Cedar Grove township, Essex County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 11 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Cedar Grove township: | 11.0% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
67% of Cedar Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8491
- Northeast: 1900
- Midwest: 124
- South: 258
- West: 68
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $406,300
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: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Cedar Grove township, New Jersey:
- 646 people in nursing homes
- 327 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 16 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 8 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,408
- One, attached: 108
- Two: 156
- 3 or 4: 215
- 5 to 9: 181
- 10 to 19: 90
- 20 to 49: 32
- 50 or more: 280
Housing units in Cedar Grove township with a mortgage: 2,121 (140 second mortgage, 390 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,185
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Construction (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (17%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cedar Grove township:
- Italian (35.6%)
- Irish (16.9%)
- German (6.9%)
- Polish (5.0%)
- English (4.0%)
- United States or American (3.6%)
- Russian (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (16%)
- Italy (8%)
- Taiwan (5%)
- India (5%)
- Germany (5%)
- Hungary (4%)
- Peru (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,799 (83%)
- Carpooled: 314 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 328 (6%)
- Railroad: 99 (2%)
- Walked: 55 (1%)
- Worked at home: 214 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (87%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (4%)
People in group quarters in Cedar Grove township, New Jersey:
- 646 people in nursing homes
- 327 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 16 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 8 people in religious group quarters
85.0% of residents of Cedar Grove township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
6.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
4.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (79% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,302- In family households: 9,948 (2,506 male householders, 716 female householders)
2,709 spouses, 3,468 children (3,379 natural, 22 adopted, 67 stepchildren), 61 grandchildren, 71 brothers or sisters, 171 parents, 125 other relatives, 121 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,354 (404 male householders (328 living alone)), 766 female householders (684 living alone)), 184 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 998 (975 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,364 2-persons, 707 3-persons, 710 4-persons, 339 5-persons, 66 6-persons, 36 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,012 1-person, 134 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 16 4-persons,
2,083 married couples with children.
168 single-parent households (22 men, 146 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 106
| Here: | 10.4% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 51
| Here: | 9.9% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 240
| Here: | 42.9% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |