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West Orange, New Jersey Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: West Orange, New Jersey      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  16,898  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 16,466 100.0
1-unit, detached 9,585 56.7   1.00 or less 15,869 96.4
1-unit, attached 1,644 9.7   1.01 to 1.50 385 2.3
2 units 1,805 10.7   1.51 or more 212 1.3
3 or 4 units 1,257 7.4        
5 to 9 units 726 4.3             Specified owner-occupied units 9,950 100.0
10 to 19 units 412 2.4   VALUE
20 or more units 1,463 8.7   Less than $50,000 107 1.1
Mobile home 6 0.0   $50,000 to $99,999 211 2.1
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 1,435 14.4
        $150,000 to $199,000 2,837 28.5
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 3,702 37.2
1999 to March 2000 191 1.1   $300,000 to $499,999 1,337 13.4
1995 to 1998 640 3.8   $500,000 to $999,999 282 2.8
1990 to 1994 810 4.8   $1,000,000 or more 39 0.4
1980 to 1989 1,117 6.6   Median (dollars) 209,200 (x)
1970 to 1979 1,369 8.1        
1960 to 1969 2,403 14.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 6,141 36.3        
1939 or earlier 4,227 25.0   With a mortgage 7,016 70.5
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 37 0.4
1 room 177 1.0        $500 to $699 44 0.4
2 rooms 573 3.4        $700 to $999 294 3.0
3 rooms 1,625 9.6        $1,000 to $1,499 1,290 13.0
4 rooms 1,425 8.4        $1,500 to $1,999 2,177 21.9
5 rooms 2,234 13.2        $2,000 or more 3,174 31.9
6 rooms 3,529 20.9        Median (dollars) 1,926 (x)
7 rooms 3,042 18.0   Not mortgaged 2,934 29.5
8 rooms 2,260 13.4        Median (dollars) 859 (x)
9 or more rooms 2,033 12.0        
Median (rooms) 6.2 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

16,466 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 2,595 26.1
1999 to March 2000 2,565 15.6   15 to 19 percent 1,648 16.6
1995 to 1998 4,517 27.4   20 to 24 percent 1,444 14.5
1990 to 1994 2,747 16.7   25 to 29 percent 1,081 10.9
1980 to 1989 2,567 15.6   30 to 34 percent 783 7.9
1970 to 1979 1,713 10.4   35 percent or more 2,322 23.3
1969 or earlier 2,357 14.3   Not computed 77 0.8
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 4,952 100.0
None 1,219 7.4   GROSS RENT    
1 5,941 36.1   Less than $200 106 2.1
2 7,115 43.2   $200 to $299 173 3.5
3 or more 2,191 13.3   $300 to $499 322 6.5
        $500 to $749 950 19.2
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 1,956 39.5
Utility Gas 12,596 76.5   $1,000 to $1,499 971 19.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 330 2.0   $1,500 or more 315 6.4
Electricity 1,232 7.5   No cash rent 159 3.2
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 2,222 13.5   Median (dollars) 860 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 5 0.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 81 0.5   Less than 15 percent 931 18.8
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 651 13.1
        20 to 24 percent 574 11.6
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 535 10.8
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 66 0.4   30 to 34 percent 386 7.8
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 122 0.7   35 percent or more 1,582 31.9
No telephone service 102 0.6   Not computed 293 5.9


- Represents zero or rounds to zero.          (X) Not applicable.          Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.