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Westfield, New Jersey Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Westfield, New Jersey      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  11,936  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 11,727 100.0
1-unit, detached 9,497 79.6   1.00 or less 11,651 99.4
1-unit, attached 222 1.9   1.01 to 1.50 57 0.5
2 units 840 7.0   1.51 or more 19 0.2
3 or 4 units 450 3.8        
5 to 9 units 239 2.0             Specified owner-occupied units 9,061 100.0
10 to 19 units 87 0.7   VALUE
20 or more units 587 4.9   Less than $50,000 19 0.2
Mobile home 14 0.1   $50,000 to $99,999 65 0.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 232 2.6
        $150,000 to $199,000 725 8.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 2,903 32.0
1999 to March 2000 50 0.4   $300,000 to $499,999 3,377 37.3
1995 to 1998 185 1.5   $500,000 to $999,999 1,596 17.6
1990 to 1994 85 0.7   $1,000,000 or more 144 1.6
1980 to 1989 450 3.8   Median (dollars) 329,500 (x)
1970 to 1979 602 5.0        
1960 to 1969 1,342 11.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 4,592 38.5        
1939 or earlier 4,630 38.8   With a mortgage 6,598 72.8
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 18 0.2
1 room 33 0.3        $500 to $699 35 0.4
2 rooms 161 1.3        $700 to $999 229 2.5
3 rooms 777 6.5        $1,000 to $1,499 904 10.0
4 rooms 738 6.2        $1,500 to $1,999 1,459 16.1
5 rooms 1,029 8.6        $2,000 or more 3,953 43.6
6 rooms 1,384 11.6        Median (dollars) 2,214 (x)
7 rooms 2,467 20.7   Not mortgaged 2,463 27.2
8 rooms 2,411 20.2        Median (dollars) 771 (x)
9 or more rooms 2,936 24.6        
Median (rooms) 7.2 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

11,727 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 2,967 32.7
1999 to March 2000 1,433 12.2   15 to 19 percent 1,584 17.5
1995 to 1998 3,026 25.8   20 to 24 percent 1,453 16.0
1990 to 1994 1,791 15.3   25 to 29 percent 852 9.4
1980 to 1989 2,138 18.2   30 to 34 percent 598 6.6
1970 to 1979 1,578 13.5   35 percent or more 1,593 17.6
1969 or earlier 1,761 15.0   Not computed 14 0.2
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,973 100.0
None 442 3.8   GROSS RENT    
1 2,982 25.4   Less than $200 20 1.0
2 5,995 51.1   $200 to $299 45 2.3
3 or more 2,308 19.7   $300 to $499 67 3.4
        $500 to $749 328 16.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 374 19.0
Utility Gas 8,300 70.8   $1,000 to $1,499 861 43.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 94 0.8   $1,500 or more 201 10.2
Electricity 413 3.5   No cash rent 77 3.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 2,890 24.6   Median (dollars) 1,051 (x)
Coal or coke 6 0.1        
Wood 0 0.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 24 0.2   Less than 15 percent 404 20.5
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 274 13.9
        20 to 24 percent 340 17.2
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 163 8.3
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 23 0.2   30 to 34 percent 126 6.4
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 30 0.3   35 percent or more 574 29.1
No telephone service 37 0.3   Not computed 92 4.7


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