Chatham township, Morris County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 12 (49% naturalized citizens)
| Chatham township: | 12.0% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
64% of Chatham township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5019
- Northeast: 2429
- Midwest: 706
- South: 378
- West: 260
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
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
102 people in nursing homes
16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,683
- One, attached: 180
- Two: 24
- 3 or 4: 130
- 5 to 9: 578
- 10 to 19: 206
- 20 to 49: 62
- 50 or more: 156
Housing units in Chatham township with a mortgage: 1,982 (134 second mortgage, 392 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 650
- Finance and insurance (23%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (19%)
- Health care (7%)
- Construction (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Health care (12%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Financial managers (7%)
- Lawyers (7%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chatham township:
- Irish (17.8%)
- Italian (17.5%)
- German (11.7%)
- English (9.8%)
- Polish (5.4%)
- United States or American (5.2%)
- Russian (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (19%)
- Canada (9%)
- India (7%)
- Taiwan (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Russia (6%)
- Other Western Europe (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,630 (74%)
- Carpooled: 216 (4%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 19 (0%)
- Railroad: 684 (14%)
- Taxi: 11 (0%)
- Walked: 45 (1%)
- Other means: 23 (0%)
- Worked at home: 274 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (88%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Electricity (3%)
102 people in nursing homes
16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
88.5% of residents of Chatham township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
5.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
4.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,967- In family households: 8,646 (2,297 male householders, 485 female householders)
2,453 spouses, 3,198 children (3,031 natural, 73 adopted, 94 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 37 brothers or sisters, 40 parents, 53 other relatives, 65 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,321 (392 male householders (329 living alone)), 766 female householders (700 living alone)), 163 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 119 (103 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,192 2-persons, 532 3-persons, 652 4-persons, 317 5-persons, 79 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,029 1-person, 104 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
2,494 married couples with children.
171 single-parent households (16 men, 155 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 159
| Here: | 12.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 74
| Here: | 15.5% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 122
| Here: | 64.6% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |