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| MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE | $1,275,624 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RENTAL PRICE | very high cost relative to NJ, very high cost relative to the nation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17%
| NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL, & CHARACTER |
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| THE SETTING | Suburban (based on population density) |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Single-family homes, some Small apartment buildings, a few Rowhouses & attached homes |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Large dwellings (4, 5 or more bedrooms), some Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms) |
| AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), some Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier), some Established but not old (Built 1970 - 1994), a few Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later) |
| HOME OWNERSHIP | Mostly Owner occupied |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | mostly Urban Sophisticates, Quiet, Walkable |
| THE NEIGHBORS | DETAILS |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | mostly Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Mixed ages, some Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some Seniors (people 65 and over), some College students (people currently attending college) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 10 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Wealthy (among the 15% most wealthy communities in America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Sales & Service workers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support |
| ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY | mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some Italian ancestry, some East Asian, some Hispanic, some Black |
| LANGUAGES | mostly English speaking, some Italian speaking, some Spanish speaking, some Portuguese speaking |
School Rating Information
ESSEX FELLS School District
268 Students enrolled in District
| DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best) |
10 |
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| Better than: of NJ school districts |
99.3% |
DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO U.S. (10 is best) |
10 |
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| Better than: of US school districts |
98.6% |
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM |
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| 11 |
| STATE AVERAGE 12 |
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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)
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| PROFICIENT IN READING & MATH |
PROFICIENT IN READING |
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| SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT | GRADES |
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| ESSEX FELLS 102 HAWTHORNE RD, ESSEX FELLS, NJ 07021 (973) 226-0505 |
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| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
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| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) | 93.7 | 56.5 |
| BLACK (%) | 0.8 | 17.6 |
| HISPANIC (%) | 2.6 | 18.2 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) | 3.0 | 7.5 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| ECONOMIC GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) | 0.0 | 26.8 |
| FOR THIS DISTRICT | PER STUDENT | TOTAL | % OF TOTAL |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $7,175 | $1,923,000 | 53.5 |
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| STUDENT | $1,716 | $460,000 | 12.8 |
| STAFF | $403 | $108,000 | 3.0 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | $687 | $184,000 | 5.1 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | $422 | $113,000 | 3.1 |
| OPERATION | $1,276 | $342,000 | 9.5 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $123 | $33,000 | 0.9 |
| OTHER | $642 | $172,000 | 4.8 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT | $5,269 | $1,412,000 | 39.3 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $974 | $261,000 | 7.2 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $13,418 | $3,596,000 | 100.0 |
Essex Fells EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT  |
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| ADULTS IN Essex Fells WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) | 72.4 |
| CHILDREN IN Essex Fells LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 0.9 |
Essex Fells Appreciation Rates
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| PERIOD | TOTAL APPRECIATION | AVG. ANNUAL RATE | COMPARED TO NJ* |
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| Since 1990 |  133.74%
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7.03%
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About Essex Fells
Essex Fells is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 2,162 people and just one neighborhood, Essex Fells is the 450th largest community in New Jersey.
Essex Fells is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 96.18% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Essex Fells is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Essex Fells who work in management occupations (23.65%), sales jobs (17.82%), and legal occupations (8.70%).
Of important note, Essex Fells is also a borough of artists. Essex Fells has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Essex Fells's character.
In addition, Essex Fells is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.
Because of many things, Essex Fells is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Essex Fells really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Essex Fells perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Being a small borough, Essex Fells does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Essex Fells Information and Demographics
If knowledge is power, Essex Fells is a pretty powerful place. 72.39% of the adults in Essex Fells have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.
The per capita income in Essex Fells in 2000 was $77,434, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $309,736 for a family of four. However, Essex Fells contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Essex Fells home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Essex Fells is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Essex Fells include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Essex Fells is English. Some people also speak Italian.
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