Wood Ridge

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Wood Ridge
Brinkerhoff House
Brinkerhoff House
Location in county and location of the county in New Jersey
Bergen County New Jersey Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Wood-Ridge Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : December 6, 1894
State : United States
State : New Jersey
County : Bergen County
Coordinates : 40 ° 51 ′  N , 74 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 51 ′  N , 74 ° 5 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 7,594 (as of 2006)
Population density : 2,712.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.8 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 2.8 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 49 m
Postal code : 07075
Area code : +1 201
FIPS : 34-82570
GNIS ID : 0885451
Website : www.njwoodridge.org
Mayor : Paul A. Sarlo

Wood-Ridge is a city in Bergen County , New Jersey , United States . In the census of 2000 had a total population of 7,644 was recorded.

geography

The geographic coordinates of the city are 40 ° 50'51 "north latitude and 74 ° 5'15" west longitude.

According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of ​​2.8 km 2 , not including water bodies.

history

The National Park Service has a house in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) for Wood-Ridge (as of December 24, 2018), the Brinkerhoff House .

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there are 7,644 people, 3,024 households and 2,137 families in the city. The population density is 2,683.1 inhabitants per km 2 . 91.01% of the population are White, 0.84% African American , 0.08% Native American , 5.02% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 1.77% Other Ethnicity, and 1.27% Mixed Race . 7.27% are Latinos of any race.

Of the 3,024 households, 29.1% have children under the age of 18. 58.9% of them are married couples living together, 9.0% are single mothers, 29.3% are not families, 25.8% are single households and 11.2% are people over 65. The average household size is 2 , 53, the average family size 3.07.

21.2% of the population are under 18 years old, 5.3% between 18 and 24, 31.9% between 25 and 44, 24.6% between 45 and 64, 17.0% older than 65. The average age is 40 years. The ratio of women to men is 100: 90.5, for people older than 18 the ratio is 100: 87.2.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 60,949 and the median income for a family is $ 72,500. Males have a median income of $ 48,309 versus $ 40,025 for females. The per capita income for the city is $ 29,865. 1.6% of the population and 0.8% of families live below the poverty line, of which 0.6% are children or adolescents younger than 18 years and 2.8% of people are older than 65.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed December 24, 2018.