Passaic, NJ (New Jersey) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 66,884 (All urban)

Passaic, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 20,194 (19,458 occupied: 5,229 owner occupied, 14,229 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	73%
State:	34%

Housing density: 6489 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: $830 (lower quartile is $658, upper quartile is $1,048)

Housing units in Passaic with a mortgage: 1,950 (273 second mortgage, 155 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 712

Passaic,NJ index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $366,600 (it was $156,600 in 2000)

Passaic:	$366,600
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $259,900 - $453,700

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $414,482
Here: $414,482
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $374,922
Here: $374,922
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $408,219
Here: $408,219
State: $429,538

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $625,000
Here: $625,000
State: $371,779

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $191,960
Here: $191,960
State: $309,003

Median year house/condo built: 1941

Median year apartment built: 1939

Household type by relationship

Households: 67,274

In family households: 60,964 (9,032 male householders, 5,544 female householders)
8,644 spouses, 24,220 children (23,075 natural, 360 adopted, 785 stepchildren), 2,211 grandchildren, 1,866 brothers or sisters, 1,115 parents, 4,240 other relatives, 4,092 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 6,310 (2,074 male householders (1,449 living alone)), 2,849 female householders (2,500 living alone)), 1,387 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 587 (205 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,187 2-persons, 3,017 3-persons, 3,113 4-persons, 2,216 5-persons, 1,373 6-persons, 1,670 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,949 1-person, 743 2-persons, 135 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons.

11,022 married couples with children.
6,128 single-parent households (1,344 men, 4,784 women).

28.9% of residents of Passaic speak English at home.
59.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 18% don't speak English at all).
8.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (42% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 31,101 (45.8%)
(26.0% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.9
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 Passaic, New Jersey:
	1 room: 41 2 rooms: 72 3 rooms: 219 4 rooms: 614 5 rooms: 1,245 6 rooms: 953 7 rooms: 719 8 rooms: 567 9 or more rooms: 799

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Passaic, New Jersey:
	1 room: 670 2 rooms: 1,809 3 rooms: 3,955 4 rooms: 4,179 5 rooms: 2,279 6 rooms: 847 7 rooms: 254 8 rooms: 148 9 or more rooms: 88

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 38
1995 to 1998: 104
1990 to 1994: 275
1980 to 1989: 978
1970 to 1979: 1,589
1960 to 1969: 2,313
1950 to 1959: 3,067
1940 to 1949: 3,365
1939 or earlier: 8,465

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Passaic:
	no bedroom: 41 1 bedroom: 280 2 bedrooms: 1,546 3 bedrooms: 1,812 4 bedrooms: 973 5 or more bedrooms: 577

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Passaic:
	no bedroom: 972 1 bedroom: 4,838 2 bedrooms: 5,730 3 bedrooms: 2,188 4 bedrooms: 402 5 or more bedrooms: 99

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Passaic in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 425 1 vehicle: 1,940 2 vehicles: 1,950 3 vehicles: 725 4 vehicles: 135 5 or more vehicles: 54

Cars and other vehicles available in Passaic in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 6,198 1 vehicle: 5,741 2 vehicles: 1,853 3 vehicles: 268 4 vehicles: 98 5 or more vehicles: 71

Passaic rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Passaic:

Less than $100: 158 people
$100 to $149: 110
$150 to $199: 258
$200 to $249: 239
$250 to $299: 223
$300 to $349: 203
$350 to $399: 183
$400 to $449: 270
$450 to $499: 354
$500 to $549: 368
$550 to $599: 454
$600 to $649: 562
$650 to $699: 744
$700 to $749: 935
$750 to $799: 1,079
$800 to $899: 2,408
$900 to $999: 1,541
$1,000 to $1,249: 2,603
$1,250 to $1,499: 679
$1,500 to $1,999: 302
$2,000 or more: 67
No cash rent: 207

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 8,486 1990 to 1994: 8,026 1985 to 1989: 6,270 1980 to 1984: 3,581 1975 to 1979: 1,499 1970 to 1974: 1,360 1970 to 1974: 713 1965 to 1969: 1,166

Passaic, NJ Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 46.0%
Number of people working at home: 353 (1.4% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 342
5 to 9 minutes: 2082
10 to 14 minutes: 3157
15 to 19 minutes: 4292
20 to 24 minutes: 4000
25 to 29 minutes: 1155
30 to 34 minutes: 4376
35 to 39 minutes: 440
40 to 44 minutes: 758
45 to 59 minutes: 1633
60 to 89 minutes: 1487
90 or more minutes: 731

