East Hanover township, Morris County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 19 (75% naturalized citizens)
| East Hanover township: | 18.6% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
74% of East Hanover township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7707
- Northeast: 1157
- Midwest: 102
- South: 168
- West: 37
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
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
13 people in other nonhousehold living situations
5 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,251
- One, attached: 253
- Two: 48
- 3 or 4: 120
- 5 to 9: 98
- 10 to 19: 106
- 20 to 49: 8
- Mobile homes: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $225,000
Housing units in East Hanover township with a mortgage: 2,245 (187 second mortgage, 305 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 996
- Construction (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (3%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Hanover township:
- Italian (41.8%)
- German (8.8%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- Polish (5.2%)
- United States or American (3.6%)
- English (1.5%)
- Portuguese (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (17%)
- Taiwan (16%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Philippines (6%)
- India (5%)
- Germany (3%)
- Ukraine (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,827 (85%)
- Carpooled: 487 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 43 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 32 (1%)
- Railroad: 81 (1%)
- Taxi: 13 (0%)
- Walked: 32 (1%)
- Worked at home: 134 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (86%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Electricity (1%)
13 people in other nonhousehold living situations
5 people in religious group quarters
73.2% of residents of East Hanover township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
12.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
8.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other language at home (72% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,375- In family households: 10,616 (2,762 male householders, 462 female householders)
2,905 spouses, 3,712 children (3,605 natural, 62 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 134 grandchildren, 100 brothers or sisters, 151 parents, 281 other relatives, 109 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 759 (223 male householders (151 living alone)), 400 female householders (367 living alone)), 136 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 18 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,134 2-persons, 731 3-persons, 840 4-persons, 349 5-persons, 121 6-persons, 49 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 518 1-person, 82 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
2,214 married couples with children.
194 single-parent households (42 men, 152 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 73
| Here: | 6.4% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 66
| Here: | 11.5% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 240
| Here: | 50.1% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |