Wyckoff township, Bergen County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (70% naturalized citizens)
Wyckoff township: | 9.3% |
Whole state: | 17.5% |
70% of Wyckoff township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9306
- Northeast: 4391
- Midwest: 535
- South: 451
- West: 176
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $388,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.4%
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
People in group quarters in Wyckoff township, New Jersey:
- 392 people in nursing homes
- 96 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,052
- One, attached: 270
- Two: 134
- 3 or 4: 60
- 5 to 9: 17
- 20 to 49: 62
- 50 or more: 36
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Housing units in Wyckoff township with a mortgage: 3,570 (327 second mortgage, 545 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,370
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (15%)
- Health care (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (3%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Top executives (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Computer specialists (3%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wyckoff township:
- Italian (21.0%)
- Irish (18.5%)
- German (8.4%)
- Dutch (7.1%)
- English (6.5%)
- United States or American (4.4%)
- Polish (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (11%)
- Other Eastern Europe (6%)
- Italy (6%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
- Canada (5%)
- Germany (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,741 (79%)
- Carpooled: 442 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 321 (4%)
- Railroad: 350 (5%)
- Taxi: 9 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 72 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 349 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (87%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Electricity (2%)
People in group quarters in Wyckoff township, New Jersey:
- 392 people in nursing homes
- 96 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in religious group quarters
87.3% of residents of Wyckoff township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
6.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 16,022- In family households: 15,081 (3,912 male householders, 744 female householders)
4,236 spouses, 5,726 children (5,465 natural, 183 adopted, 78 stepchildren), 62 grandchildren, 41 brothers or sisters, 155 parents, 149 other relatives, 56 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 941 (296 male householders (261 living alone)), 586 female householders (564 living alone)), 59 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 486 (398 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,734 2-persons, 985 3-persons, 1,238 4-persons, 536 5-persons, 134 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 825 1-person, 52 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
4,297 married couples with children.
269 single-parent households (52 men, 217 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 172
Here: | 7.8% |
New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 115
Here: | 11.1% |
New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 159
Here: | 36.6% |
New Jersey: | 30.1% |