West New York, NJ (New Jersey) Houses and Residents

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West New York Apartments for Rent

Total population: 46,472 (All urban)

West New York, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 17,360 (16,719 occupied: 3,332 owner occupied, 13,387 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	80%
State:	34%

Housing density: 17067 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: $880 (lower quartile is $602, upper quartile is $1,148)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $849

Median gross rent in West New York, NJ in 2007: $959

Housing units in West New York with a mortgage: 639 (34 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 114

West New York,NJ index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $435,115 (it was $168,900 in 2000)

West New York:	$435,115
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $350,208 - $1,173,282

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $390,026
Here: $390,026
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $1,052,300
Here: $1,052,300
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $468,803
Here: $468,803
State: $429,538

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $467,947
Here: $467,947
State: $371,779

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $314,662
Here: $314,662
State: $309,003

Mobile homes: $162,500
Here: $162,500
State: $53,584

Household type by relationship

Households: 45,743

In family households: 38,705 (7,362 male householders, 3,741 female householders)
6,998 spouses, 12,789 children (12,056 natural, 164 adopted, 569 stepchildren), 914 grandchildren, 1,444 brothers or sisters, 774 parents, 2,575 other relatives, 2,108 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 7,038 (2,657 male householders (1,944 living alone)), 3,008 female householders (2,673 living alone)), 1,373 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 25 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,620 2-persons, 2,836 3-persons, 2,259 4-persons, 1,210 5-persons, 734 6-persons, 444 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,617 1-person, 837 2-persons, 132 3-persons, 68 4-persons, 4 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons.

5,785 married couples with children.
2,988 single-parent households (723 men, 2,265 women).

15.3% of residents of West New York speak English at home.
77.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 19% don't speak English at all).
4.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other language at home (55% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 29,831 (65.2%)
(36.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	4.6
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.5
State:	3.8

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in West New York, New Jersey:
	1 room: 117 2 rooms: 205 3 rooms: 502 4 rooms: 765 5 rooms: 756 6 rooms: 530 7 rooms: 171 8 rooms: 93 9 or more rooms: 193

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in West New York, New Jersey:
	1 room: 1,014 2 rooms: 1,757 3 rooms: 4,036 4 rooms: 3,996 5 rooms: 1,943 6 rooms: 489 7 rooms: 90 8 rooms: 20 9 or more rooms: 42

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 603
1995 to 1998: 422
1990 to 1994: 270
1980 to 1989: 563
1970 to 1979: 2,113
1960 to 1969: 2,492
1950 to 1959: 2,383
1940 to 1949: 2,573
1939 or earlier: 5,941

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in West New York:
	no bedroom: 160 1 bedroom: 694 2 bedrooms: 1,274 3 bedrooms: 895 4 bedrooms: 164 5 or more bedrooms: 145

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in West New York:
	no bedroom: 1,252 1 bedroom: 5,114 2 bedrooms: 5,134 3 bedrooms: 1,718 4 bedrooms: 156 5 or more bedrooms: 13

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in West New York in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 679 1 vehicle: 1,619 2 vehicles: 848 3 vehicles: 138 4 vehicles: 38 5 or more vehicles: 10

Cars and other vehicles available in West New York in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 6,533 1 vehicle: 5,307 2 vehicles: 1,202 3 vehicles: 188 4 vehicles: 33 5 or more vehicles: 124

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in West New York, 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: 1
$40,000 to $49,999: 4
$50,000 to $59,999: 1
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 6
$80,000 to $89,999: 21
$90,000 to $99,999: 8
$100,000 to $124,999: 62
$125,000 to $149,999: 24
$150,000 to $174,999: 54
$175,000 to $199,999: 98
$200,000 to $249,999: 308
$250,000 to $299,999: 235
$300,000 to $399,999: 552
$400,000 to $499,999: 869
$500,000 to $749,999: 640
$750,000 to $999,999: 234
$1,000,000 or more: 267

West New York rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in West New York:

Less than $100: 37 people
$100 to $149: 71
$150 to $199: 291
$200 to $249: 291
$250 to $299: 261
$300 to $349: 212
$350 to $399: 345
$400 to $449: 371
$450 to $499: 366
$500 to $549: 259
$550 to $599: 475
$600 to $649: 506
$650 to $699: 445
$700 to $749: 788
$750 to $799: 669
$800 to $899: 1,683
$900 to $999: 1,723
$1,000 to $1,249: 2,586
$1,250 to $1,499: 984
$1,500 to $1,999: 554
$2,000 or more: 412
No cash rent: 231

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 7,470 1990 to 1994: 5,524 1985 to 1989: 4,586 1980 to 1984: 3,940 1975 to 1979: 1,453 1970 to 1974: 2,546 1970 to 1974: 2,637 1965 to 1969: 1,675

West New York, NJ Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 45.2%
Number of people working at home: 331 (1.9% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 133
5 to 9 minutes: 937
10 to 14 minutes: 1778
15 to 19 minutes: 2260
20 to 24 minutes: 2395
25 to 29 minutes: 838
30 to 34 minutes: 3288
35 to 39 minutes: 489
40 to 44 minutes: 751
45 to 59 minutes: 2290
60 to 89 minutes: 1582
90 or more minutes: 647

West New York mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 6,122 (35%)
Carpooled: 3,019 (17%)
Bus or trolley bus: 4,898 (28%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 15 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 158 (1%)
Railroad: 42 (0%)
Ferryboat: 214 (1%)
Taxi: 96 (1%)
Bicycle: 45 (0%)
Walked: 2,475 (14%)
Other means: 304 (2%)
Worked at home: 331 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 2740
$10,000 to $14,999: 1417
$15,000 to $19,999: 1319
$20,000 to $24,999: 1106
$25,000 to $29,999: 1189
$30,000 to $34,999: 1192
$35,000 to $39,999: 1054
$40,000 to $44,999: 992
$45,000 to $49,999: 869
$50,000 to $59,999: 1043
$60,000 to $74,999: 1194
$75,000 to $99,999: 1220
$100,000 to $124,999: 541
$125,000 to $149,999: 355
$150,000 to $199,999: 254
$200,000 or more: 283

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 31496

Italian: 1548

United States or American: 1207

German: 557

Irish: 526

Arab:: 464

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 283

Subsaharan African:: 202

Arab/Arabic: 190

Turkish: 156

Egyptian: 146

French (except Basque): 135

English: 128

Polish: 125

Greek: 119

European: 115

Jamaican: 111

Hungarian: 110

Russian: 89

African: 86

Armenian: 77

Portuguese: 76

Croatian: 73

Brazilian: 71

Haitian: 64

Albanian: 50

Swedish: 47

Palestinian: 44

British: 42

Ugandan: 40

Lebanese: 40

South African: 37

Yugoslavian: 34

Swiss: 33

Scottish: 29

British West Indian: 29

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 29

Romanian: 27

Lithuanian: 27

Dutch: 26

Eastern European: 26

French Canadian: 26

Austrian: 26

Danish: 23

Senegalese: 23

Australian: 22

Iranian: 22

Guyanese: 19

Syrian: 18

Norwegian: 18

Israeli: 18

Czechoslovakian: 18

Scotch-Irish: 17

Dutch West Indian: 17

Ethiopian: 16

Belgian: 16

Moroccan: 14

Slovak: 14

West Indian: 13

Ukrainian: 10

Welsh: 10

Bahamian: 10

Other West Indian: 10

Latvian: 9

Basque: 9

Carpatho Rusyn: 7

Iraqi: 7

Celtic: 6

Maltese: 6

Other Arab: 5

Macedonian: 5

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

Cuba (28%)
Dominican Republic (12%)
El Salvador (12%)
Colombia (10%)
Mexico (8%)
Ecuador (8%)
Peru (3%)

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

This state: 9940
Northeast: 3471
Midwest: 259
South: 487
West: 172

58% of West New York residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in New Jersey.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 752
Nursery to 4th grade: 362
5th and 6th grade: 1,239
7th and 8th grade: 1,138
9th grade: 1,008
10th grade: 382
11th grade: 449
12th grade, no diploma: 1,125
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,256
Less than 1 year of college: 785
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,202
Associate degree: 459
Bachelor's degree: 1,306
Master's degree: 539
Professional school degree: 505
Doctorate degree: 113

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 718
Nursery to 4th grade: 674
5th and 6th grade: 1,581
7th and 8th grade: 1,403
9th grade: 1,120
10th grade: 516
11th grade: 368
12th grade, no diploma: 1,138
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,576
Less than 1 year of college: 596
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,348
Associate degree: 447
Bachelor's degree: 1,489
Master's degree: 671
Professional school degree: 342
Doctorate degree: 62

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.7%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 5.5%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 12.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 12.3%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 50.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 8.4%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 12.8%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 10.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 14.2%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 5.8%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 16.9%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 9.4%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 14.7%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $59,050
Black householders: $46,374
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $82,893
Asian householders: $63,508
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $24,507
Some other race householders: $35,542
Two or more races householders: $46,607
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $34,628

West New York household income for White non-Hispanic householders

West New York household income for Black householders

West New York household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

West New York household income for Asian householders

West New York household income for Some other race householders

West New York household income for Two or more races householders

West New York household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

West New York marital status for males

West New York marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $840,860
Black or African American householders: $1,128,876
Asian householders: $1,204,615
Some other race householders: $407,034
Two or more races householders: $418,627
Hispanic or Latino householders: $418,111

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 755
One, attached: 807
Two: 3,213
3 or 4: 2,242
5 to 9: 1,768
10 to 19: 2,660
20 to 49: 2,728
50 or more: 3,180
Mobile homes: 7

Median worth of mobile homes: $274,385

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in West New York:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (74%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%) Electricity (7%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (67%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%) Electricity (12%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Other fuel (2%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 361

Here:	8.1%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 276

Here:	11.3%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 563

Here:	30.3%
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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