West Caldwell township, Essex County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (69% naturalized citizens)
| West Caldwell township: | 8.6% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
75% of West Caldwell township 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.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7992
- Northeast: 1734
- Midwest: 164
- South: 187
- West: 112
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $225,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
250 people in nursing homes
5 people in other nonhousehold living situations
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 in West Caldwell township 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
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Construction (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Caldwell township:
- Italian (35.6%)
- Irish (16.7%)
- German (8.2%)
- United States or American (4.6%)
- Polish (3.9%)
- English (3.8%)
- Russian (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (10%)
- Italy (7%)
- Korea (7%)
- Cuba (7%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Brazil (6%)
- Guatemala (5%)
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%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (86%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Electricity (6%)
250 people in nursing homes
5 people in other nonhousehold living situations
87.1% of residents of West Caldwell township 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).
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).
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% |