Lopatcong township, Warren County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (64% naturalized citizens)
Lopatcong township: | 4.6% |
Whole state: | 17.5% |
64% of Lopatcong township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3589
- Northeast: 1533
- Midwest: 123
- South: 194
- West: 42
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $124,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Lopatcong township, New Jersey:
- 288 people in nursing homes
- 3 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,873
- One, attached: 100
- Two: 38
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 55
- 10 to 19: 195
- 50 or more: 160
Housing units in Lopatcong township with a mortgage: 1,111 (104 second mortgage, 115 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 465
- Construction (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (16%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lopatcong township:
- Italian (24.2%)
- Irish (14.7%)
- German (14.5%)
- United States or American (7.7%)
- Polish (6.9%)
- English (6.1%)
- Hungarian (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (20%)
- Cuba (14%)
- Canada (12%)
- Italy (8%)
- Portugal (7%)
- Poland (7%)
- Vietnam (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,120 (84%)
- Carpooled: 269 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 28 (1%)
- Walked: 35 (1%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 58 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (35%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Lopatcong township, New Jersey:
- 288 people in nursing homes
- 3 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
94.1% of residents of Lopatcong township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (37% speak English very well, 49% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,465- In family households: 4,720 (1,300 male householders, 220 female householders)
1,342 spouses, 1,634 children (1,560 natural, 22 adopted, 52 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 63 other relatives, 70 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 745 (228 male householders (179 living alone)), 412 female householders (382 living alone)), 105 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 300 (294 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 623 2-persons, 332 3-persons, 327 4-persons, 164 5-persons, 56 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 561 1-person, 60 2-persons, 19 3-persons,
1,193 married couples with children.
157 single-parent households (54 men, 103 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
Here: | 4.0% |
New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 21
Here: | 7.2% |
New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 36
Here: | 18.6% |
New Jersey: | 30.1% |