Hillsborough township, Somerset County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 12 (52% naturalized citizens)
| Hillsborough township: | 12.1% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
60% of Hillsborough township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 21021
- Northeast: 7608
- Midwest: 1316
- South: 1454
- West: 527
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $149,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Hillsborough township, New Jersey:
- 146 people in nursing homes
- 62 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 42 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in homes for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 7,786
- One, attached: 2,779
- Two: 164
- 3 or 4: 221
- 5 to 9: 557
- 10 to 19: 857
- 20 to 49: 217
- 50 or more: 226
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $225,000
Housing units in Hillsborough township with a mortgage: 8,084 (852 second mortgage, 1,252 home equity loan, 26 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,183
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Construction (8%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Computer specialists (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hillsborough township:
- Italian (20.2%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- Polish (10.4%)
- German (10.1%)
- English (4.5%)
- United States or American (4.4%)
- Russian (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (12%)
- Poland (8%)
- Philippines (6%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Costa Rica (5%)
- Pakistan (5%)
- Italy (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 16,441 (85%)
- Carpooled: 1,431 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 68 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
- Railroad: 316 (2%)
- Taxi: 35 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 36 (0%)
- Walked: 235 (1%)
- Other means: 120 (1%)
- Worked at home: 731 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Hillsborough township, New Jersey:
- 146 people in nursing homes
- 62 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 42 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in homes for the physically handicapped
83.5% of residents of Hillsborough township speak English at home.
4.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
7.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
3.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 36,383- In family households: 33,103 (8,150 male householders, 1,812 female householders)
8,785 spouses, 12,809 children (12,116 natural, 317 adopted, 376 stepchildren), 206 grandchildren, 250 brothers or sisters, 392 parents, 385 other relatives, 314 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,280 (1,151 male householders (859 living alone)), 1,543 female householders (1,313 living alone)), 586 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 271 (159 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,222 2-persons, 2,425 3-persons, 2,753 4-persons, 1,076 5-persons, 400 6-persons, 86 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,172 1-person, 470 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
9,304 married couples with children.
1,042 single-parent households (230 men, 812 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 408
| Here: | 8.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 204
| Here: | 9.6% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 317
| Here: | 23.6% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |