Hanover township, Morris County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 16 (66% naturalized citizens)
Hanover township: | 15.7% |
Whole state: | 17.5% |
73% of Hanover township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8490
- Northeast: 1651
- Midwest: 244
- South: 227
- West: 137
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $168,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Hanover township, New Jersey:
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 11 people in religious group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,844
- One, attached: 443
- Two: 83
- 3 or 4: 63
- 5 to 9: 170
- 10 to 19: 166
- 20 to 49: 22
- 50 or more: 27
Housing units in Hanover township with a mortgage: 2,588 (266 second mortgage, 472 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,305
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Construction (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Computer specialists (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hanover township:
- Italian (27.7%)
- Irish (15.3%)
- German (9.4%)
- Polish (8.0%)
- English (6.2%)
- United States or American (4.1%)
- Ukrainian (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (13%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (13%)
- India (11%)
- Taiwan (8%)
- Poland (8%)
- Ukraine (6%)
- Philippines (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,672 (85%)
- Carpooled: 550 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 55 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 18 (0%)
- Railroad: 86 (1%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 78 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 191 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (90%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Hanover township, New Jersey:
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 11 people in religious group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
79.2% of residents of Hanover township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
11.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
6.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,869- In family households: 11,535 (2,968 male householders, 685 female householders)
3,113 spouses, 3,971 children (3,784 natural, 78 adopted, 109 stepchildren), 110 grandchildren, 170 brothers or sisters, 197 parents, 206 other relatives, 115 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,334 (440 male householders (338 living alone)), 675 female householders (598 living alone)), 219 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 29 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,435 2-persons, 849 3-persons, 857 4-persons, 352 5-persons, 101 6-persons, 59 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 936 1-person, 165 2-persons, 7 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
2,547 married couples with children.
250 single-parent households (50 men, 200 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 75
Here: | 5.6% |
New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 45
Here: | 7.2% |
New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 168
Here: | 37.8% |
New Jersey: | 30.1% |