Teaneck township, Bergen County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 24 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Teaneck township: | 24.0% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
70% of Teaneck township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 11397
- Northeast: 14252
- Midwest: 806
- South: 2450
- West: 397
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $199,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Teaneck township, New Jersey:
- 720 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 102 people in nursing homes
- 48 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 11 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 7 people in religious group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 10,334
- One, attached: 321
- Two: 573
- 3 or 4: 336
- 5 to 9: 724
- 10 to 19: 447
- 20 to 49: 492
- 50 or more: 479
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Teaneck township with a mortgage: 7,171 (800 second mortgage, 963 home equity loan, 50 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,638
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Health care (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Construction (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (2%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (2%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Teaneck township:
- Italian (5.9%)
- United States or American (4.9%)
- Russian (4.8%)
- German (4.7%)
- Irish (4.5%)
- Polish (3.6%)
- Jamaican (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Jamaica (12%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Dominican Republic (7%)
- India (6%)
- Colombia (5%)
- Germany (4%)
- Canada (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 12,522 (67%)
- Carpooled: 2,090 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2,689 (14%)
- Subway or elevated: 101 (1%)
- Railroad: 109 (1%)
- Ferryboat: 10 (0%)
- Taxi: 30 (0%)
- Bicycle: 39 (0%)
- Walked: 460 (2%)
- Other means: 57 (0%)
- Worked at home: 692 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Teaneck township, New Jersey:
- 720 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 102 people in nursing homes
- 48 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 11 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 7 people in religious group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in other group homes
72.6% of residents of Teaneck township speak English at home.
10.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
8.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
4.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
4.2% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 38,348- In family households: 34,623 (7,742 male householders, 2,451 female householders)
8,186 spouses, 12,549 children (11,887 natural, 349 adopted, 313 stepchildren), 1,023 grandchildren, 508 brothers or sisters, 668 parents, 921 other relatives, 575 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,725 (1,149 male householders (904 living alone)), 2,074 female householders (1,921 living alone)), 502 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 912 (100 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,694 2-persons, 2,236 3-persons, 2,133 4-persons, 1,239 5-persons, 543 6-persons, 348 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,825 1-person, 320 2-persons, 66 3-persons, 12 4-persons,
7,804 married couples with children.
1,260 single-parent households (223 men, 1,037 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,709
| Here: | 34.6% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 699
| Here: | 31.2% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,478
| Here: | 61.6% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |