Barnegat township, Ocean County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (72% naturalized citizens)
Barnegat township: | 4.1% |
Whole state: | 17.5% |
62% of Barnegat township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10479
- Northeast: 2869
- Midwest: 393
- South: 425
- West: 247
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $128,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Barnegat township, New Jersey:
- 123 people in nursing homes
- 2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,817
- One, attached: 216
- Two: 94
- 3 or 4: 181
- 5 to 9: 29
- 10 to 19: 31
- 20 to 49: 73
- Mobile homes: 598
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,700
Housing units in Barnegat township with a mortgage: 3,037 (364 second mortgage, 514 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,128
- Construction (13%)
- Health care (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Barnegat township:
- Italian (26.3%)
- Irish (19.8%)
- German (14.9%)
- Polish (6.0%)
- English (5.9%)
- United States or American (2.9%)
- Hungarian (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (22%)
- Italy (18%)
- Germany (11%)
- Philippines (11%)
- Jamaica (9%)
- Ireland (7%)
- Netherlands (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,212 (84%)
- Carpooled: 602 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 107 (2%)
- Taxi: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 87 (1%)
- Other means: 27 (0%)
- Worked at home: 154 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
People in group quarters in Barnegat township, New Jersey:
- 123 people in nursing homes
- 2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in religious group quarters
92.3% of residents of Barnegat township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (59% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 15,158- In family households: 13,599 (3,226 male householders, 933 female householders)
3,490 spouses, 5,240 children (4,864 natural, 140 adopted, 236 stepchildren), 205 grandchildren, 67 brothers or sisters, 131 parents, 130 other relatives, 177 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,559 (570 male householders (467 living alone)), 770 female householders (667 living alone)), 219 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 127 (125 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,657 2-persons, 851 3-persons, 917 4-persons, 477 5-persons, 173 6-persons, 84 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,134 1-person, 183 2-persons, 23 3-persons,
3,168 married couples with children.
664 single-parent households (163 men, 501 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 109
Here: | 5.4% |
New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 58
Here: | 5.8% |
New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 69
Here: | 14.3% |
New Jersey: | 30.1% |