Berkeley township, Ocean County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (84% naturalized citizens)
| Berkeley township: | 6.7% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
68% of Berkeley 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, 72% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 24823
- Northeast: 10340
- Midwest: 609
- South: 943
- West: 276
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $93,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
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 Berkeley township, New Jersey:
- 348 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 219 people in nursing homes
- 13 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 8 people in homes for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 21,141
- One, attached: 260
- Two: 126
- 3 or 4: 77
- 5 to 9: 177
- 10 to 19: 303
- 20 to 49: 85
- 50 or more: 35
- Mobile homes: 79
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $101,100
Housing units in Berkeley township with a mortgage: 6,660 (599 second mortgage, 1,191 home equity loan, 18 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11,268
- Construction (16%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Health care (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Berkeley township:
- Italian (31.2%)
- Irish (17.2%)
- German (13.4%)
- Polish (8.6%)
- English (4.4%)
- United States or American (3.8%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (19%)
- Germany (18%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Poland (8%)
- Ireland (6%)
- Mexico (5%)
- Ukraine (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,657 (82%)
- Carpooled: 1,210 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 217 (2%)
- Subway or elevated: 8 (0%)
- Railroad: 37 (0%)
- Bicycle: 25 (0%)
- Walked: 53 (1%)
- Other means: 45 (0%)
- Worked at home: 282 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (84%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Berkeley township, New Jersey:
- 348 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 219 people in nursing homes
- 13 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 8 people in homes for the physically handicapped
90.8% of residents of Berkeley township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
6.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 39,397- In family households: 31,035 (10,126 male householders, 2,060 female householders)
10,658 spouses, 6,552 children (5,955 natural, 222 adopted, 375 stepchildren), 246 grandchildren, 411 brothers or sisters, 292 parents, 372 other relatives, 318 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 8,362 (1,939 male householders (1,619 living alone)), 5,753 female householders (5,534 living alone)), 670 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 591 (223 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 8,566 2-persons, 1,732 3-persons, 1,065 4-persons, 522 5-persons, 218 6-persons, 83 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 7,153 1-person, 477 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
3,345 married couples with children.
758 single-parent households (221 men, 537 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 81
| Here: | 3.7% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 101
| Here: | 7.7% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 177
| Here: | 25.1% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |