Buena Vista township, Atlantic County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Buena Vista township: | 0.0% |
Whole state: | 17.5% |
71% of Buena Vista township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 439
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 56
- South: 3
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $40,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Buena Vista township, New Jersey:
- 50 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 20 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 10 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 7 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 218
- Mobile homes: 25
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,400
Housing units in Buena Vista township with a mortgage: 49 (3 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 69
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (34%)
- Construction (8%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Gasoline stations (3%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Social assistance (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Health care (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Child care workers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buena Vista township:
- German (48.1%)
- English (11.6%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- United States or American (5.7%)
- Polish (3.6%)
- Danish (3.1%)
- Czech (2.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 143 (58%)
- Carpooled: 39 (16%)
- Walked: 35 (14%)
- Worked at home: 28 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (58%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Other fuel (3%)
People in group quarters in Buena Vista township, New Jersey:
- 50 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 20 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 10 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 7 people in religious group quarters
97.9% of residents of Buena Vista township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 515- In family households: 449 (148 male householders, 12 female householders)
150 spouses, 128 children (115 natural, 5 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 2 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 66 (21 male householders (18 living alone)), 43 female householders (43 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 101 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 61 1-person, 3 2-persons,
1,240 married couples with children.
321 single-parent households (126 men, 195 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 4.8% |
New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 15.4% |
New Jersey: | 30.1% |