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Lyndhurst township, Bergen County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 18 (53% naturalized citizens)

Lyndhurst township:

17.9%
Whole state:

17.5%

66% of Lyndhurst township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in New Jersey.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 13159
  • Northeast: 2228
  • Midwest: 138
  • South: 202
  • West: 20

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

People in group quarters in Lyndhurst township, New Jersey:

  • 22 people in other group homes
  • 11 people in religious group quarters
  • 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
  • 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Lyndhurst township, NJ map Lyndhurst township, New Jersey satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Housing units in Lyndhurst township with a mortgage: 1,801 (219 second mortgage, 242 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,256

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 18
  • 1995 to 1998: 52
  • 1990 to 1994: 80
  • 1980 to 1989: 410
  • 1970 to 1979: 604
  • 1960 to 1969: 821
  • 1950 to 1959: 1,680
  • 1940 to 1949: 1,287
  • 1939 or earlier: 3,151

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lyndhurst township, New Jersey:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 14
  • 3 rooms: 95
  • 4 rooms: 411
  • 5 rooms: 957
  • 6 rooms: 1,452
  • 7 rooms: 814
  • 8 rooms: 441
  • 9 or more rooms: 537

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lyndhurst township, New Jersey:

  • 1 room: 72
  • 2 rooms: 188
  • 3 rooms: 803
  • 4 rooms: 1,008
  • 5 rooms: 723
  • 6 rooms: 240
  • 7 rooms: 38
  • 8 rooms: 38
  • 9 or more rooms: 46

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lyndhurst township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 244
  • 2 bedrooms: 1,217
  • 3 bedrooms: 2,279
  • 4 bedrooms: 703
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 278

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lyndhurst township:

  • no bedroom: 107
  • 1 bedroom: 1,165
  • 2 bedrooms: 1,367
  • 3 bedrooms: 449
  • 4 bedrooms: 36
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 32

Cars and other vehicles available in Lyndhurst township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 362
  • 1 vehicle: 1,460
  • 2 vehicles: 1,954
  • 3 vehicles: 661
  • 4 vehicles: 214
  • 5 or more vehicles: 70

Cars and other vehicles available in Lyndhurst township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 510
  • 1 vehicle: 1,512
  • 2 vehicles: 923
  • 3 vehicles: 169
  • 4 vehicles: 27
  • 5 or more vehicles: 15

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (9%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Educational services (11%)
  • Health care (10%)
  • Finance and insurance (10%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Chemicals (3%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Lyndhurst township:

  • Italian (40.0%)
  • Irish (12.8%)
  • Polish (9.6%)
  • German (4.3%)
  • Portuguese (2.7%)
  • United States or American (2.3%)
  • English (1.9%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Italy (16%)
  • Portugal (9%)
  • Korea (7%)
  • Poland (6%)
  • Philippines (6%)
  • India (5%)
  • Cuba (5%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (78%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
  • Electricity (5%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

People in group quarters in Lyndhurst township, New Jersey:

  • 22 people in other group homes
  • 11 people in religious group quarters
  • 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
  • 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded

73.6% of residents of Lyndhurst township speak English at home.
8.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
12.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
5.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 19,340

Size of family households: 2,107 2-persons, 1,366 3-persons, 1,104 4-persons, 521 5-persons, 145 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 2,263 1-person, 336 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 6 5-persons,

2,846 married couples with children.
581 single-parent households (103 men, 478 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 342
Here:

18.3%
New Jersey:

13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 150
Here:

19.3%
New Jersey:

13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 301
Here:

35.1%
New Jersey:

30.1%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Lyndhurst township:

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