Franklin township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 6.9% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
69% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1971
- Northeast: 573
- Midwest: 103
- South: 91
- West: 36
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,051
- One, attached: 23
- Two: 45
- 3 or 4: 6
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 582 (58 second mortgage, 141 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 208
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (16%)
- Construction (11%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (19.2%)
- Italian (16.7%)
- Irish (14.1%)
- Polish (9.4%)
- English (9.0%)
- United States or American (4.3%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (18%)
- Germany (13%)
- Italy (11%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (9%)
- Romania (8%)
- Canada (7%)
- Cuba (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,268 (80%)
- Carpooled: 107 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (1%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 30 (2%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 142 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (74%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Wood (1%)
90.5% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
5.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (28% speak English very well, 56% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,990- In family households: 2,729 (774 male householders, 112 female householders)
830 spouses, 893 children (829 natural, 38 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 33 parents, 49 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 261 (124 male householders (101 living alone)), 87 female householders (58 living alone)), 50 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 391 2-persons, 186 3-persons, 197 4-persons, 87 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 159 1-person, 44 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
642 married couples with children.
62 single-parent households (10 men, 52 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 43
| Here: | 11.5% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 45
| Here: | 27.8% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
| Here: | 19.6% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |