Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in zip code 08079 with a mortgage: 1,623 (130 second mortgage, 169 home equity loan, 68 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,259
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,685
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $645
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
16.3%
Whole state:
9.5%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2010:
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 08079: Salem Country Club (A), Majors Wharf (B), Fenwick Community Ambulance (C), Lower Alloways Creek Emergency Medical Services and Rescue Squad (D), Quinton Ambulance Corporation (E), Lower Alloways Creek Fire and Rescue Company Station 2 (F), Quinton Fire Company (G), Elsinboro Fire Company (H), North Bend Hose Company (I), Mannington Volunteer Fire Company Station 1 (J), Washington Fire Company 3 (K), Union Fire Company 1 (L), Liberty Fire Company 2 (M). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Mannington Meadow (A), Elkinton Millpond (B), Kates Creek Meadow (C), Laurel Lake (D), Woodmere Lake (E), Maskells Millpond (F), Jericho Pond (G), Grandad Meadows (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Salem River (A), Keasbeys Creek (B), Horne Run (C), Mill Creek (D), Halls Run (E), Fenwick Creek (F), Deep Run (G), Mannington Creek (H), Malapartis Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in zip code 08079 include: Mad Horse Creek Fish and Wildlife Management Area (1), Market Street Historic District (2), Fenwick Monument (3), Maskells Millpond Fish and Wildlife Management Area (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 56.8%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,873
In family households: 10,181 (2,121 male householders, 1,085 female householders)
2,134 spouses, 3,853 children (3,617 natural, 70 adopted, 166 stepchildren), 412 grandchildren, 66 brothers or sisters, 82 parents, 157 other relatives, 271 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,692 (535 male householders (437 living alone)), 925 female householders (818 living alone)), 232 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 64 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,338 2-persons, 634 3-persons, 700 4-persons, 181 5-persons, 131 6-persons, 99 7-or-more-persons
Size of nonfamily households: 1,457 1-person, 247 2-persons
1,312 married couples with children.
1,512 single-parent households (467 men, 1,045 women).
94.8% of residents of 08079 zip code speak English at home.
41.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (6% very well, 81% well, 13% not well).
27.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (7% very well, 5% well, 8% not well, 81% not at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% very well, 33% not well).
70.1% of residents speak other language at home (99% very well, 1% not well).
Foreign born population: 552 (4.7%) (77.2% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
4.7%
Whole state:
20.6%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Turkey (18%)
Trinidad and Tobago (18%)
Philippines (10%)
Haiti (8%)
Panama (7%)
United Kingdom (6%)
Other Northern Europe (5%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 155
1990 to 1999: 79
1980 to 1989: 202
Before 1980: 374
Races in zip code 08079:
White population: 7,649 Black population: 3,606 American Indian population: 47 Asian population: 75 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 1,316 Some other race population: 105 Two or more races population: 92 Hispanic or Latino population: 614
First ancestries reported:
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 14,039
Kenyan: 10,620
Jamaican: 4,984
Other groups: 3,951
German: 1,709
Irish: 1,319
English: 1,003
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 984
Guyanese: 819
Italian: 782
Subsaharan African: 511
American: 452
African: 295
Egyptian: 195
West Indian: 177
Polish: 160
Scotch-Irish: 121
Portuguese: 114
Scottish: 94
Finnish: 93
French (except Basque): 90
Swiss: 87
Dutch: 82
Eastern European: 80
Northern European: 78
Swedish: 75
Welsh: 71
Canadian: 55
Pennsylvania German: 54
Slovak: 46
Russian: 44
Arab: 42
European: 41
Greek: 34
Belgian: 32
Norwegian: 32
Ukrainian: 32
British: 30
Hungarian: 26
Danish: 24
Czechoslovakian: 24
Croatian: 23
Austrian: 18
Australian: 18
French Canadian: 15
Czech: 14
Lithuanian: 14
Lebanese: 8
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
ANCHOR HOCKING GLASS CONTAINER CORP PLANT #06 (83 GRIFFITH STREET in SALEM, NJ)
AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS) (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-02-1988-0758, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION, ICIS-02-1986-0004, ICIS-02-1981-0006, COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-008780, STATE CLEANUP SITE, NJEMS-013297, NJEMS-46068, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit, NJEMS-65003, AIR PROGRAM, NJEMS-65499, NJEMS-95333000000, EPCRA, NJEMS-NJD002385615, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: GLASS CONTAINERS; CROWNS AND CLOSURES Business NAICS classification: GLASS CONTAINER MANUFACTURING. Organizations: ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORP, ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER ASSOCIA (CONTACT/OWNER)
, PUBLIC (CONTACT/OWNER)
, ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORP (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORP, ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORPORA
AGWAY INC ENERGY PRODUCTS (194 SALEM WOODSTOWN ROAD in SALEM, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-014588, STATE CLEANUP SITE (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Alternative names: SALEM AGWAY