Passaic mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 11,214 (45%)
Carpooled: 5,242 (21%)
Bus or trolley bus: 4,066 (16%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 9 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 53 (0%)
Railroad: 363 (1%)
Taxi: 141 (1%)
Motorcycle: 14 (0%)
Bicycle: 232 (1%)
Walked: 2,437 (10%)
Other means: 682 (3%)
Worked at home: 353 (1%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 2555
$10,000 to $14,999: 1449
$15,000 to $19,999: 1415
$20,000 to $24,999: 1534
$25,000 to $29,999: 1640
$30,000 to $34,999: 1522
$35,000 to $39,999: 1186
$40,000 to $44,999: 1127
$45,000 to $49,999: 880
$50,000 to $59,999: 1809
$60,000 to $74,999: 1557
$75,000 to $99,999: 1511
$100,000 to $124,999: 597
$125,000 to $149,999: 299
$150,000 to $199,999: 229
$200,000 or more: 189

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 47917

Polish: 2156

United States or American: 1574

Italian: 1559

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 572

Hungarian: 556

Arab:: 518

Irish: 474

Russian: 437

Subsaharan African:: 420

Jamaican: 400

Ukrainian: 385

German: 356

African: 334

English: 278

European: 230

Palestinian: 207

Dutch: 206

Eastern European: 168

Slovak: 156

Greek: 124

Guyanese: 112

Egyptian: 107

Scotch-Irish: 104

Austrian: 95

Scottish: 80

Yugoslavian: 74

French (except Basque): 65

West Indian: 64

Syrian: 60

Czech: 59

Iranian: 56

Iraqi: 55

Israeli: 46

Lebanese: 45

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 45

Belizean: 40

Arab/Arabic: 38

Nigerian: 36

Turkish: 36

British: 24

Liberian: 23

Czechoslovakian: 23

Basque: 23

Canadian: 21

Romanian: 20

Welsh: 19

Belgian: 19

Lithuanian: 18

French Canadian: 17

Slavic: 17

Serbian: 14

Swiss: 13

British West Indian: 13

Kenyan: 12

Other Subsaharan African: 10

Bermudan: 10

Finnish: 9

Icelander: 9

Soviet Union: 8

Danish: 8

Macedonian: 8

Swedish: 6

Slovene: 6

Jordanian: 6

Sudanese: 5

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

Mexico (31%)
Dominican Republic (27%)
Peru (7%)
India (6%)
Poland (5%)
Colombia (5%)
Philippines (2%)

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

This state: 25040
Northeast: 4381
Midwest: 198
South: 2274
West: 337

57% of Passaic residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in New Jersey.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 746
Nursery to 4th grade: 449
5th and 6th grade: 1,597
7th and 8th grade: 1,445
9th grade: 1,007
10th grade: 823
11th grade: 769
12th grade, no diploma: 1,482
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,867
Less than 1 year of college: 730
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,402
Associate degree: 490
Bachelor's degree: 1,541
Master's degree: 668
Professional school degree: 331
Doctorate degree: 64

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 987
Nursery to 4th grade: 532
5th and 6th grade: 1,450
7th and 8th grade: 1,713
9th grade: 1,054
10th grade: 952
11th grade: 749
12th grade, no diploma: 1,340
High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,319
Less than 1 year of college: 894
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,668
Associate degree: 691
Bachelor's degree: 1,792
Master's degree: 555
Professional school degree: 282
Doctorate degree: 48

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 6.8%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 6.2%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 15.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 18.3%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 10.1%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 5.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 1.2%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 9.4%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 10.2%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 14.5%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 4.9%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 9.9%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 11.6%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $50,580
Black householders: $30,000
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $27,548
Asian householders: $73,567
Some other race householders: $20,539
Two or more races householders: $42,612
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $22,088

Passaic household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Passaic household income for Black householders

Passaic household income for Asian householders

Passaic household income for Some other race householders

Passaic household income for Two or more races householders

Passaic household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Passaic marital status for males

Passaic marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $380,177
Black or African American householders: $300,115
Asian householders: $380,880
Some other race householders: $347,403
Two or more races householders: $351,149
Hispanic or Latino householders: $336,869

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 2,926
One, attached: 1,010
Two: 4,839
3 or 4: 2,362
5 to 9: 3,108
10 to 19: 2,091
20 to 49: 1,698
50 or more: 2,155
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Passaic:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (68%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%) Electricity (6%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (65%) Electricity (13%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%) No fuel used (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,142

Here:	22.9%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 614

Here:	15.3%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 920

Here:	35.5%
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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