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Data from 2000 on our Census
District |
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Melrose Park is the
eastern part of census district 2024.02. The whole district goes from
Cheltenham Avenue on the South to Ashbourne Road on the North, and from
Penrose Avenue on the West to New Second Street to the East. |
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5,105 of us lived in this census district in the year 2000.
About 54% of us are white, 31% of us are African American or black, and 12%
of us are Asian. The median age for males was 38.4 years. That for females
was 41.7. |
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We lived in 1,794 households, with an average size of 2.82
people. The median household income was $67,614. |
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About 16% of us had self-employment income. Less than
2% of us received public assistance. Just over 32% of the households earned
more than $100,000 per year – about 24% white, 6% black or African American,
and 2% Asian. |
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85% of children less than 5 years old spoke only English at
home. 6% spoke only Korean, 2% Vietnamese, and 2% Hebrew. For the larger
population under 18 years old, 80% spoke only English, 8% Korean, and 2%
Spanish. |
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92% reported our first ancestry. We have a very diverse
ancestry in this census district. I think it is worth listing: |
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Other |
2,340 |
African |
33 |
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Russian |
420 |
Ukrainian |
30 |
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German |
261 |
British |
26 |
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US/American |
239 |
Lithuanian |
20 |
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Italian |
234 |
Slovak |
14 |
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Irish |
211 |
Belgian |
11 |
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West Indian |
148 |
Israeli |
11 |
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Eastern
European |
124 |
Dutch |
10 |
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Polish |
115 |
Scottish |
10 |
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European |
109 |
Scotch-Irish |
8 |
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English |
90 |
Lebanese |
7 |
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Romanian |
53 |
Danish |
6 |
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French |
45 |
Nigerian |
6 |
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Astruan |
44 |
Basque |
5 |
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Hungarian |
39 |
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Swedish |
36 |
TOTAL |
2,365 |
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Our district contained
1,856 housing units. 51% of our homes were built in 1939 or earlier. 29%
were built between 1940 and 1959, 16% between 1969 and 1979, and 4% from
1980 and 2000. 72% are heated by natural gas, 20% by fuel oil and 6% by
electricity. |
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The median value of all owner-occupied housing units was
$161,400. 34% of us paid between $2,000 and $4,000 in real estate taxes.
43% of us paid $4,000 and $7,500. |
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As workers 16 years old or older 2,484 of us had to find a
way to get to work. 70% drove alone. 11% of us carpooled, 11% took public
transportation. 3% of us walked to work then. For 48% of us, the trip to
work took more than a half hour. |
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