Housing density: 801 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: over $2,000 (lower quartile is $1,782, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $3,710
Median gross rent in West Caldwell, NJ in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in West Caldwell with a mortgage: 2,247 (197 second mortgage, 356 home equity loan, 24 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 939
Compare current foreclosures near West Caldwell, NJ:
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).
87.1% of residents of West Caldwell speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
6.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 1,438 (12.0%)
(85.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in West Caldwell, New Jersey
911995 to March 2000
881990 to 1994
941985 to 1989
1881980 to 1984
561975 to 1979
811970 to 1974
1141965 to 1969
259Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Italian: 3,958 (29.1%)
Irish: 2,438 (17.9%)
Other: 1,695 (12.5%)
German: 1,618 (11.9%)
English: 754 (5.5%)
Polish: 616 (4.5%)
United States: 467 (3.4%)
Russian: 257 (1.9%)
French: 231 (1.7%)
Scottish: 205 (1.5%)
Dutch: 201 (1.5%)
Norwegian: 163 (1.2%)
Hungarian: 137 (1.0%)
Swedish: 133 (1.0%)
Greek: 111 (0.8%)
Portuguese: 95 (0.7%)
Scotch-Irish: 90 (0.7%)
Slovak: 86 (0.6%)
Swiss: 65 (0.5%)
Czech: 59 (0.4%)
West Indian: 55 (0.4%)
Arab: 50 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 45 (0.3%)
Welsh: 30 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 19 (0.1%)
French Canadian: 18 (0.1%)
Danish: 11 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.02%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
India
West Caldwell:
10.1% (98)
New Jersey:
8.1% (119,497)
Italy
West Caldwell:
7.1% (69)
New Jersey:
4.0% (58,395)
Korea
West Caldwell:
7.1% (69)
New Jersey:
3.5% (51,970)
Cuba
West Caldwell:
6.9% (67)
New Jersey:
3.7% (55,241)
Philippines
West Caldwell:
6.6% (64)
New Jersey:
4.7% (69,773)
Brazil
West Caldwell:
5.8% (56)
New Jersey:
1.5% (22,097)
Guatemala
West Caldwell:
5.5% (53)
New Jersey:
1.4% (20,190)
Greece
West Caldwell:
4.0% (39)
New Jersey:
0.8% (12,403)
Germany
West Caldwell:
3.9% (38)
New Jersey:
2.3% (33,531)
Ecuador
West Caldwell:
3.8% (37)
New Jersey:
3.6% (53,482)
Romania
West Caldwell:
3.6% (35)
New Jersey:
0.4% (6,115)
Portugal
West Caldwell:
3.5% (34)
New Jersey:
2.5% (37,183)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
West Caldwell:
2.9% (28)
New Jersey:
2.7% (40,092)
Trinidad and Tobago
West Caldwell:
2.8% (27)
New Jersey:
0.9% (13,289)
Lebanon
West Caldwell:
2.7% (26)
New Jersey:
0.3% (4,774)
Dominican Republic
West Caldwell:
2.7% (26)
New Jersey:
6.2% (91,316)
Ukraine
West Caldwell:
2.6% (25)
New Jersey:
1.0% (14,768)
Ireland
West Caldwell:
2.0% (19)
New Jersey:
0.8% (12,082)
United Kingdom
West Caldwell:
1.9% (18)
New Jersey:
2.1% (30,355)
Netherlands
West Caldwell:
1.9% (18)
New Jersey:
0.3% (3,781)
Other Eastern Europe
West Caldwell:
1.5% (15)
New Jersey:
1.2% (17,647)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 7,992
Other state: 2,197
Northeast: 1,734
Midwest: 164
South: 187
West: 112
75% of West Caldwell residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in New Jersey.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 5
Nursery to 4th grade: 3
5th and 6th grade: 20
7th and 8th grade: 19
9th grade: 18
10th grade: 20
11th grade: 20
12th grade, no diploma: 58
High school graduate (or equivalency): 699
Less than 1 year of college: 205
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 417
Associate degree: 190
Bachelor's degree: 1,181
Master's degree: 490
Professional school degree: 198
Doctorate degree: 110
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 9
Nursery to 4th grade: 5
5th and 6th grade: 32
7th and 8th grade: 42
9th grade: 73
10th grade: 26
11th grade: 88
12th grade, no diploma: 90
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,094
Less than 1 year of college: 303
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 510
Associate degree: 193
Bachelor's degree: 1,211
Master's degree: 537
Professional school degree: 87
Doctorate degree: 29
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 3,365
One, attached: 68
Two: 90
3 or 4: 57
5 to 9: 63
10 to 19: 50
20 to 49: 87
50 or more: 264
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.3%