Trenton, NJ (New Jersey) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 82,883 (All urban)

Trenton, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 33,908 (29,455 occupied: 13,401 owner occupied, 16,054 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	55%
State:	34%

Housing density: 4428 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: $711 (lower quartile is $443, upper quartile is $906)

Housing units in Trenton with a mortgage: 7,696 (904 second mortgage, 790 home equity loan, 17 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,515

Trenton,NJ index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $128,500 (it was $66,200 in 2000)

Trenton:	$128,500
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $86,700 - $173,900

Median year house/condo built: 1939

Median year apartment built: 1945

Household type by relationship

Households: 80,847

In family households: 67,988 (9,537 male householders, 9,370 female householders)
9,123 spouses, 26,077 children (24,458 natural, 546 adopted, 1,073 stepchildren), 3,926 grandchildren, 2,097 brothers or sisters, 908 parents, 3,375 other relatives, 3,575 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 12,859 (4,682 male householders (3,636 living alone)), 5,781 female householders (5,121 living alone)), 2,396 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 4,411 (3,316 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 5,823 2-persons, 4,612 3-persons, 3,905 4-persons, 2,316 5-persons, 1,280 6-persons, 971 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 8,757 1-person, 1,395 2-persons, 168 3-persons, 58 4-persons, 62 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons.

7,857 married couples with children.
10,603 single-parent households (1,711 men, 8,892 women).

72.6% of residents of Trenton speak English at home.
20.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
5.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 12,024 (14.1%)
(29.1% 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:	3.9
State:	3.8

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Trenton, New Jersey:
	1 room: 40 2 rooms: 55 3 rooms: 483 4 rooms: 849 5 rooms: 2,128 6 rooms: 4,106 7 rooms: 2,679 8 rooms: 1,803 9 or more rooms: 1,258

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Trenton, New Jersey:
	1 room: 1,047 2 rooms: 1,431 3 rooms: 4,220 4 rooms: 3,439 5 rooms: 2,332 6 rooms: 2,003 7 rooms: 909 8 rooms: 421 9 or more rooms: 252

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 213
1995 to 1998: 620
1990 to 1994: 360
1980 to 1989: 654
1970 to 1979: 2,241
1960 to 1969: 2,996
1950 to 1959: 4,765
1940 to 1949: 4,762
1939 or earlier: 17,297

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Trenton:
	no bedroom: 89 1 bedroom: 386 2 bedrooms: 2,717 3 bedrooms: 6,830 4 bedrooms: 2,390 5 or more bedrooms: 989

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Trenton:
	no bedroom: 1,398 1 bedroom: 5,763 2 bedrooms: 4,492 3 bedrooms: 3,476 4 bedrooms: 652 5 or more bedrooms: 273

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Trenton in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 2,103 1 vehicle: 5,425 2 vehicles: 4,410 3 vehicles: 1,019 4 vehicles: 337 5 or more vehicles: 107

Cars and other vehicles available in Trenton in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 6,960 1 vehicle: 6,541 2 vehicles: 2,111 3 vehicles: 306 4 vehicles: 61 5 or more vehicles: 75

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

Less than $10,000: 16
$10,000 to $14,999: 8
$15,000 to $19,999: 10
$20,000 to $24,999: 25
$25,000 to $29,999: 26
$30,000 to $34,999: 31
$35,000 to $39,999: 41
$40,000 to $49,999: 155
$50,000 to $59,999: 225
$60,000 to $69,999: 372
$70,000 to $79,999: 638
$80,000 to $89,999: 700
$90,000 to $99,999: 826
$100,000 to $124,999: 2720
$125,000 to $149,999: 2410
$150,000 to $174,999: 1856
$175,000 to $199,999: 855
$200,000 to $249,999: 597
$250,000 to $299,999: 295
$300,000 to $399,999: 298
$400,000 to $499,999: 66
$500,000 to $749,999: 67
$750,000 to $999,999: 13
$1,000,000 or more: 32

Trenton rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Trenton:

Less than $100: 264 people
$100 to $149: 224
$150 to $199: 413
$200 to $249: 645
$250 to $299: 436
$300 to $349: 314
$350 to $399: 292
$400 to $449: 487
$450 to $499: 387
$500 to $549: 418
$550 to $599: 614
$600 to $649: 783
$650 to $699: 981
$700 to $749: 1,083
$750 to $799: 1,060
$800 to $899: 1,877
$900 to $999: 1,238
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,233
$1,250 to $1,499: 149
$1,500 to $1,999: 50
$2,000 or more: 21
No cash rent: 427

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 4,198 1990 to 1994: 2,651 1985 to 1989: 1,879 1980 to 1984: 1,132 1975 to 1979: 537 1970 to 1974: 614 1970 to 1974: 302 1965 to 1969: 711

Trenton, NJ Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 80.3%
Number of people working at home: 495 (1.6% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 799
5 to 9 minutes: 3161
10 to 14 minutes: 5137
15 to 19 minutes: 6002
20 to 24 minutes: 4968
25 to 29 minutes: 1419
30 to 34 minutes: 3947
35 to 39 minutes: 682
40 to 44 minutes: 676
45 to 59 minutes: 1905
60 to 89 minutes: 1301
90 or more minutes: 872

Trenton mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 18,581 (59%)
Carpooled: 6,288 (20%)
Bus or trolley bus: 2,987 (10%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 29 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 35 (0%)
Railroad: 447 (1%)
Taxi: 138 (0%)
Bicycle: 204 (1%)
Walked: 1,838 (6%)
Other means: 322 (1%)
Worked at home: 495 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 5294
$10,000 to $14,999: 2143
$15,000 to $19,999: 2239
$20,000 to $24,999: 2125
$25,000 to $29,999: 2342
$30,000 to $34,999: 1888
$35,000 to $39,999: 1734
$40,000 to $44,999: 1609
$45,000 to $49,999: 1332
$50,000 to $59,999: 2312
$60,000 to $74,999: 2508
$75,000 to $99,999: 2107
$100,000 to $124,999: 912
$125,000 to $149,999: 322
$150,000 to $199,999: 269
$200,000 or more: 234

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 45818

Italian: 5663

Polish: 2729

Subsaharan African:: 2534

Irish: 2413

United States or American: 2082

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 1950

German: 1917

African: 1582

Jamaican: 1117

English: 1019

Liberian: 739

Haitian: 718

Hungarian: 653

Slovak: 394

Russian: 362

Ukrainian: 274

Greek: 172

Scottish: 170

Dutch: 137

Scotch-Irish: 122

French (except Basque): 104

Nigerian: 97

Austrian: 89

European: 81

West Indian: 80

Slavic: 75

Other Subsaharan African: 74

Lithuanian: 73

Arab:: 71

Egyptian: 63

Guyanese: 59

French Canadian: 53

Norwegian: 50

Swedish: 47

Welsh: 44

Turkish: 44

Czech: 40

Pennsylvania German: 40

Danish: 36

Romanian: 32

Czechoslovakian: 28

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 28

Ghanian: 27

Brazilian: 26

British: 20

Portuguese: 19

Swiss: 18

Canadian: 18

Carpatho Rusyn: 15

Latvian: 14

Celtic: 13

Sierra Leonean: 9

Northern European: 8

Albanian: 8

Lebanese: 8

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 8

Slovene: 8

British West Indian: 7

Armenian: 7

Serbian: 6

Bulgarian: 6

Finnish: 6

Yugoslavian: 6

Sudanese: 6

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

Guatemala (28%)
Jamaica (8%)
Other Western Africa (7%)
Costa Rica (7%)
Haiti (7%)
Mexico (6%)
Poland (4%)

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

This state: 52089
Northeast: 6166
Midwest: 782
South: 8541
West: 553

58% of Trenton residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in New Jersey.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 559
Nursery to 4th grade: 375
5th and 6th grade: 1,031
7th and 8th grade: 1,320
9th grade: 1,194
10th grade: 1,422
11th grade: 1,519
12th grade, no diploma: 2,337
High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,386
Less than 1 year of college: 1,340
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,759
Associate degree: 927
Bachelor's degree: 1,480
Master's degree: 548
Professional school degree: 253
Doctorate degree: 137

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 476
Nursery to 4th grade: 380
5th and 6th grade: 846
7th and 8th grade: 1,481
9th grade: 1,519
10th grade: 1,517
11th grade: 1,864
12th grade, no diploma: 2,098
High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,576
Less than 1 year of college: 2,265
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,865
Associate degree: 1,061
Bachelor's degree: 1,590
Master's degree: 644
Professional school degree: 176
Doctorate degree: 76

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.0%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 6.7%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 15.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 12.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 16.2%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 8.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 5.3%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 11.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 9.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 16.2%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.7%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 11.8%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $34,925
Black householders: $31,341
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $35,652
Asian householders: $36,688
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $50,404
Some other race householders: $61,502
Two or more races householders: $47,900
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $54,113

Trenton household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Trenton household income for Black householders

Trenton household income for Asian householders

Trenton household income for Some other race householders

Trenton household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Trenton marital status for males

Trenton marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $128,694
Black or African American householders: $122,676
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $345,707
Asian householders: $400,446
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $266,899
Some other race householders: $127,141
Two or more races householders: $129,276
Hispanic or Latino householders: $129,858

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,977
One, attached: 15,795
Two: 4,085
3 or 4: 2,397
5 to 9: 1,752
10 to 19: 891
20 to 49: 961
50 or more: 3,039
Mobile homes: 11

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Trenton:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (61%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (33%) Electricity (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (55%) Electricity (20%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Other fuel (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,045

Here:	17.8%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 655

Here:	12.7%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 833

Here:	27.5%
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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