Highland Park, New Jersey
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Highland Park is a borough located in Middlesex County, New Jersey. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 13,999.
Geography
Highland Park is located at 40°30'1" North, 74°25'33" West (40.500254, -74.425700)Template:GR.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 4.8 km² (1.8 mi²). 4.8 km² (1.8 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.
Demographics
As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there are 13,999 people, 5,899 households, and 3,409 families residing in the borough. The population density is 2,937.5/km² (7,614.1/mi²). There are 6,071 housing units at an average density of 1,273.9/km² (3,302.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough is 72.06% White, 7.94% African American, 0.11% Native American, 13.63% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 3.59% from other races, and 2.59% from two or more races. 8.18% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 5,899 households out of which 27.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.2% are married couples living together, 8.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% are non-families. 31.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.37 and the average family size is 3.06.
In the borough the population is spread out with 21.7% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 37.1% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 90.4 males.
The median income for a household in the borough is $53,250, and the median income for a family is $71,267. Males have a median income of $47,248 versus $36,829 for females. The per capita income for the borough is $28,767. 8.4% of the population and 5.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 7.7% of those under the age of 18 and 9.6% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
The borough supports several active Jewish communities, and in the mid-1980s was one of the first towns in New Jersey to gain an Eruv. Through an arrangement with New Jersey Bell, a continuous wire was strung from pole to pole around the border of the borough, and is inspected every Friday. When intact, this Eruv, or symbolic wall, satisfies most Orthodox Jewish religious requirements allowing residents to treat the entire borough as their home during the Sabbath. (The eruv now extends into parts of Edison, NJ.)
Highland Park has at times been a bedroom community for nearby Rutgers University and Johnson and Johnson in New Brunswick, with a resulting academic flair to the community. Nobel laureate Selman Waksman (Medicine, 1952) lived in the borough until his death in 1973, and Arno Penzias (Physics, 1978) does to this day.
External links
The Official Website of the Boro of Highland Park [[1] (http://www.hpboro.com/)] Template:Geolinks-US-cityscale