Bedminster township, Somerset County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 15 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Bedminster township: | 14.7% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
49% of Bedminster township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% 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: 3956
- Northeast: 2020
- Midwest: 414
- South: 389
- West: 238
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $450,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
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
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,145
- One, attached: 1,729
- Two: 112
- 3 or 4: 201
- 5 to 9: 491
- 10 to 19: 604
- 20 to 49: 162
- 50 or more: 13
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Housing units in Bedminster township with a mortgage: 1,766 (115 second mortgage, 176 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 403
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (17%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Health care (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Health care (9%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bedminster township:
- Italian (17.3%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- German (12.8%)
- English (8.6%)
- United States or American (6.0%)
- Polish (5.3%)
- Russian (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (11%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Italy (6%)
- Other South America (5%)
- Korea (5%)
- Egypt (5%)
- Taiwan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,966 (81%)
- Carpooled: 288 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 31 (1%)
- Railroad: 127 (3%)
- Walked: 125 (3%)
- Other means: 19 (0%)
- Worked at home: 358 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
83.2% of residents of Bedminster township speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
5.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
5.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,298- In family households: 5,879 (1,591 male householders, 515 female householders)
1,761 spouses, 1,822 children (1,720 natural, 33 adopted, 69 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 41 parents, 34 other relatives, 76 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,419 (848 male householders (723 living alone)), 1,284 female householders (1,134 living alone)), 287 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,127 2-persons, 500 3-persons, 306 4-persons, 118 5-persons, 41 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,857 1-person, 264 2-persons, 11 3-persons,
1,153 married couples with children.
287 single-parent households (50 men, 237 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 75
| Here: | 12.6% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 43
| Here: | 13.8% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 76
| Here: | 30.4% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |