Chesterfield township, Burlington County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Chesterfield township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
55% of Chesterfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 12% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4405
- Northeast: 642
- Midwest: 64
- South: 289
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
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: 0.1% of all households
3,341 people in state prisons
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 867
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 33
- 3 or 4: 9
- Mobile homes: 5
Housing units in Chesterfield township with a mortgage: 553 (59 second mortgage, 118 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 170
- Public administration (13%)
- Construction (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Engineers (7%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chesterfield township:
- Italian (13.3%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- German (9.5%)
- English (7.1%)
- Polish (5.9%)
- United States or American (4.1%)
- African (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (14%)
- Mexico (10%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Cuba (7%)
- Other Caribbean (7%)
- Jamaica (7%)
- South Africa (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,138 (85%)
- Carpooled: 88 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 12 (1%)
- Railroad: 15 (1%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 71 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Electricity (9%)
3,341 people in state prisons
80.4% of residents of Chesterfield township speak English at home.
12.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
5.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (18% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 48% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (43% speak English very well, 45% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,614- In family households: 2,392 (613 male householders, 126 female householders)
668 spouses, 865 children (799 natural, 34 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 28 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 222 (83 male householders (54 living alone)), 74 female householders (57 living alone)), 65 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3,341 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 274 2-persons, 175 3-persons, 161 4-persons, 93 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 111 1-person, 34 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
572 married couples with children.
64 single-parent households (16 men, 48 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 8.3% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 115
| Here: | 16.7% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 47
| Here: | 11.0% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |