Fairfield township, Cumberland County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (61% naturalized citizens)
| Fairfield township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
74% of Fairfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4996
- Northeast: 366
- Midwest: 26
- South: 681
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Fairfield township, New Jersey:
- 1,342 people in federal prisons and detention centers
- 47 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 22 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,479
- One, attached: 32
- Two: 27
- 3 or 4: 22
- 5 to 9: 17
- Mobile homes: 331
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,700
Housing units in Fairfield township with a mortgage: 680 (66 second mortgage, 88 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 472
- Construction (9%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fairfield township:
- German (10.7%)
- Italian (8.2%)
- United States or American (5.7%)
- Irish (4.3%)
- English (4.3%)
- Jamaican (1.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Jamaica (66%)
- Ireland (8%)
- Germany (6%)
- Other Eastern Europe (6%)
- Barbados (5%)
- Canada (4%)
- Mexico (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,598 (82%)
- Carpooled: 218 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 29 (1%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 31 (2%)
- Other means: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 57 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (64%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Fairfield township, New Jersey:
- 1,342 people in federal prisons and detention centers
- 47 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 22 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in other group homes
88.8% of residents of Fairfield township speak English at home.
9.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,871- In family households: 4,411 (857 male householders, 487 female householders)
813 spouses, 1,556 children (1,457 natural, 44 adopted, 55 stepchildren), 262 grandchildren, 112 brothers or sisters, 55 parents, 118 other relatives, 151 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 460 (158 male householders (121 living alone)), 242 female householders (237 living alone)), 60 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,412 (1,368 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 550 2-persons, 313 3-persons, 245 4-persons, 152 5-persons, 34 6-persons, 50 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 358 1-person, 30 2-persons, 12 3-persons,
597 married couples with children.
325 single-parent households (84 men, 241 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 54
| Here: | 8.2% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 52
| Here: | 12.1% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
| Here: | 10.4% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |