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Rahway, New Jersey Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Rahway, New Jersey      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  10,381  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 10,028 100.0
1-unit, detached 5,743 55.3   1.00 or less 9,487 94.6
1-unit, attached 577 5.6   1.01 to 1.50 286 2.9
2 units 1,566 15.1   1.51 or more 255 2.5
3 or 4 units 542 5.2        
5 to 9 units 427 4.1             Specified owner-occupied units 5,568 100.0
10 to 19 units 461 4.4   VALUE
20 or more units 1,054 10.2   Less than $50,000 71 1.3
Mobile home 11 0.1   $50,000 to $99,999 520 9.3
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 2,712 48.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,806 32.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 424 7.6
1999 to March 2000 39 0.4   $300,000 to $499,999 30 0.5
1995 to 1998 76 0.7   $500,000 to $999,999 5 0.1
1990 to 1994 154 1.5   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 491 4.7   Median (dollars) 142,600 (x)
1970 to 1979 951 9.2        
1960 to 1969 1,247 12.0   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 4,711 45.4        
1939 or earlier 2,712 26.1   With a mortgage 3,750 67.3
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 9 0.2
1 room 360 3.5        $500 to $699 109 2.0
2 rooms 489 4.7        $700 to $999 431 7.7
3 rooms 1,192 11.5        $1,000 to $1,499 1,685 30.3
4 rooms 1,353 13.0        $1,500 to $1,999 1,154 20.7
5 rooms 1,738 16.7        $2,000 or more 362 6.5
6 rooms 2,533 24.4        Median (dollars) 1,409 (x)
7 rooms 1,531 14.7   Not mortgaged 1,818 32.7
8 rooms 701 6.8        Median (dollars) 545 (x)
9 or more rooms 484 4.7        
Median (rooms) 5.5 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

10,028 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 1,360 24.4
1999 to March 2000 1,243 12.4   15 to 19 percent 943 16.9
1995 to 1998 2,717 27.1   20 to 24 percent 945 17.0
1990 to 1994 1,585 15.8   25 to 29 percent 510 9.2
1980 to 1989 1,513 15.1   30 to 34 percent 513 9.2
1970 to 1979 1,147 11.4   35 percent or more 1,280 23.0
1969 or earlier 1,823 18.2   Not computed 17 0.3
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 3,724 100.0
None 1,176 11.7   GROSS RENT    
1 4,049 40.4   Less than $200 192 5.2
2 3,552 35.4   $200 to $299 183 4.9
3 or more 1,251 12.5   $300 to $499 280 7.5
        $500 to $749 1,322 35.5
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 1,224 32.9
Utility Gas 6,596 65.8   $1,000 to $1,499 393 10.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 89 0.9   $1,500 or more 39 1.0
Electricity 752 7.5   No cash rent 91 2.4
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 2,546 25.4   Median (dollars) 732 (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 18 0.2   Less than 15 percent 722 19.4
No fuel used 27 0.3   15 to 19 percent 699 18.8
        20 to 24 percent 398 10.7
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 390 10.5
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 132 1.3   30 to 34 percent 389 10.4
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 125 1.2   35 percent or more 958 25.7
No telephone service 199 2.0   Not computed 168 4.5


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