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Metuchen, New Jersey Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Metuchen, New Jersey      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  6,080  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 5,954 100.0
1-unit, detached 4,497 74.0   1.00 or less 5,820 97.7
1-unit, attached 446 7.3   1.01 to 1.50 47 0.8
2 units 341 5.6   1.51 or more 87 1.5
3 or 4 units 193 3.2        
5 to 9 units 181 3.0             Specified owner-occupied units 4,499 100.0
10 to 19 units 106 1.7   VALUE
20 or more units 316 5.2   Less than $50,000 13 0.3
Mobile home 0 0.0   $50,000 to $99,999 134 3.0
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 903 20.1
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,724 38.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 1,199 26.7
1999 to March 2000 22 0.4   $300,000 to $499,999 451 10.0
1995 to 1998 133 2.2   $500,000 to $999,999 75 1.7
1990 to 1994 89 1.5   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 341 5.6   Median (dollars) 184,000 (x)
1970 to 1979 419 6.9        
1960 to 1969 960 15.8   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 2,683 44.1        
1939 or earlier 1,433 23.6   With a mortgage 3,068 68.2
             Less than $300 7 0.2
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 6 0.1
1 room 63 1.0        $500 to $699 28 0.6
2 rooms 88 1.4        $700 to $999 256 5.7
3 rooms 433 7.1        $1,000 to $1,499 979 21.8
4 rooms 510 8.4        $1,500 to $1,999 1,077 23.9
5 rooms 970 16.0        $2,000 or more 715 15.9
6 rooms 1,336 22.0        Median (dollars) 1,611 (x)
7 rooms 1,156 19.0   Not mortgaged 1,431 31.8
8 rooms 881 14.5        Median (dollars) 571 (x)
9 or more rooms 643 10.6        
Median (rooms) 6.2 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

5,954 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 1,383 30.7
1999 to March 2000 570 9.6   15 to 19 percent 890 19.8
1995 to 1998 1,501 25.2   20 to 24 percent 702 15.6
1990 to 1994 868 14.6   25 to 29 percent 449 10.0
1980 to 1989 1,124 18.9   30 to 34 percent 357 7.9
1970 to 1979 711 11.9   35 percent or more 680 15.1
1969 or earlier 1,180 19.8   Not computed 38 0.8
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,107 100.0
None 314 5.3   GROSS RENT    
1 2,098 35.2   Less than $200 44 4.0
2 2,615 43.9   $200 to $299 39 3.5
3 or more 927 15.6   $300 to $499 80 7.2
        $500 to $749 180 16.3
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 346 31.3
Utility Gas 4,238 71.2   $1,000 to $1,499 290 26.2
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 60 1.0   $1,500 or more 91 8.2
Electricity 156 2.6   No cash rent 37 3.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,490 25.0   Median (dollars) 869 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 0 0.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 10 0.2   Less than 15 percent 279 25.2
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 157 14.2
        20 to 24 percent 122 11.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 175 15.8
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 26 0.4   30 to 34 percent 84 7.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 17 0.3   35 percent or more 246 22.2
No telephone service 24 0.4   Not computed 44 4.0


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