Hamilton township, Atlantic County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Hamilton township: | 6.6% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
57% of Hamilton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 12031
- Northeast: 4634
- Midwest: 449
- South: 1217
- West: 255
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $93,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Hamilton township, New Jersey:
- 955 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 37 people in nursing homes
- 34 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 5 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,314
- One, attached: 1,493
- Two: 186
- 3 or 4: 301
- 5 to 9: 629
- 10 to 19: 319
- 20 to 49: 104
- 50 or more: 145
- Mobile homes: 76
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,000
Housing units in Hamilton township with a mortgage: 3,721 (456 second mortgage, 521 home equity loan, 18 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 726
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (15%)
- Construction (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hamilton township:
- Italian (18.1%)
- German (15.1%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- English (5.2%)
- Polish (3.8%)
- United States or American (3.0%)
- African (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (12%)
- Italy (11%)
- Philippines (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Korea (5%)
- Vietnam (4%)
- Other Western Africa (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,040 (85%)
- Carpooled: 835 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 292 (3%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 14 (0%)
- Walked: 74 (1%)
- Other means: 44 (0%)
- Worked at home: 177 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Hamilton township, New Jersey:
- 955 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 37 people in nursing homes
- 34 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 5 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
86.0% of residents of Hamilton township speak English at home.
7.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 19,458- In family households: 16,828 (3,705 male householders, 1,371 female householders)
3,882 spouses, 6,262 children (5,624 natural, 178 adopted, 460 stepchildren), 460 grandchildren, 200 brothers or sisters, 206 parents, 433 other relatives, 309 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,630 (921 male householders (645 living alone)), 1,148 female householders (938 living alone)), 561 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,041 (1,028 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,761 2-persons, 1,267 3-persons, 1,139 4-persons, 592 5-persons, 198 6-persons, 119 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,583 1-person, 437 2-persons, 40 3-persons, 9 4-persons,
3,534 married couples with children.
1,388 single-parent households (330 men, 1,058 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 359
| Here: | 13.9% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 136
| Here: | 10.7% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 98
| Here: | 10.7% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |