Commercial township, Cumberland County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (58% naturalized citizens)
| Commercial township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
67% of Commercial township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4055
- Northeast: 698
- Midwest: 27
- South: 311
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 11.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
7 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,410
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 55
- 3 or 4: 7
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 678
Median worth of mobile homes: $39,400
Housing units in Commercial township with a mortgage: 574 (88 second mortgage, 67 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 349
- Nonmetallic mineral products (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Commercial township:
- German (16.5%)
- Italian (15.0%)
- Irish (14.9%)
- English (10.7%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- Polish (2.8%)
- Scottish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (41%)
- Canada (20%)
- Russia (19%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Italy (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,651 (79%)
- Carpooled: 352 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (0%)
- Other means: 24 (1%)
- Worked at home: 48 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
7 people in homes for the mentally ill
94.6% of residents of Commercial township speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,252- In family households: 4,623 (935 male householders, 437 female householders)
915 spouses, 1,628 children (1,441 natural, 113 adopted, 74 stepchildren), 232 grandchildren, 46 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 166 other relatives, 233 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 629 (284 male householders (212 living alone)), 222 female householders (188 living alone)), 123 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 7 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 439 2-persons, 359 3-persons, 310 4-persons, 145 5-persons, 92 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 400 1-person, 91 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
759 married couples with children.
461 single-parent households (154 men, 307 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 99
| Here: | 12.5% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31
| Here: | 9.5% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 14.3% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |