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Population (year 2000): 22,578
Males: 10,724 (47.5%), Females: 11,854 (52.5%)
Union County
Median resident age: 40.4 years
Median household income: $76,338 (year 2000)
Median house value: $233,600 (year 2000)
Races in Cranford:
- White Non-Hispanic (90.6%)
- Hispanic (3.9%)
- Black (2.6%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
- Chinese (0.8%)
- Other race (0.7%)
- Asian Indian (0.5%)
Ancestries: Italian (25.4%), Irish (24.6%),
German (18.1%), Polish (12.0%), English (7.2%), Russian (3.3%).
Elevation: 81 feet
Land area: 4.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Cranford
- High school or higher: 91.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 43.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 16.0%
- Unemployed: 4.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Cranford CDP
- Never married: 22.1%
- Now married: 63.5%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 8.0%
- Divorced: 5.5%
8.7% Foreign born (4.8% Europe, 1.8% Latin
America, 1.7% Asia).
Hospitals/medical centers near Cranford:
- TRINITAS HOSPITAL (about 1 miles; ELIZABETH, NJ)
- MUHLENBERG REGIONAL MED CTR (about 1 miles;
PLAINFIELD, NJ)
- OVERLOOK HOSPITAL (about 1 miles; SUMMIT, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Cranford:
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 10 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
- PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 22 miles;
NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
- TETERBORO (about 23 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Cranford:
- LINDEN (about 6 miles; LINDEN, NJ; ID: LDJ)
- MORRISTOWN MUNI (about 11 miles; MORRISTOWN, NJ; ID:
MMU)
- NEWARK NR 1 (about 12 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID: 3N4)
Amtrak stations near Cranford:
- 7 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.
- 8 miles: NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NEWARK, ).
Services: ticket office, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones.
- 11 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.
College/University in Cranford:
- UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment:
5,856; Location: 1033 SPRINGFIELD AVE; Public; Website:
www.ucc.edu)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Cranford:
- KEAN UNIVERSITY (about 4 miles; UNION, NJ; Full-time
enrollment: 8,627)
- SETON HALL UNIVERSITY (about 8 miles; SOUTH ORANGE,
NJ; FT enrollment: 7,509)
- DREW UNIVERSITY (about 11 miles; MADISON, NJ; FT
enrollment: 2,133)
- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK (about 11 miles; NEWARK,
NJ; FT enrollment: 6,878)
- NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 11 miles;
NEWARK, NJ; FT enrollment: 6,565)
- ESSEX COUNTY COLLEGE (about 11 miles; NEWARK, NJ; FT
enrollment: 5,893)
- UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY
(about 11 miles; NEWARK, NJ; FT enrollment: 4,134)
Public high school in Cranford:
- CRANFORD SR HIGH (Students: 1,072; Location:
201 WEST END PLACE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Cranford:
- ORANGE AVE SCH (Students: 686; Location: 901
ORANGE AVENUE; Grades: 03 - 08)
- HILLSIDE AVE SCH (Students: 641; Location:
125 HILLSIDE AVENUE; Grades: KG - 08)
- BROOKSIDE PLACE (Students: 382; Location: 700
BROOKSIDE PLACE; Grades: KG - 05)
- BLOOMINGDALE AVE SCH (Students: 276;
Location: 200 BLOOMINGDALE AVENUE; Grades: PK - 02)
- WALNUT AVE SCH (Students: 240; Location: 370
WALNUT AVENUE; Grades: PK - 02)
- LIVINGSTON AVE SCH (Students: 222; Location:
75 LIVINGSTON AVENUE; Grades: 03 - 05)
Private primary/middle schools in Cranford:
- SOLOMON SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL (Students: 433;
Location: 721 ORANGE AVENUE; Grades: PK - 5)
- ST MICHAEL SCHOOL (Students: 424; Location:
100 ALDEN STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
- CRANFORD CHILD CARE CTR (Students: 61;
Location: 7 CHERRY ST; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Cranford:
- CRANFORD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $832,406; Location: 224 WALNUT AVENUE, BOX 400;
110,249 books; 4,150 audio materials; 1,484 video
materials; 208 serial subscriptions)
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