North Bergen township, Hudson County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 47 (53% naturalized citizens)
North Bergen township: | 46.8% |
Whole state: | 17.5% |
58% of North Bergen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 19890
- Northeast: 7577
- Midwest: 399
- South: 646
- West: 237
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in North Bergen township, New Jersey:
- 657 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,716
- One, attached: 985
- Two: 6,232
- 3 or 4: 3,119
- 5 to 9: 1,140
- 10 to 19: 1,492
- 20 to 49: 2,529
- 50 or more: 2,678
- Mobile homes: 139
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,800
Housing units in North Bergen township with a mortgage: 2,144 (290 second mortgage, 130 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 855
- Construction (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in North Bergen township:
- Italian (10.4%)
- Irish (4.5%)
- German (3.0%)
- United States or American (2.9%)
- Polish (1.2%)
- Greek (0.9%)
- Russian (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Cuba (21%)
- Colombia (14%)
- Dominican Republic (9%)
- Ecuador (9%)
- India (7%)
- El Salvador (5%)
- Peru (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 12,956 (53%)
- Carpooled: 3,620 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5,641 (23%)
- Subway or elevated: 231 (1%)
- Railroad: 51 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 302 (1%)
- Taxi: 41 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 21 (0%)
- Bicycle: 26 (0%)
- Walked: 1,162 (5%)
- Other means: 230 (1%)
- Worked at home: 345 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
People in group quarters in North Bergen township, New Jersey:
- 657 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
27.8% of residents of North Bergen township speak English at home.
56.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
10.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 57,535- In family households: 49,279 (10,039 male householders, 4,250 female householders)
10,447 spouses, 17,945 children (16,913 natural, 272 adopted, 760 stepchildren), 937 grandchildren, 1,003 brothers or sisters, 1,257 parents, 1,911 other relatives, 1,490 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 8,256 (3,035 male householders (2,324 living alone)), 3,923 female householders (3,566 living alone)), 1,298 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 671 (660 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,756 2-persons, 3,454 3-persons, 3,059 4-persons, 1,745 5-persons, 800 6-persons, 475 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5,890 1-person, 902 2-persons, 122 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
8,769 married couples with children.
3,074 single-parent households (711 men, 2,363 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,215
Here: | 19.8% |
New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 426
Here: | 12.4% |
New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,078
Here: | 32.7% |
New Jersey: | 30.1% |