Florence township, Burlington County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Florence township: | 6.4% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
64% of Florence township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7552
- Northeast: 1558
- Midwest: 186
- South: 478
- West: 138
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
45 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,870
- One, attached: 1,544
- Two: 133
- 3 or 4: 253
- 5 to 9: 285
- 10 to 19: 79
- 20 to 49: 145
- 50 or more: 82
Housing units in Florence township with a mortgage: 2,094 (185 second mortgage, 315 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 759
- Public administration (11%)
- Construction (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Food (3%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (13%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Florence township:
- Italian (17.1%)
- Irish (15.7%)
- German (14.3%)
- English (8.1%)
- Polish (6.0%)
- Hungarian (5.7%)
- United States or American (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (25%)
- Turkey (11%)
- Italy (9%)
- Canada (7%)
- Romania (7%)
- Pakistan (6%)
- Germany (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,459 (83%)
- Carpooled: 534 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 79 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 8 (0%)
- Railroad: 28 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 11 (0%)
- Walked: 130 (2%)
- Other means: 15 (0%)
- Worked at home: 86 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
45 people in nursing homes
90.6% of residents of Florence township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
5.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,700- In family households: 9,224 (2,222 male householders, 694 female householders)
2,214 spouses, 3,351 children (3,187 natural, 58 adopted, 106 stepchildren), 156 grandchildren, 126 brothers or sisters, 109 parents, 147 other relatives, 205 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,476 (536 male householders (419 living alone)), 703 female householders (621 living alone)), 237 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 46 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,219 2-persons, 675 3-persons, 627 4-persons, 257 5-persons, 93 6-persons, 45 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,040 1-person, 184 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
1,856 married couples with children.
600 single-parent households (138 men, 462 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 287
| Here: | 22.4% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 119
| Here: | 16.9% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 105
| Here: | 23.3% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |