Rahway, NJ (New Jersey) Houses and Residents

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Rahway Apartments for Rent

Total population: 28,624 (All urban)

Rahway, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 10,381 (10,028 occupied: 6,304 owner occupied, 3,724 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	37%
State:	34%

Housing density: 2602 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: $889 (lower quartile is $742, upper quartile is $1,052)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $965

Median gross rent in Rahway, NJ in 2007: $993

Housing units in Rahway with a mortgage: 3,750 (451 second mortgage, 585 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,818

Rahway,NJ index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $328,893 (it was $144,100 in 2000)

Rahway:	$328,893
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $269,157 - $344,186

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $294,648
Here: $294,648
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $250,317
Here: $250,317
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $402,088
Here: $402,088
State: $429,538

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $538,456
Here: $538,456
State: $371,779

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $190,823
Here: $190,823
State: $309,003

Mobile homes: $137,500
Here: $137,500
State: $53,584

Household type by relationship

Households: 26,341

In family households: 22,454 (4,714 male householders, 2,021 female householders)
4,999 spouses, 7,978 children (7,500 natural, 196 adopted, 282 stepchildren), 888 grandchildren, 269 brothers or sisters, 360 parents, 754 other relatives, 471 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,887 (1,388 male householders (1,078 living alone)), 1,905 female householders (1,732 living alone)), 594 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 159 (117 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,457 2-persons, 1,659 3-persons, 1,444 4-persons, 664 5-persons, 296 6-persons, 215 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,810 1-person, 414 2-persons, 47 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 2 5-persons.

3,894 married couples with children.
1,493 single-parent households (287 men, 1,206 women).

75.0% of residents of Rahway speak English at home.
13.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
7.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other language at home (54% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 4,553 (17.2%)
(48.6% 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:	3.6
State:	3.8

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Rahway, New Jersey:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 27 3 rooms: 134 4 rooms: 479 5 rooms: 1,078 6 rooms: 2,134 7 rooms: 1,388 8 rooms: 627 9 or more rooms: 437

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rahway, New Jersey:
	1 room: 351 2 rooms: 436 3 rooms: 1,009 4 rooms: 744 5 rooms: 588 6 rooms: 365 7 rooms: 128 8 rooms: 74 9 or more rooms: 29

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 39
1995 to 1998: 76
1990 to 1994: 154
1980 to 1989: 491
1970 to 1979: 951
1960 to 1969: 1,247
1950 to 1959: 3,202
1940 to 1949: 1,509
1939 or earlier: 2,712

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Rahway:
	no bedroom: 8 1 bedroom: 183 2 bedrooms: 1,332 3 bedrooms: 3,497 4 bedrooms: 1,099 5 or more bedrooms: 185

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rahway:
	no bedroom: 396 1 bedroom: 1,488 2 bedrooms: 1,110 3 bedrooms: 586 4 bedrooms: 121 5 or more bedrooms: 23

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Rahway in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 416 1 vehicle: 2,024 2 vehicles: 2,742 3 vehicles: 814 4 vehicles: 264 5 or more vehicles: 44

Cars and other vehicles available in Rahway in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 760 1 vehicle: 2,025 2 vehicles: 810 3 vehicles: 86 4 vehicles: 0 5 or more vehicles: 43

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

Less than $10,000: 3
$10,000 to $14,999: 2
$15,000 to $19,999: 2
$20,000 to $24,999: 2
$25,000 to $29,999: 3
$30,000 to $34,999: 3
$35,000 to $39,999: 3
$40,000 to $49,999: 10
$50,000 to $59,999: 10
$60,000 to $69,999: 3
$70,000 to $79,999: 18
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 7
$100,000 to $124,999: 14
$125,000 to $149,999: 31
$150,000 to $174,999: 69
$175,000 to $199,999: 204
$200,000 to $249,999: 788
$250,000 to $299,999: 1215
$300,000 to $399,999: 3227
$400,000 to $499,999: 730
$500,000 to $749,999: 422
$750,000 to $999,999: 39
$1,000,000 or more: 5

Rahway rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Rahway:

Less than $100: 58 people
$100 to $149: 42
$150 to $199: 67
$200 to $249: 103
$250 to $299: 77
$300 to $349: 66
$350 to $399: 71
$400 to $449: 88
$450 to $499: 45
$500 to $549: 36
$550 to $599: 54
$600 to $649: 63
$650 to $699: 119
$700 to $749: 158
$750 to $799: 194
$800 to $899: 826
$900 to $999: 745
$1,000 to $1,249: 844
$1,250 to $1,499: 131
$1,500 to $1,999: 132
$2,000 or more: 5
No cash rent: 91

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 753 1990 to 1994: 919 1985 to 1989: 793 1980 to 1984: 540 1975 to 1979: 397 1970 to 1974: 498 1970 to 1974: 233 1965 to 1969: 420

Rahway, NJ Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 48.8%
Number of people working at home: 227 (1.9% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 397
5 to 9 minutes: 1181
10 to 14 minutes: 1629
15 to 19 minutes: 1695
20 to 24 minutes: 1527
25 to 29 minutes: 638
30 to 34 minutes: 1872
35 to 39 minutes: 307
40 to 44 minutes: 435
45 to 59 minutes: 1013
60 to 89 minutes: 869
90 or more minutes: 413

Rahway mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 8,944 (73%)
Carpooled: 1,328 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 202 (2%)
Subway or elevated: 61 (0%)
Railroad: 848 (7%)
Taxi: 34 (0%)
Bicycle: 66 (1%)
Walked: 428 (4%)
Other means: 65 (1%)
Worked at home: 227 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 652
$10,000 to $14,999: 582
$15,000 to $19,999: 622
$20,000 to $24,999: 327
$25,000 to $29,999: 569
$30,000 to $34,999: 479
$35,000 to $39,999: 610
$40,000 to $44,999: 553
$45,000 to $49,999: 483
$50,000 to $59,999: 1048
$60,000 to $74,999: 1299
$75,000 to $99,999: 1467
$100,000 to $124,999: 679
$125,000 to $149,999: 273
$150,000 to $199,999: 237
$200,000 or more: 148

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 9745

Italian: 2681

Irish: 2095

Polish: 1910

German: 1559

United States or American: 781

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 694

Haitian: 492

English: 465

Portuguese: 447

Subsaharan African:: 387

Russian: 344

Ukrainian: 254

Hungarian: 248

African: 213

Scottish: 206

Greek: 199

Slovak: 181

Scotch-Irish: 138

Nigerian: 134

European: 103

Lithuanian: 101

Dutch: 95

Arab:: 81

Swedish: 81

Norwegian: 76

Jamaican: 74

Austrian: 67

French Canadian: 66

West Indian: 56

Danish: 55

French (except Basque): 51

Czech: 48

Czechoslovakian: 46

Ghanian: 40

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 35

Lebanese: 28

Guyanese: 26

Albanian: 23

Bahamian: 22

Egyptian: 21

British: 21

Iraqi: 19

Slavic: 19

Canadian: 19

Welsh: 17

Romanian: 17

Iranian: 16

Eastern European: 15

Turkish: 15

Croatian: 11

Finnish: 10

Brazilian: 9

Moroccan: 8

Bulgarian: 8

Slovene: 8

U.S. Virgin Islander: 8

Northern European: 8

Yugoslavian: 7

Bermudan: 7

Estonian: 6

Arab/Arabic: 5

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

Dominican Republic (10%)
Philippines (9%)
Haiti (7%)
Peru (6%)
Colombia (6%)
India (6%)
Portugal (5%)

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

This state: 15875
Northeast: 3328
Midwest: 275
South: 1887
West: 80

64% of Rahway residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in New Jersey.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 127
Nursery to 4th grade: 13
5th and 6th grade: 85
7th and 8th grade: 253
9th grade: 175
10th grade: 143
11th grade: 174
12th grade, no diploma: 409
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,098
Less than 1 year of college: 608
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,128
Associate degree: 495
Bachelor's degree: 1,104
Master's degree: 272
Professional school degree: 154
Doctorate degree: 52

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 107
Nursery to 4th grade: 94
5th and 6th grade: 113
7th and 8th grade: 423
9th grade: 151
10th grade: 265
11th grade: 282
12th grade, no diploma: 548
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,565
Less than 1 year of college: 662
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,224
Associate degree: 623
Bachelor's degree: 1,281
Master's degree: 411
Professional school degree: 74
Doctorate degree: 27

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.8%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 11.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 9.3%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 3.1%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 5.5%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 7.5%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 14.8%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 4.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 9.2%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.4%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 16.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $61,140
Black householders: $45,701
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $18,560
Asian householders: $73,736
Some other race householders: $49,239
Two or more races householders: $82,402
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $63,658

Rahway household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Rahway household income for Black householders

Rahway household income for Asian householders

Rahway household income for Some other race householders

Rahway household income for Two or more races householders

Rahway household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Rahway marital status for males

Rahway marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $331,860
Black or African American householders: $293,972
Asian householders: $346,239
Some other race householders: $311,090
Two or more races householders: $305,613
Hispanic or Latino householders: $327,524

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 5,743
One, attached: 577
Two: 1,566
3 or 4: 542
5 to 9: 427
10 to 19: 461
20 to 49: 555
50 or more: 499
Mobile homes: 11

Median worth of mobile homes: $232,172

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Rahway:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (67%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%) Electricity (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (64%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%) Electricity (15%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 603

Here:	20.0%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 292

Here:	20.2%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 344

Here:	33.4%
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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