Ridgefield, NJ (New Jersey) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 10,851 (All urban)

Ridgefield, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 4,120 (4,020 occupied: 2,305 owner occupied, 1,715 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	43%
State:	34%

Housing density: 1579 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: $1,158 (lower quartile is $869, upper quartile is $1,380)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,352

Median gross rent in Ridgefield, NJ in 2007: $1,258

Housing units in Ridgefield with a mortgage: 1,023 (75 second mortgage, 157 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 679

Ridgefield,NJ index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $495,675 (it was $242,500 in 2000)

Ridgefield:	$495,675
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $394,843 - $553,793

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $498,900
Here: $498,900
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $471,837
Here: $471,837
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $567,079
Here: $567,079
State: $429,538

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $379,993
Here: $379,993
State: $371,779

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $214,808
Here: $214,808
State: $309,003

Mobile homes: $450,000
Here: $450,000
State: $53,584

Household type by relationship

Households: 10,819

In family households: 9,512 (2,286 male householders, 653 female householders)
2,409 spouses, 3,225 children (3,087 natural, 17 adopted, 121 stepchildren), 270 grandchildren, 126 brothers or sisters, 241 parents, 228 other relatives, 74 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,307 (377 male householders (306 living alone)), 708 female householders (619 living alone)), 222 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 11 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,052 2-persons, 704 3-persons, 755 4-persons, 286 5-persons, 86 6-persons, 56 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 925 1-person, 122 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 20 5-persons.

1,915 married couples with children.
295 single-parent households (72 men, 223 women).

53.2% of residents of Ridgefield speak English at home.
12.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
15.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
16.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 3,646 (33.7%)
(54.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.3
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	3.8

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Ridgefield, New Jersey:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 7 3 rooms: 67 4 rooms: 200 5 rooms: 393 6 rooms: 596 7 rooms: 471 8 rooms: 258 9 or more rooms: 313

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ridgefield, New Jersey:
	1 room: 79 2 rooms: 109 3 rooms: 382 4 rooms: 462 5 rooms: 425 6 rooms: 142 7 rooms: 64 8 rooms: 17 9 or more rooms: 35

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 9
1995 to 1998: 21
1990 to 1994: 65
1980 to 1989: 210
1970 to 1979: 261
1960 to 1969: 702
1950 to 1959: 1,230
1940 to 1949: 766
1939 or earlier: 856

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Ridgefield:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 86 2 bedrooms: 560 3 bedrooms: 1,106 4 bedrooms: 443 5 or more bedrooms: 110

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ridgefield:
	no bedroom: 79 1 bedroom: 511 2 bedrooms: 847 3 bedrooms: 196 4 bedrooms: 66 5 or more bedrooms: 16

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Ridgefield in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 179 1 vehicle: 745 2 vehicles: 890 3 vehicles: 364 4 vehicles: 98 5 or more vehicles: 29

Cars and other vehicles available in Ridgefield in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 255 1 vehicle: 810 2 vehicles: 539 3 vehicles: 86 4 vehicles: 9 5 or more vehicles: 16

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Ridgefield, 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: 5
$50,000 to $59,999: 1
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 7
$80,000 to $89,999: 2
$90,000 to $99,999: 0
$100,000 to $124,999: 0
$125,000 to $149,999: 8
$150,000 to $174,999: 18
$175,000 to $199,999: 2
$200,000 to $249,999: 58
$250,000 to $299,999: 121
$300,000 to $399,999: 395
$400,000 to $499,999: 561
$500,000 to $749,999: 790
$750,000 to $999,999: 248
$1,000,000 or more: 93

Ridgefield rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Ridgefield:

Less than $100: 0 people
$100 to $149: 4
$150 to $199: 18
$200 to $249: 3
$250 to $299: 0
$300 to $349: 0
$350 to $399: 0
$400 to $449: 13
$450 to $499: 14
$500 to $549: 5
$550 to $599: 28
$600 to $649: 31
$650 to $699: 39
$700 to $749: 73
$750 to $799: 43
$800 to $899: 121
$900 to $999: 122
$1,000 to $1,249: 557
$1,250 to $1,499: 242
$1,500 to $1,999: 202
$2,000 or more: 84
No cash rent: 118

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 745 1990 to 1994: 516 1985 to 1989: 480 1980 to 1984: 300 1975 to 1979: 300 1970 to 1974: 382 1970 to 1974: 412 1965 to 1969: 511

Ridgefield, NJ Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 51.2%
Number of people working at home: 91 (1.8% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 101
5 to 9 minutes: 484
10 to 14 minutes: 654
15 to 19 minutes: 498
20 to 24 minutes: 621
25 to 29 minutes: 164
30 to 34 minutes: 862
35 to 39 minutes: 106
40 to 44 minutes: 154
45 to 59 minutes: 454
60 to 89 minutes: 554
90 or more minutes: 182

Ridgefield mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 3,420 (69%)
Carpooled: 525 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 618 (13%)
Subway or elevated: 8 (0%)
Ferryboat: 70 (1%)
Taxi: 7 (0%)
Walked: 157 (3%)
Other means: 29 (1%)
Worked at home: 91 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 275
$10,000 to $14,999: 176
$15,000 to $19,999: 196
$20,000 to $24,999: 156
$25,000 to $29,999: 192
$30,000 to $34,999: 296
$35,000 to $39,999: 233
$40,000 to $44,999: 211
$45,000 to $49,999: 156
$50,000 to $59,999: 250
$60,000 to $74,999: 518
$75,000 to $99,999: 511
$100,000 to $124,999: 345
$125,000 to $149,999: 145
$150,000 to $199,999: 233
$200,000 or more: 131

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 3258

Italian: 2312

Irish: 932

German: 594

Croatian: 359

United States or American: 350

Greek: 252

Armenian: 247

Polish: 207

Arab:: 206

Turkish: 152

English: 148

Hungarian: 120

French (except Basque): 110

Russian: 91

Ukrainian: 85

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 75

Syrian: 74

Lebanese: 68

British West Indian: 60

Palestinian: 53

Scotch-Irish: 51

Brazilian: 36

Norwegian: 29

Swiss: 29

Czech: 28

Dutch: 28

Iranian: 26

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 25

European: 25

Danish: 22

Scottish: 20

Swedish: 19

Yugoslavian: 18

Austrian: 15

Romanian: 13

Czechoslovakian: 13

Belgian: 13

Slovak: 12

Estonian: 10

Latvian: 9

Jamaican: 8

South African: 8

Subsaharan African:: 8

Barbadian: 7

Arab/Arabic: 7

Lithuanian: 6

Slovene: 6

Scandinavian: 5

Egyptian: 4

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

Korea (28%)
Italy (8%)
Cuba (5%)
Other Eastern Europe (5%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
Dominican Republic (4%)
Turkey (4%)

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

This state: 5165
Northeast: 1765
Midwest: 30
South: 96
West: 49

70% of Ridgefield 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, 57% lived in New Jersey.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 36
Nursery to 4th grade: 42
5th and 6th grade: 69
7th and 8th grade: 112
9th grade: 155
10th grade: 74
11th grade: 65
12th grade, no diploma: 312
High school graduate (or equivalency): 834
Less than 1 year of college: 216
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 388
Associate degree: 215
Bachelor's degree: 788
Master's degree: 212
Professional school degree: 55
Doctorate degree: 38

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 61
Nursery to 4th grade: 23
5th and 6th grade: 76
7th and 8th grade: 147
9th grade: 75
10th grade: 41
11th grade: 69
12th grade, no diploma: 283
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,579
Less than 1 year of college: 299
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 372
Associate degree: 184
Bachelor's degree: 702
Master's degree: 153
Professional school degree: 42
Doctorate degree: 20

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.7%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.0%

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

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 1.2%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 2.5%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 12.5%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
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: 6.5%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $68,388
Black householders: $111,028
Asian householders: $52,552
Some other race householders: $42,744
Two or more races householders: $56,077
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $84,902

Ridgefield household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Ridgefield household income for Black householders

Ridgefield household income for Asian householders

Ridgefield household income for Some other race householders

Ridgefield household income for Two or more races householders

Ridgefield household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Ridgefield marital status for males

Ridgefield marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $482,593
Asian householders: $519,181
Some other race householders: $405,533
Two or more races householders: $483,410
Hispanic or Latino householders: $530,014

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,975
One, attached: 87
Two: 1,163
3 or 4: 342
5 to 9: 70
10 to 19: 106
20 to 49: 135
50 or more: 226
Mobile homes: 6
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10

Median worth of mobile homes: $245,049

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Ridgefield:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (78%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%) Electricity (4%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (71%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%) Electricity (6%) 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): 138

Here:	11.7%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 63

Here:	10.9%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 153

Here:	30.8%
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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