Jersey City New Jersey Housing and demographic information

 

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total housing units	93,648	100.0		OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
UNITS IN STRUCTURE				Occupied housing units	88,632	100.0
1-unit, detached	7,792	8.3		1.00 or less	77,232	87.1
1-unit, attached	6,992	7.5		1.01 to 1.50	6,730	7.6
2 units	23,830	25.4		1.51 or more	4,670	5.3
3 or 4 units	13,487	14.4
5 to 9 units	11,286	12.1		Specified owner-occupied units	9,720	100.0
10 to 19 units	7,515	8.0		VALUE
20 or more units	22,663	24.2		Less than $50,000	282	2.9
Mobile home	32	0.0		$50,000 to $99,999	2,582	26.6
Boat, RV, van, etc.	51	0.1		$100,000 to $149,999	4,006	41.2
				$150,000 to $199,000	1,974	20.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT				$200,000 to $299,999	648	6.7
1999 to March 2000	1,312	1.4		$300,000 to $499,999	176	1.8
1995 to 1998	3,108	3.3		$500,000 to $999,999	48	0.5
1990 to 1994	2,920	3.1		$1,000,000 or more	4	0.0
1980 to 1989	5,911	6.3		Median (dollars)	125,000	(X)
1970 to 1979	7,951	8.5
1960 to 1969	10,683	11.4		MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED
1940 to 1959	24,011	25.6		MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1939 or earlier	37,752	40.3		With a mortgage	6,893	70.9
				Less than $300	7	0.1
ROOMS				$300 to $499	36	0.4
1 room	4,704	5.0		$500 to $699	130	1.3
2 rooms	9,548	10.2		$700 to $999	830	8.5
3 rooms	19,601	20.9		$1,000 to $1,499	2,588	26.6
4 rooms	21,218	22.7		$1,500 to $1,999	2,268	23.3
5 rooms	19,071	20.4		$2,000 or more	1,034	10.6
6 rooms	10,038	10.7		Median (dollars)	1,475	(X)
7 rooms	3,387	3.6		Not mortgaged	2,827	29.1
8 rooms	1,933	2.1		Median (dollars)	569	(X)
9 or more rooms	4,148	4.4
Median (rooms)	4.1	(X)		SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
				AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD
Occupied Housing Units	88,632	100.0		INCOME IN 1999
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT				Less than 15 percent	2,306	23.7
1999 to March 2000	18,809	21.2		15 to 19 percent	1,392	14.3
1995 to 1998	29,196	32.9		20 to 24 percent	1,356	14.0
1990 to 1994	13,406	15.1		25 to 29 percent	1,101	11.3
1980 to 1989	12,685	14.3		30 to 34 percent	763	7.8
1970 to 1979	7,249	8.2		35 percent or more	2,618	26.9
1969 or earlier	7,287	8.2		Not computed	184	1.9
VEHICLES AVAILABLE				Specified renter-occupied units	63,605	100.0
None	36,050	40.7		GROSS RENT
1	36,910	41.6		Less than $200	4,057	6.4
2	12,224	13.8		$200 to $299	2,404	3.8
3 or more	3,448	3.9		$300 to $499	7,884	12.4
				$500 to $749	24,215	38.1
HOUSE HEATING FUEL				$750 to $999	14,262	22.4
Utility Gas	54,697	61.7		$1,000 to $1,499	6,164	9.7
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas	2,869	3.2		$1,500 or more	3,638	5.7
Electricity	12,282	13.9		No cash rent	981	1.5
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.	17,064	19.3		Median (dollars)	675	(X)
Coal or coke	0	0.0
Wood	6	0.0		GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF
Solar energy	7	0.0		HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Other fuel	630	0.7		Less than 15 percent	13,413	21.1
No fuel used	1,077	1.2		15 to 19 percent	9,353	14.7
				20 to 24 percent	7,693	12.1
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS				25 to 29 percent	6,427	10.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities	975	1.1		30 to 34 percent	4,548	7.2
Lacking complete kitchen facilities	1,027	1.2		35 percent or more	18,917	29.7
No telephone service	4,552	5.1		Not computed	3,254	5.1
Date: January 2, 2005
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.