Mahwah township, Bergen County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 13 (54% naturalized citizens)
Mahwah township: | 13.3% |
Whole state: | 17.5% |
52% of Mahwah township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 11489
- Northeast: 7615
- Midwest: 570
- South: 607
- West: 407
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
1,344 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
21 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,209
- One, attached: 2,456
- Two: 228
- 3 or 4: 387
- 5 to 9: 686
- 10 to 19: 939
- 20 to 49: 324
- 50 or more: 217
- Mobile homes: 131
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,300
Housing units in Mahwah township with a mortgage: 4,455 (432 second mortgage, 480 home equity loan, 19 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,441
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Construction (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Health care (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Computer specialists (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Engineers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mahwah township:
- Italian (24.0%)
- Irish (14.5%)
- German (10.6%)
- Polish (5.9%)
- English (4.1%)
- Russian (3.2%)
- United States or American (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (10%)
- Korea (7%)
- Germany (6%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
- Italy (5%)
- Japan (5%)
- Poland (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 10,109 (80%)
- Carpooled: 781 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 225 (2%)
- Subway or elevated: 50 (0%)
- Railroad: 486 (4%)
- Taxi: 77 (1%)
- Walked: 292 (2%)
- Other means: 22 (0%)
- Worked at home: 523 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (88%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
1,344 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
21 people in homes for the mentally ill
81.1% of residents of Mahwah township speak English at home.
4.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
9.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
4.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 22,684- In family households: 19,192 (4,848 male householders, 1,467 female householders)
5,350 spouses, 6,561 children (6,290 natural, 120 adopted, 151 stepchildren), 181 grandchildren, 176 brothers or sisters, 136 parents, 283 other relatives, 190 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,492 (1,206 male householders (1,005 living alone)), 1,834 female householders (1,605 living alone)), 452 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,378 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,871 2-persons, 1,416 3-persons, 1,282 4-persons, 539 5-persons, 143 6-persons, 64 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,610 1-person, 388 2-persons, 42 3-persons,
4,486 married couples with children.
651 single-parent households (103 men, 548 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 331
Here: | 14.6% |
New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 114
Here: | 11.6% |
New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 237
Here: | 12.4% |
New Jersey: | 30.1% |