Wayne township, Passaic County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 16 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Wayne township: | 16.3% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
66% of Wayne 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, 67% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 33383
- Northeast: 9242
- Midwest: 936
- South: 1071
- West: 248
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $255,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
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 Wayne township, New Jersey:
- 1,487 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 816 people in nursing homes
- 226 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 158 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 14 people in religious group quarters
- 9 people in other workers' dormitories
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 13,727
- One, attached: 1,609
- Two: 347
- 3 or 4: 354
- 5 to 9: 599
- 10 to 19: 658
- 20 to 49: 380
- 50 or more: 1,376
- Mobile homes: 178
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,000
Housing units in Wayne township with a mortgage: 10,072 (1,048 second mortgage, 1,771 home equity loan, 66 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,876
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Registered nurses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wayne township:
- Italian (29.0%)
- Irish (11.0%)
- German (8.0%)
- Polish (6.9%)
- English (3.5%)
- Russian (3.4%)
- United States or American (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (12%)
- India (9%)
- Korea (8%)
- Poland (4%)
- Other Eastern Europe (4%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Colombia (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 21,784 (82%)
- Carpooled: 1,899 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1,065 (4%)
- Subway or elevated: 22 (0%)
- Railroad: 305 (1%)
- Taxi: 9 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 18 (0%)
- Bicycle: 20 (0%)
- Walked: 504 (2%)
- Other means: 26 (0%)
- Worked at home: 851 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Wayne township, New Jersey:
- 1,487 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 816 people in nursing homes
- 226 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 158 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 14 people in religious group quarters
- 9 people in other workers' dormitories
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
77.5% of residents of Wayne township speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
11.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
4.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 51,374- In family households: 46,270 (11,555 male householders, 2,826 female householders)
12,435 spouses, 16,615 children (15,843 natural, 293 adopted, 479 stepchildren), 442 grandchildren, 303 brothers or sisters, 526 parents, 1,058 other relatives, 510 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,104 (1,770 male householders (1,388 living alone)), 2,609 female householders (2,416 living alone)), 725 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,741 (999 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,519 2-persons, 3,308 3-persons, 3,516 4-persons, 1,391 5-persons, 516 6-persons, 131 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,804 1-person, 483 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 14 5-persons,
10,873 married couples with children.
1,007 single-parent households (231 men, 776 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 786
| Here: | 13.3% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 407
| Here: | 15.2% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 624
| Here: | 19.8% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |