Home services in Ramsey, NJ
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Homes in Ramsey
Ramsey's homes have a median year built of 1968. About 35% of housing units were built before 1960 and about 66% before 1980. Older wiring, plumbing and insulation are common reasons for renovation.
About 79% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. The housing mix includes more attached homes than a typical detached-house suburb: about 65% of units are single-family detached houses and about 10% are single-family attached (townhouse-style) units. Owners of attached units may need association approval before exterior work.
Utility gas heats about 87% of occupied homes, and electricity heats about 11%.
All figures are ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates. The borough's Building and Construction Department takes building, electrical, plumbing, fire, mechanical and elevator permit applications. Its page links to the borough's SDL portal for permit status and inspection requests.
Flooding
Ramsey contains several small streams, including Ramsey Brook, Valentine Brook, Darlington Brook, Masonicus Brook and Suraci Pond Brook. FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer maps Special Flood Hazard Areas (Zones A, AE and AH) inside the borough along these brooks and their tributaries. Most of the borough lies outside these zones.
The borough also publishes a FEMA flood zones map from its environmental resource inventory, which may predate the current maps. For an official determination for a specific address, search it on the FEMA Flood Map Service Center.
Permits in Ramsey
Building, plumbing and electrical permits come from the Borough of Ramsey construction office. Your contractor normally pulls the permit, but it's worth confirming.
- Office
- Building and Construction Department
- Phone
- 201-825-3400, ext. 251
- Address
- 33 N Central Avenue, 2nd Floor, Ramsey, NJ 07446
- Website
- ramseynj.com
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Sources
- nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/DHC/ber_mun.xlsx
- nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/demographics/us-census-data/2020census.shtml
- ramseynj.com/153/Building-Department
- ramseynj.com/165/Recycling-Center
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsey,_New_Jersey
- hazards.fema.gov/arcgis/rest/services/public/NFHL/MapServer
- msc.fema.gov/portal/home
- censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B25035&geo_ids=16000US3461680&primary_geo_id=16000US3
- censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B25034&geo_ids=16000US3461680&primary_geo_id=16000US3
- censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B25003&geo_ids=16000US3461680&primary_geo_id=16000US3
- censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B25024&geo_ids=16000US3461680&primary_geo_id=16000US3
- censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B25040&geo_ids=16000US3461680&primary_geo_id=16000US3
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