Weehawken township, Hudson County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 39 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Weehawken township: | 38.7% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
60% of Weehawken township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4511
- Northeast: 2448
- Midwest: 327
- South: 316
- West: 222
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
3 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 455
- One, attached: 161
- Two: 1,226
- 3 or 4: 1,714
- 5 to 9: 554
- 10 to 19: 449
- 20 to 49: 748
- 50 or more: 852
Housing units in Weehawken township with a mortgage: 299 (19 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 148
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Construction (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Accountants and auditors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Weehawken township:
- Italian (15.9%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- German (5.0%)
- United States or American (3.1%)
- Polish (2.2%)
- English (1.6%)
- Russian (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Cuba (19%)
- Dominican Republic (16%)
- Ecuador (9%)
- Colombia (8%)
- Italy (8%)
- Peru (3%)
- El Salvador (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,917 (41%)
- Carpooled: 693 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2,279 (32%)
- Subway or elevated: 313 (4%)
- Railroad: 41 (1%)
- Ferryboat: 302 (4%)
- Taxi: 16 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 392 (5%)
- Other means: 75 (1%)
- Worked at home: 162 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
3 people in homes for the mentally ill
45.4% of residents of Weehawken township speak English at home.
40.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
10.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,495- In family households: 9,581 (2,068 male householders, 1,005 female householders)
2,061 spouses, 3,244 children (3,036 natural, 50 adopted, 158 stepchildren), 145 grandchildren, 320 brothers or sisters, 218 parents, 309 other relatives, 211 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,914 (1,368 male householders (912 living alone)), 1,555 female householders (1,217 living alone)), 991 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,303 2-persons, 738 3-persons, 508 4-persons, 302 5-persons, 150 6-persons, 72 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,129 1-person, 666 2-persons, 94 3-persons, 34 4-persons,
1,407 married couples with children.
599 single-parent households (104 men, 495 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 215
| Here: | 21.7% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 123
| Here: | 20.4% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 231
| Here: | 31.5% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |