Carneys Point township, Salem County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Carneys Point township: | 3.9% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
69% of Carneys Point township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4410
- Northeast: 1075
- Midwest: 91
- South: 1533
- West: 91
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
125 people in nursing homes
2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,377
- One, attached: 41
- Two: 35
- 3 or 4: 75
- 5 to 9: 82
- 10 to 19: 475
- 50 or more: 114
- Mobile homes: 131
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,400
Housing units in Carneys Point township with a mortgage: 1,324 (221 second mortgage, 201 home equity loan, 24 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 649
- Construction (8%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Carneys Point township:
- Italian (17.5%)
- German (14.0%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- English (7.5%)
- United States or American (5.6%)
- Polish (5.0%)
- Swedish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (22%)
- Mexico (21%)
- Philippines (9%)
- Germany (8%)
- Turkey (7%)
- Jamaica (6%)
- Other Eastern Africa (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,870 (87%)
- Carpooled: 338 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (0%)
- Walked: 16 (0%)
- Other means: 36 (1%)
- Worked at home: 20 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (36%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
125 people in nursing homes
2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
91.8% of residents of Carneys Point township speak English at home.
4.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 24% don't speak English at all).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (19% speak English very well, 81% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,557- In family households: 6,258 (1,459 male householders, 597 female householders)
1,496 spouses, 2,252 children (2,100 natural, 86 adopted, 66 stepchildren), 154 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 111 other relatives, 151 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,299 (489 male householders (398 living alone)), 580 female householders (520 living alone)), 230 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 127 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 884 2-persons, 509 3-persons, 413 4-persons, 170 5-persons, 56 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 918 1-person, 123 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 17 5-persons,
1,062 married couples with children.
458 single-parent households (104 men, 354 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 151
| Here: | 17.7% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 53
| Here: | 11.2% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 52
| Here: | 18.3% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |