1,000 to $1,249: 504
$1,250 to $1,499: 307
$1,500 to $1,999: 276
$2,000 or more: 38
No cash rent: 26

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,436 1990 to 1994: 892 1985 to 1989: 667 1980 to 1984: 394 1975 to 1979: 285 1970 to 1974: 351 1970 to 1974: 183 1965 to 1969: 358

Iselin, NJ Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 48.2%
Number of people working at home: 126 (1.5% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 256
5 to 9 minutes: 814
10 to 14 minutes: 1112
15 to 19 minutes: 1115
20 to 24 minutes: 806
25 to 29 minutes: 291
30 to 34 minutes: 886
35 to 39 minutes: 278
40 to 44 minutes: 271
45 to 59 minutes: 941
60 to 89 minutes: 907
90 or more minutes: 529

Iselin mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 6,223 (75%)
Carpooled: 724 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 65 (1%)
Subway or elevated: 35 (0%)
Railroad: 944 (11%)
Ferryboat: 7 (0%)
Taxi: 7 (0%)
Bicycle: 12 (0%)
Walked: 114 (1%)
Other means: 75 (1%)
Worked at home: 126 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 207
$10,000 to $14,999: 244
$15,000 to $19,999: 205
$20,000 to $24,999: 189
$25,000 to $29,999: 270
$30,000 to $34,999: 194
$35,000 to $39,999: 348
$40,000 to $44,999: 199
$45,000 to $49,999: 270
$50,000 to $59,999: 579
$60,000 to $74,999: 818
$75,000 to $99,999: 1152
$100,000 to $124,999: 592
$125,000 to $149,999: 304
$150,000 to $199,999: 182
$200,000 or more: 231

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 5524

Italian: 2503

Irish: 1898

Polish: 1179

German: 1007

English: 321

United States or American: 315

Hungarian: 293

Russian: 283

Ukrainian: 229

Scottish: 198

Portuguese: 190

Slovak: 188

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 165

Scotch-Irish: 140

Subsaharan African:: 114

Greek: 98

Norwegian: 88

Arab:: 77

Welsh: 69

Guyanese: 62

Lithuanian: 54

Haitian: 54

Czechoslovakian: 54

Jamaican: 51

Swedish: 48

African: 44

Czech: 41

Egyptian: 41

Nigerian: 41

Arab/Arabic: 36

Romanian: 35

Dutch: 31

British: 30

Danish: 23

Ethiopian: 23

Belizean: 22

European: 22

French (except Basque): 19

Croatian: 16

Eastern European: 15

Yugoslavian: 15

British West Indian: 14

Slavic: 14

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 12

Barbadian: 12

Finnish: 9

Kenyan: 6

Australian: 6

Canadian: 5

Northern European: 5

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

India (48%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
Philippines (5%)
Italy (4%)
Poland (3%)
United Kingdom (2%)
Korea (2%)

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

This state: 8846
Northeast: 2337
Midwest: 163
South: 296
West: 58

69% of Iselin 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, 61% lived in New Jersey.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 41
Nursery to 4th grade: 16
5th and 6th grade: 42
7th and 8th grade: 112
9th grade: 56
10th grade: 226
11th grade: 108
12th grade, no diploma: 190
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,696
Less than 1 year of college: 327
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 523
Associate degree: 223
Bachelor's degree: 1,414
Master's degree: 584
Professional school degree: 60
Doctorate degree: 70

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 66
Nursery to 4th grade: 40
5th and 6th grade: 70
7th and 8th grade: 116
9th grade: 71
10th grade: 309
11th grade: 108
12th grade, no diploma: 147
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,217
Less than 1 year of college: 388
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 545
Associate degree: 300
Bachelor's degree: 1,118
Master's degree: 408
Professional school degree: 121
Doctorate degree: 34

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 6.3%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.8%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 2.4%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 8.9%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 4.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 8.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 5.2%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 7.3%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 12.9%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 6.4%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 4.9%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 8.7%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $75,128
Black householders: $71,459
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $270,837
Asian householders: $106,120
Some other race householders: $84,118
Two or more races householders: $95,337
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $75,352

Iselin household income for White non-Hispanic householders

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Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $340,710
Black or African American householders: $311,397
Asian householders: $348,602
Some other race householders: $336,877
Two or more races householders: $346,121
Hispanic or Latino householders: $370,925

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,238
One, attached: 179
Two: 258
3 or 4: 124
5 to 9: 271
10 to 19: 660
20 to 49: 180
50 or more: 206

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Iselin:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (79%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%) Electricity (2%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (85%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%) Electricity (6%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 229

Here:	14.3%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 98

Here:	12.0%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 245

Here:	37.1%
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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