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Population (year 2000): 6,298. Estimated
population in July 2005: 6,222 (-1.2% change)
Males: 3,043 (48.3%), Females: 3,255 (51.7%)
Morris County
Median resident age: 35.7 years
Median household income: $56,580 (year 2000)
Median house value: $165,300 (year 2000)
Races in Wharton:
- White Non-Hispanic (67.5%)
- Hispanic (23.2%)
- Other race (7.2%)
- Black (4.4%)
- Two or more races (2.7%)
- Asian Indian (1.4%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
- Vietnamese (0.6%)
- Filipino (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Irish (21.0%), German (19.9%),
Italian (12.5%), English (10.2%), Polish (6.3%), Hungarian
(3.5%).
Elevation: 660 feet
Land area: 2.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wharton
- High school or higher: 80.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 22.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.9%
- Unemployed: 6.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wharton borough
- Never married: 27.5%
- Now married: 51.7%
- Separated: 2.3%
- Widowed: 8.0%
- Divorced: 10.5%
13.8% Foreign born (6.7% Latin America, 3.9%
Asia, 2.9% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +919 (+17.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Wharton:
- SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL (about 2 miles; DOVER, NJ)
- ST CLARES HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; DENVILLE, NJ)
- GREYSTONE PARK PSYCH HOSP (about 8 miles; GREYSTONE
PARK, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wharton:
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 33 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
- TETERBORO (about 37 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
- PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 43 miles;
NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wharton:
- AEROFLEX-ANDOVER (about 13 miles; ANDOVER, NJ; ID:
12N)
- TRINCA (about 14 miles; ANDOVER, NJ; ID: 13N)
- NEWTON (about 15 miles; NEWTON, NJ; ID: 3N5)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wharton:
- COUNTY COLLEGE OF MORRIS (about 4 miles; RANDOLPH,
NJ; Full-time enrollment: 5,202)
- DREW UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; MADISON, NJ; FT
enrollment: 2,133)
- WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (about 24
miles; WAYNE, NJ; FT enrollment: 8,017)
- RARITAN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 25 miles;
SOMERVILLE, NJ; FT enrollment: 3,283)
- SETON HALL UNIVERSITY (about 25 miles; SOUTH ORANGE,
NJ; FT enrollment: 7,509)
- UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 26 miles; CRANFORD, NJ;
FT enrollment: 5,856)
- KEAN UNIVERSITY (about 26 miles; UNION, NJ; FT
enrollment: 8,627)
Public primary/middle schools in Wharton:
- MARIE V DUFFY (Students: 552; Location: 137
E. CENTRAL AVENUE; Grades: PK - 05)
- CATHERINE A DWYER (Students: 354; Location:
665 MT. HOPE AVENUE; Grades: KG - 05)
- A C MAC KINNON MIDDLE (Students: 250;
Location: 137 E. CENTRAL AVENUE; Grades: 06 - 08)
Private primary/middle school in Wharton:
- ST MARYS SCHOOL (Students: 214; Location: 345
S MAIN ST; Grades: PK - 8)
Library in Wharton:
- WHARTON PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$163,142; Location: 15 S. MAIN STREET; 34,106 books; 700
audio materials; 342 video materials; 67 serial
subscriptions)
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