Delaware township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (77% naturalized citizens)
| Delaware township: | 4.5% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
74% of Delaware township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2903
- Northeast: 1056
- Midwest: 140
- South: 125
- West: 44
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,608
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 53
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 5
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Delaware township with a mortgage: 703 (68 second mortgage, 144 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 329
- Construction (17%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Lawyers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Top executives (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Registered nurses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Delaware township:
- Irish (19.0%)
- German (17.1%)
- Italian (13.2%)
- English (8.7%)
- Polish (6.7%)
- United States or American (5.2%)
- Dutch (4.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (18%)
- India (15%)
- Italy (10%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Netherlands (9%)
- Pakistan (5%)
- Greece (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,950 (80%)
- Carpooled: 229 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 29 (1%)
- Walked: 31 (1%)
- Worked at home: 187 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (71%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (3%)
7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
91.3% of residents of Delaware township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 16% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
7.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,474- In family households: 4,030 (1,080 male householders, 217 female householders)
1,170 spouses, 1,419 children (1,354 natural, 0 adopted, 65 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 28 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 43 other relatives, 47 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 444 (182 male householders (120 living alone)), 160 female householders (126 living alone)), 102 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 7 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 535 2-persons, 300 3-persons, 307 4-persons, 102 5-persons, 44 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 246 1-person, 90 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
934 married couples with children.
91 single-parent households (35 men, 56 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 36
| Here: | 7.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 30
| Here: | 10.5% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 21
| Here: | 20.6% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |