Bridgewater township, Somerset County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (51% naturalized citizens)
Bridgewater township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 17.5% |
58% of Bridgewater township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5554
- Northeast: 209
- Midwest: 477
- South: 522
- West: 55
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $73,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Bridgewater township, New Jersey:
- 637 people in nursing homes
- 64 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 36 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 31 people in other group homes
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,163
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 47
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 48
- 10 to 19: 122
- Mobile homes: 250
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,800
Housing units in Bridgewater township with a mortgage: 1,209 (83 second mortgage, 278 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 531
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (7%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Computer specialists (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bridgewater township:
- German (23.1%)
- French (except Basque) (13.6%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- United States or American (8.5%)
- Polish (7.8%)
- English (6.4%)
- Italian (5.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (18%)
- Canada (16%)
- Mexico (15%)
- Other Southern Europe (14%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (11%)
- Poland (8%)
- Germany (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,992 (91%)
- Carpooled: 239 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Other means: 11 (0%)
- Worked at home: 36 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (90%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Bridgewater township, New Jersey:
- 637 people in nursing homes
- 64 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 36 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 31 people in other group homes
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in religious group quarters
97.7% of residents of Bridgewater township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 44% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,918- In family households: 6,217 (1,634 male householders, 301 female householders)
1,700 spouses, 2,294 children (2,070 natural, 34 adopted, 190 stepchildren), 94 grandchildren, 29 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 33 other relatives, 114 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 701 (343 male householders (272 living alone)), 230 female householders (182 living alone)), 128 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 768 2-persons, 411 3-persons, 474 4-persons, 204 5-persons, 61 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 454 1-person, 108 2-persons, 11 3-persons,
9,545 married couples with children.
1,051 single-parent households (202 men, 849 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 97
Here: | 11.3% |
New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
Here: | 3.2% |
New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 43
Here: | 19.4% |
New Jersey: | 30.1% |