Salem County Has Declined in Residential Property Ownership by 1.4%, As the 2010 Census Reports

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Parent Category: New Jersey

Category: Salem County, NJ

Recently reported by the 2010 Census, Salem County, New Jersey decreased in total real estate dwellings by 1,259, or 5%, since the 2000 Census. At the same time, the State of New Jersey increased in housing units by 243,287, or 7%.

Put side by side with the United States, Salem County has a low level of vacancy in residential housing. 2,127, or 7.8%, of properties are currently vacant in Salem County, New Jersey. Within the 2,127 unoccupied properties, 16.6% are the market to be sold, while 33.0% are properties that are available for rent.

Owner-occupied units from 2000 to 2010 in Salem County have decreased by 1.4%. As reported in the 2010 Census, there were 18,091 (71.5%) owner-occupied housing units, while there were 7,199 (28.5%) units were rented. Salem County has a smaller amount of rentals than the State of New Jersey, which reportedly saw 34.6% of units rented.

Compared to counties across the US, Salem County has a medium level of residential housing units that are owned by minorities. 11.5% are owned and occupied by minorities in Salem County; at the same time the US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of New Jersey 23.0% of housing units are minority-owned.

Black is the group with the highest percent of rental in Salem County. 59.0% the Black Census group reported to occupy a rented housing unit.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Salem County, New Jersey, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 1,743 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: New Jersey

Category: Salem County, NJ

In Salem County, New Jersey, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 1,743 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

From the 97 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each year, 35 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 62 industries reported a drop in employment.

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the power generation and supply industry has grown the most with 1,743 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in power generation and supply makes up 52.3% percent of the total growth in Salem County, New Jersey between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Power generation and supply (+1743)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (+402)
3. Other residential care facilities (+240)
4. Other amusement and recreation industries (+146)
5. Offices of physicians (+89)

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the executive, legislative and general government industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 743 jobs during the period. The employment lost in executive, legislative and general government make up 18.3% percent of the total employment decline in Salem County, New Jersey for the years between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Executive, legislative and general government (-743)
2. Limitedservice eating places (-604)
3. Nursing care facilities (-262)
4. Employment services (-260)
5. Resin, rubber, and artificial fibers mfg. (-224)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).