GE FABRICATORS INC (269 WALNUT STREET in SALEM, NJ)
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-196409, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit, NJEMS-83771600000, EPCRA Business SIC classification: STRUCTURAL WOOD MEMBERS Business NAICS classification: ENGINEERED WOOD MEMBER (EXCEPT TRUSS) MANUFACTURING. Alternative names: G.E. FABRICATORS, INCORPORATED
NJ BELL TELEPHONE CO (LOWER ALLOWAY CREEK NECKS RD in SALEM, NJ)
HEINZ H.J. COMPANY (57 GRIFFITH STREET in SALEM, NJ)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: CANNED FRUITS, VEGETABLES, PRESERVES, JAMS, AND JELLIES; PICKLED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, VEGETABLE SAUCES AND SEASONINGS, AND SALAD DRESSINGS Alternative names: HEINZ USA SALEM NJ PLT
NJDOT BRIDGE BLASTING PAINTING (RTE 49 OVER SALEM RIVER in SALEM, NJ)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: STATE OF NEW JERSEY (CONTACT/OWNER)
PENN SALEM MARINA INC (RT 49 in SALEM, NJ)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Business SIC classification: MARINAS
HOLLADAY'S USED AUTO PARTS (242 SALEM HANCOCKS BRIDGE RD in SALEM, NJ)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Business SIC classification: MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS, USED
BOBBITT AUTO INC (595 SALEM-QUINTON RD in SALEM, NJ)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
BOSCO CLEANING SERVICES INC (NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION in SALEM, NJ)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
NJ RTE 49 SEC 2J & 3G CONSTRUCTION (10 N BROADWAY AVE in SALEM, NJ)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
FORT MOTT AND FINNS POINT NATIONAL CEMETERY (FORT MOTT ROAD in SALEM, NJ) . Federal Facility. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) Business SIC classification: ADMINISTRATION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, EXCEPT HEALTH AND INSURANCE
FOSTER GLASS INC (FRONT STREET in SALEM, NJ)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) Business SIC classification: FERROALLOY ORES, EXCEPT VANADIUM; GLASS PRODUCTS, MADE OF PURCHASED GLASS
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 5.6%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (50%)
Utility gas (22%)
Electricity (12%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
Wood (5%)
Coal or coke (1%)
Other fuel (1%)
Solar energy (1%)
Population in 1990: 14,129. Population change in the 1990s: -2,285 (-16.2%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 8,416
Northeast: 1,045
Midwest: 184
South: 1,929
West: 92
64% of the 08079 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in New Jersey.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 435
Here:
23.5%
New Jersey:
11.1%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 97
Here:
12.3%
New Jersey:
11.8%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 174
Here:
27.8%
New Jersey:
27.8%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
WIRE-PRO INC (23 FRONT ST in SALEM, NJ; small business) : $8,754,906 in 271 contractsfrom 1999 to 2006
Contracts for Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Components, Connectors, Electrical, Resistors, Miscellaneous Items, and moreby Bureau of Prisoners/Federal Prison System, Defense Logistics Agency Signed by year:2000: $1,167,999; 2001: $103,000; 2002: $992,567; 2003: $1,020,000; 2004: $755,648; 2005: $4,040,177; 2006: $470,515.
Biggest contracts:
$883,680 with Bureau of Prisoners/Federal Prison System for Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Components. Signed on 2005-01-28. Completion date: 2006-01-30.
$801,000 with Bureau of Prisoners/Federal Prison System for Connectors, Electrical. Signed on 2000-08-15. Completion date: 2004-09-15.
$600,000, same as above.Signed on 2002-10-15. Completion date: 2004-09-15.
$555,780 with Bureau of Prisoners/Federal Prison System for Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Components. Signed on 2005-06-27. Completion date: 2008-11-30.
WIRE-PRO INC (90 W BRDWY in SALEM, NJ; small business) : $639,917 in 42 contractsfrom 2001 to 2006
Contracts for Lugs, Terminals, and Terminal Strips, Electrical Hardware and Supplies, Switches, Connectors, Electrical, and moreby Defense Logistics Agency, Air Force Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $141,660; 2002: $27,869; 2003: $0; 2004: $170,100; 2005: $197,911; 2006: $102,377.
Biggest contracts:
$94,440 with Defense Logistics Agency for Lugs, Terminals, and Terminal Strips. Signed on 2001-06-25. Completion date: 2001-10-06.
$47,220, same as above.Signed on 2001-04-18. Completion date: 2001-07-30.
$27,869 with Defense Logistics Agency for Electrical Hardware and Supplies. Signed on 2002-07-15. Completion date: 2002-12-02.
$27,489 with Defense Logistics Agency for Lugs, Terminals, and Terminal Strips. Signed on 2005-09-06. Completion date: 2005-12-05.
WIRE-PRO INC (23 FRONT ST in SALEM, NJ; small business) : $35,893 in 3 contractsin 2005
$14,719 with Defense Logistics Agency for Connectors, Electrical. Signed on 2005-02-08. Completion date: 2005-05-18.
$14,719, same as above.Signed on 2005-02-08. Completion date: 2005-05-18.
$6,455, same as above.Signed on 2005-07-11. Completion date: 2005-09-08.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (500-999 employees: 1 establishment)
Health Care and Social Assistance: Home Health Care Services (100-249: 1, 10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
Health Care and Social Assistance: Vocational Rehabilitation Services (100-249: 1)