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Population (year 2000): 6,602. Estimated
population in July 2005: 6,635 (+0.5% change)
Males: 3,112 (47.1%), Females: 3,490 (52.9%)
Union County
Median resident age: 46.4 years
Median household income: $97,195 (year 2000)
Median house value: $346,100 (year 2000)
Races in Mountainside:
- White Non-Hispanic (92.6%)
- Hispanic (3.0%)
- Chinese (1.2%)
- Black (0.9%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
- Asian Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: Italian (23.4%), German (20.1%),
Irish (15.5%), Polish (12.2%), English (8.7%), Russian (3.7%).
Elevation: 142 feet
Land area: 4.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mountainside
- High school or higher: 92.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 47.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 21.9%
- Unemployed: 2.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mountainside borough
- Never married: 16.2%
- Now married: 70.1%
- Separated: 0.7%
- Widowed: 9.6%
- Divorced: 3.4%
13.3% Foreign born (7.6% Europe, 3.0% Asia, 2.2%
Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -61 (-0.9%).
Hospital/medical center in Mountainside:
- CHILDRENS SPECIALIZED HOSP (150 NEW
PROVIDENCE ROAD)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Mountainside:
- SUMMIT HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; SUMMIT, NJ)
- TRINITAS HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; ELIZABETH, NJ)
- MUHLENBERG REGIONAL MED CTR (about 5 miles;
PLAINFIELD, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mountainside:
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 14 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
- TETERBORO (about 25 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
- PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 25 miles;
NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mountainside:
- MORRISTOWN MUNI (about 8 miles; MORRISTOWN, NJ; ID:
MMU)
- LINDEN (about 10 miles; LINDEN, NJ; ID: LDJ)
- ESSEX COUNTY (about 15 miles; CALDWELL, NJ; ID: CDW)
Amtrak stations near Mountainside:
- 8 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.
- 12 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
Mountainside:
- UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 4 miles; CRANFORD, NJ;
Full-time enrollment: 5,856)
- KEAN UNIVERSITY (about 7 miles; UNION, NJ; FT
enrollment: 8,627)
- DREW UNIVERSITY (about 7 miles; MADISON, NJ; FT
enrollment: 2,133)
- SETON HALL UNIVERSITY (about 9 miles; SOUTH ORANGE,
NJ; FT enrollment: 7,509)
- UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY
(about 13 miles; NEWARK, NJ; FT enrollment: 4,134)
- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK (about 14 miles; NEWARK,
NJ; FT enrollment: 6,878)
- NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 14 miles;
NEWARK, NJ; FT enrollment: 6,565)
Public primary/middle schools in Mountainside:
- DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY (Students: 660;
Location: 302 CENTRAL AVENUE; Grades: PK - 08)
- BEECHWOOD SCHOOL (Location: 1497 WOODACRES
DRIVE; Grades: PK - 02)
- DEVEL L C-MOUNTAINSIDE (Location: 1497
WOODACRES DRIVE; Grades: UG - UG)
Library in Mountainside:
- MOUNTAINSIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $380,152; Location: CONSTITUTION PLAZA; 51,210
books; 2,004 audio materials; 1,733 video materials; 130
serial subscriptions)
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