West Caldwell, NJ (New Jersey) Houses and Residents

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West Caldwell, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 4,044 (3,990 occupied: 3,440 owner occupied, 550 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	14%
State:	34%

Housing density: 801 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: $1,527 (lower quartile is $1,215, upper quartile is $2,654)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $2,534

Median gross rent in West Caldwell, NJ in 2007: $1,647

Housing units in West Caldwell with a mortgage: 2,247 (197 second mortgage, 356 home equity loan, 24 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 939

West Caldwell,NJ index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $587,521 (it was $261,800 in 2000)

West Caldwell:	$587,521
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $447,672 - $663,127

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $557,610
Here: $557,610
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $393,143
Here: $393,143
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $457,035
Here: $457,035
State: $429,538

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $398,458
Here: $398,458
State: $371,779

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $295,026
Here: $295,026
State: $309,003

Household type by relationship

Households: 10,975

In family households: 10,005 (2,435 male householders, 704 female householders)
2,821 spouses, 3,568 children (3,479 natural, 40 adopted, 49 stepchildren), 102 grandchildren, 97 brothers or sisters, 57 parents, 100 other relatives, 121 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 970 (309 male householders (259 living alone)), 554 female householders (511 living alone)), 107 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 258 (253 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,214 2-persons, 716 3-persons, 725 4-persons, 335 5-persons, 121 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 770 1-person, 77 2-persons, 16 3-persons.

2,486 married couples with children.
173 single-parent households (46 men, 127 women).

87.1% of residents of West Caldwell speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
6.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 971 (8.6%)
(69.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	7.3
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.4
State:	3.8

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in West Caldwell, New Jersey:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 6 3 rooms: 49 4 rooms: 93 5 rooms: 236 6 rooms: 615 7 rooms: 955 8 rooms: 822 9 or more rooms: 664

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in West Caldwell, New Jersey:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 22 3 rooms: 94 4 rooms: 172 5 rooms: 99 6 rooms: 78 7 rooms: 60 8 rooms: 18 9 or more rooms: 7

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 51
1995 to 1998: 215
1990 to 1994: 15
1980 to 1989: 68
1970 to 1979: 412
1960 to 1969: 1,030
1950 to 1959: 931
1940 to 1949: 441
1939 or earlier: 881

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in West Caldwell:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 74 2 bedrooms: 379 3 bedrooms: 1,648 4 bedrooms: 1,080 5 or more bedrooms: 259

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in West Caldwell:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 159 2 bedrooms: 293 3 bedrooms: 53 4 bedrooms: 38 5 or more bedrooms: 7

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in West Caldwell in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 97 1 vehicle: 667 2 vehicles: 2,021 3 vehicles: 492 4 vehicles: 113 5 or more vehicles: 50

Cars and other vehicles available in West Caldwell in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 52 1 vehicle: 317 2 vehicles: 134 3 vehicles: 37 4 vehicles: 10 5 or more vehicles: 0

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in West Caldwell, 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: 0
$50,000 to $59,999: 2
$60,000 to $69,999: 4
$70,000 to $79,999: 0
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 3
$100,000 to $124,999: 8
$125,000 to $149,999: 3
$150,000 to $174,999: 0
$175,000 to $199,999: 0
$200,000 to $249,999: 31
$250,000 to $299,999: 63
$300,000 to $399,999: 289
$400,000 to $499,999: 644
$500,000 to $749,999: 1551
$750,000 to $999,999: 662
$1,000,000 or more: 180

West Caldwell rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in West Caldwell:

Less than $100: 0 people
$100 to $149: 0
$150 to $199: 0
$200 to $249: 0
$250 to $299: 0
$300 to $349: 0
$350 to $399: 0
$400 to $449: 0
$450 to $499: 0
$500 to $549: 1
$550 to $599: 4
$600 to $649: 1
$650 to $699: 0
$700 to $749: 1
$750 to $799: 5
$800 to $899: 11
$900 to $999: 15
$1,000 to $1,249: 100
$1,250 to $1,499: 105
$1,500 to $1,999: 97
$2,000 or more: 169
No cash rent: 40

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 91 1990 to 1994: 88 1985 to 1989: 94 1980 to 1984: 188 1975 to 1979: 56 1970 to 1974: 81 1970 to 1974: 114 1965 to 1969: 259

West Caldwell, NJ Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 57.0%
Number of people working at home: 308 (5.5% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 132
5 to 9 minutes: 719
10 to 14 minutes: 664
15 to 19 minutes: 711
20 to 24 minutes: 704
25 to 29 minutes: 417
30 to 34 minutes: 748
35 to 39 minutes: 139
40 to 44 minutes: 203
45 to 59 minutes: 295
60 to 89 minutes: 391
90 or more minutes: 177

West Caldwell mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 4,757 (85%)
Carpooled: 233 (4%)
Bus or trolley bus: 147 (3%)
Subway or elevated: 24 (0%)
Railroad: 43 (1%)
Taxi: 8 (0%)
Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
Walked: 73 (1%)
Other means: 8 (0%)
Worked at home: 308 (5%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 70
$10,000 to $14,999: 120
$15,000 to $19,999: 93
$20,000 to $24,999: 77
$25,000 to $29,999: 130
$30,000 to $34,999: 122
$35,000 to $39,999: 81
$40,000 to $44,999: 152
$45,000 to $49,999: 147
$50,000 to $59,999: 258
$60,000 to $74,999: 493
$75,000 to $99,999: 688
$100,000 to $124,999: 522
$125,000 to $149,999: 339
$150,000 to $199,999: 346
$200,000 or more: 364

First ancestries reported:

Italian: 3623

Irish: 1703

Other groups: 893

German: 836

United States or American: 467

Polish: 392

English: 383

Russian: 226

Eastern European: 146

European: 138

Norwegian: 133

Dutch: 126

Scottish: 111

French (except Basque): 104

Greek: 98

Austrian: 86

Scotch-Irish: 66

Hungarian: 63

Portuguese: 61

Swedish: 60

Brazilian: 56

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 55

Romanian: 51

Swiss: 49

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 49

Arab:: 33

Lebanese: 33

Slovak: 30

Turkish: 26

Estonian: 21

Armenian: 17

Czechoslovakian: 17

Yugoslavian: 16

Canadian: 14

Welsh: 12

Danish: 11

Lithuanian: 9

British: 9

Belgian: 7

Ukrainian: 7

Finnish: 6

Jamaican: 6

Guyanese: 5

Subsaharan African:: 3

African: 3

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

India (10%)
Italy (7%)
Korea (7%)
Cuba (7%)
Philippines (7%)
Brazil (6%)
Guatemala (5%)

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

This state: 7992
Northeast: 1734
Midwest: 164
South: 187
West: 112

75% of West Caldwell residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in New Jersey.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 5
Nursery to 4th grade: 3
5th and 6th grade: 20
7th and 8th grade: 19
9th grade: 18
10th grade: 20
11th grade: 20
12th grade, no diploma: 58
High school graduate (or equivalency): 699
Less than 1 year of college: 205
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 417
Associate degree: 190
Bachelor's degree: 1,181
Master's degree: 490
Professional school degree: 198
Doctorate degree: 110

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 9
Nursery to 4th grade: 5
5th and 6th grade: 32
7th and 8th grade: 42
9th grade: 73
10th grade: 26
11th grade: 88
12th grade, no diploma: 90
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,094
Less than 1 year of college: 303
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 510
Associate degree: 193
Bachelor's degree: 1,211
Master's degree: 537
Professional school degree: 87
Doctorate degree: 29

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.4%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.0%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 23.5%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 3.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 4.5%

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

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 0.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $105,258
Black householders: $155,532
Asian householders: $123,408
Some other race householders: $120,605
Two or more races householders: $86,707
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $143,078

West Caldwell household income for White non-Hispanic householders

West Caldwell household income for Black householders

West Caldwell household income for Asian householders

West Caldwell household income for Two or more races householders

West Caldwell household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

West Caldwell marital status for males

West Caldwell marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $597,844
Black or African American householders: $729,352
Asian householders: $535,008
Some other race householders: $364,676
Two or more races householders: $260,995
Hispanic or Latino householders: $636,668

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 3,365
One, attached: 68
Two: 90
3 or 4: 57
5 to 9: 63
10 to 19: 50
20 to 49: 87
50 or more: 264

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in West Caldwell:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (89%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%) Electricity (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (66%) Electricity (32%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 176

Here:	13.5%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 44

Here:	8.0%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 137

Here:	49.3%
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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