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Population (year 2000): 17,552
Males: 10,062 (57.3%), Females: 7,490 (42.7%)
Middlesex County
Median resident age: 35.5 years
Median household income: $54,929 (year 2000)
Median house value: $142,600 (year 2000)
Races in Avenel:
- White Non-Hispanic (49.0%)
- Black (19.7%)
- Asian Indian (13.0%)
- Hispanic (9.9%)
- Two or more races (3.9%)
- Other race (3.7%)
- Other Asian (2.3%)
- Filipino (1.5%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
- Chinese (0.9%)
- Korean (0.8%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Italian (12.8%), Irish (12.3%),
German (7.7%), Polish (6.7%), English (3.8%), Subsaharan African
(3.4%).
Elevation: 84 feet
Land area: 3.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Avenel
- High school or higher: 79.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 8.4%
- Unemployed: 7.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Avenel CDP
- Never married: 29.0%
- Now married: 54.6%
- Separated: 2.5%
- Widowed: 5.7%
- Divorced: 8.2%
25.9% Foreign born (16.3% Asia, 3.9% Latin
America, 2.8% Africa, 2.8% Europe).
Hospitals/medical centers near Avenel:
- RAHWAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 2 miles; RAHWAY, NJ)
- RARITAN BAY MEDICAL CENTER (about 5 miles; PERTH
AMBOY, NJ)
- TRINITAS HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; ELIZABETH, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Avenel:
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 11 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
- PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 21 miles;
NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
- TETERBORO (about 25 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Avenel:
- LINDEN (about 4 miles; LINDEN, NJ; ID: LDJ)
- NEWARK NR 1 (about 14 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID: 3N4)
- MORRISTOWN MUNI (about 17 miles; MORRISTOWN, NJ; ID:
MMU)
Amtrak stations near Avenel:
- 4 miles: METROPARK (ISELIN, 100 MIDDLESEX-ESSEX TPK.).
Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible,
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public
payphones, paid short-term parking, call for car rental
service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
- 10 miles: NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NEWARK, ).
Services: ticket office, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones.
- 14 miles: NEWARK (RAYMOND PLAZA WEST). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack
bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term
parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand,
intercity bus service, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Avenel:
- UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 6 miles; CRANFORD, NJ;
Full-time enrollment: 5,856)
- KEAN UNIVERSITY (about 8 miles; UNION, NJ; FT
enrollment: 8,627)
- CUNY COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND (about 10 miles;
STATEN ISLAND, NY; FT enrollment: 8,135)
- SETON HALL UNIVERSITY (about 12 miles; SOUTH ORANGE,
NJ; FT enrollment: 7,509)
- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK (about 13 miles; NEWARK,
NJ; FT enrollment: 6,878)
- NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 13 miles;
NEWARK, NJ; FT enrollment: 6,565)
- ESSEX COUNTY COLLEGE (about 13 miles; NEWARK, NJ; FT
enrollment: 5,893)
Public primary/middle schools in Avenel:
- AVENEL MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 740;
Location: WOODBINE AVENUE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- AVENEL STREET (Students: 445; Location:
AVENEL STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
- WOODBINE AVENUE (Students: 353; Location:
WOODBINE AVENUE; Grades: KG - 05)
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