By Stephen Stirling | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

It's about 70 years old, detached, with three bedrooms. It'll run you between $300,000 and $500,000. And the driveway must have space for at least two cars.

Sound familiar? These are the characteristics of the quintessential New Jersey home.

After identifying the typical New Jersey resident in January, we waded through piles and piles of more U.S. Census data to identify what the most typical Garden State home looks like.

Let's dispense with the basics: Homeownership is alive and well in New Jersey.

More than 60 percent of the state's housing units are owned versus rented, data shows. The typical home has a little less than 3 people living there, on average. It's likely located in northeastern New Jersey, where the population is more heavily weighted.

The South Orange home (currently for sale) pictured above is a good composite of what we're looking at. To find out why, see the charts below.

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American dreaming

Even as one of the most densely populated areas in the country, the single-family, detached home is still king in New Jersey.

While multi-unit housing is plentiful, the majority of housing remains in line with the typical embodiment of the American Dream — white picket fence optional.

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Age is but a number

Even with the building boom that accompanied suburban sprawl in the 1980s and 90s, a large swath of New Jersey homes were built more than 70 years ago. While new construction is slowly replacing older homes, the pre-war house is still the most common in the Garden State.

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The housing crisis lingers

The typical New Jersey home is valued far higher than most places in the country — between $300,000 and $500,000. But that doesn't mean it's the best of times here.

Census data shows deep cuts in value caused during the housing crisis last decade still remain. The percentage of homes in the top three value brackets have all declined in the past decade.

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A roomy atmosphere

A three-bedroom home is the current standard in New Jersey, and most housing units have at least five rooms. According to Census data, about a third of New Jersey housing units have five or six rooms overall.

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Cars remain king

Despite a push toward more urban living across the state, the vast majority of state residents still have at least one vehicle. Interestingly, the percentage of people who do not own cars was unchanged over the past decade.

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Stuck in 2008

Not surprisingly, the largest swath of state residents moved into their current homes in the decade when the market crashed. While things are improving, selling has been unappealing in many areas after most of the state took major hits to property value late last decade.

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Gas it up

When it comes to heating, gas is king for nearly three quarters of homes in the state. Alternative energy options, like solar, are beginning to emerge, but still account for a tiny fraction of the state's options for staying warm.

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Mortgaging the future

Most New Jersey residents hold a mortgage on their home.

But it's fairly clear the U.S. Census Bureau didn't design its mortgage payment brackets with New Jersey front and center. Nearly 30 percent of homeowners with a mortgage are paying more than $3,000 a month towards it, the top bracket the Census provides.

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Punishing the pocketbook

While previously far more common, the percentage of New Jersey residents paying less than 20 percent of their income toward housing costs is shrinking. As of 2016, it's now moved into a virtual tie with the opposite end of the spectrum — more than 31 percent of Garden Staters put in excess of 35 percent of their income towards their home.

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