Housing density: 4,230 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $231,294.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,379 (lower quartile is $1,219, upper quartile is $1,799)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,488
Median gross rent in Belleville, NJ in 2022: $1,532
Housing units in Belleville with a mortgage: 3,107 (295 second mortgage, 302 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,743
In family households: 645,040 (104,343 male householders, 84,996 female householders)
113,673 spouses, 245,726 children (232,723 natural, 5,793 adopted, 7,210 stepchildren), 20,627 grandchildren, 15,422 brothers or sisters, 11,923 parents, foster children, 19,910 other relatives, 22,762 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 115,157 (42,135 male householders (33,262 living alone)), 52,238 female householders (45,266 living alone)), 20,784 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 23,772 (12,126 institutionalized population)
108,634 married couples with children.
65,899 single-parent households (10,059 men, 55,840 women).
57.4% of residents of Belleville speak English at home.
21.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
12.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
8.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 14,273 (37.1%)
(62.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Belleville, New Jersey
1,9201995 to March 2000
2,1161990 to 1994
1,5931985 to 1989
1,0531980 to 1984
8881975 to 1979
6301970 to 1974
4621965 to 1969
976Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Other: 14,627 (37.8%)
Italian: 11,115 (28.7%)
Irish: 3,371 (8.7%)
German: 2,463 (6.4%)
Polish: 1,611 (4.2%)
United States: 918 (2.4%)
English: 784 (2.0%)
Portuguese: 610 (1.6%)
Arab: 392 (1.0%)
West Indian: 385 (1.0%)
French: 294 (0.8%)
Russian: 253 (0.7%)
Hungarian: 229 (0.6%)
Scottish: 228 (0.6%)
Subsaharan African: 199 (0.5%)
Dutch: 182 (0.5%)
Greek: 164 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 151 (0.4%)
Czech: 139 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 122 (0.3%)
Lithuanian: 118 (0.3%)
French Canadian: 103 (0.3%)
Welsh: 96 (0.2%)
Slovak: 47 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 41 (0.1%)
Swedish: 37 (0.10%)
Swiss: 31 (0.08%)
Danish: 14 (0.04%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Philippines
Belleville:
17.0% (1,639)
New Jersey:
4.7% (69,773)
Ecuador
Belleville:
14.0% (1,349)
New Jersey:
3.6% (53,482)
Italy
Belleville:
10.2% (983)
New Jersey:
4.0% (58,395)
India
Belleville:
6.2% (597)
New Jersey:
8.1% (119,497)
Cuba
Belleville:
4.3% (415)
New Jersey:
3.7% (55,241)
Vietnam
Belleville:
3.9% (372)
New Jersey:
0.9% (13,337)
Peru
Belleville:
3.8% (366)
New Jersey:
3.1% (45,151)
Colombia
Belleville:
3.3% (314)
New Jersey:
4.7% (69,754)
Dominican Republic
Belleville:
2.8% (274)
New Jersey:
6.2% (91,316)
Portugal
Belleville:
2.8% (271)
New Jersey:
2.5% (37,183)
Brazil
Belleville:
2.4% (228)
New Jersey:
1.5% (22,097)
Pakistan
Belleville:
1.7% (167)
New Jersey:
1.1% (16,052)
Spain
Belleville:
1.7% (160)
New Jersey:
0.6% (8,941)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Belleville:
1.6% (153)
New Jersey:
2.7% (40,092)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 21,080
Other state: 3,871
Northeast: 2,842
Midwest: 264
South: 636
West: 129
61% of Belleville residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in New Jersey.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 122
Nursery to 4th grade: 121
5th and 6th grade: 206
7th and 8th grade: 399
9th grade: 245
10th grade: 291
11th grade: 308
12th grade, no diploma: 640
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,046
Less than 1 year of college: 788
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,520
Associate degree: 374
Bachelor's degree: 1,938
Master's degree: 541
Professional school degree: 205
Doctorate degree: 26
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 236
Nursery to 4th grade: 126
5th and 6th grade: 222
7th and 8th grade: 697
9th grade: 261
10th grade: 430
11th grade: 423
12th grade, no diploma: 749
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,724
Less than 1 year of college: 761
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,354
Associate degree: 610
Bachelor's degree: 2,030
Master's degree: 534
Professional school degree: 160
Doctorate degree: 27
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 5,205
One, attached: 538
Two: 3,240
3 or 4: 1,593
5 to 9: 896
10 to 19: 1,198
20 to 49: 858
50 or more: 606
Mobile homes: 10
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.5%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.5%