Hopewell township, Cumberland County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (55% naturalized citizens)
Hopewell township: | 2.5% |
Whole state: | 17.5% |
70% of Hopewell township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3378
- Northeast: 532
- Midwest: 94
- South: 272
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Hopewell township, New Jersey:
- 183 people in nursing homes
- 26 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 11 people in other group homes
- 10 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,466
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 40
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 5
- 10 to 19: 12
- 50 or more: 128
- Mobile homes: 23
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Hopewell township with a mortgage: 695 (72 second mortgage, 111 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 502
- Public administration (11%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Health care (14%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other direct selling establishments (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hopewell township:
- German (21.8%)
- Italian (16.9%)
- English (13.3%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- United States or American (7.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (18%)
- Mexico (16%)
- India (14%)
- Turkey (14%)
- Ukraine (8%)
- Japan (8%)
- Jamaica (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,696 (78%)
- Carpooled: 315 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 37 (2%)
- Walked: 46 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 71 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (62%)
- Utility gas (20%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Hopewell township, New Jersey:
- 183 people in nursing homes
- 26 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 11 people in other group homes
- 10 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
93.1% of residents of Hopewell township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (87% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (31% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 52% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (25% speak English very well, 75% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,203- In family households: 3,708 (996 male householders, 240 female householders)
1,003 spouses, 1,219 children (1,176 natural, 17 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 83 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 56 other relatives, 76 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 495 (123 male householders (86 living alone)), 308 female householders (297 living alone)), 64 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 229 (175 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 565 2-persons, 279 3-persons, 248 4-persons, 95 5-persons, 41 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 383 1-person, 43 2-persons, 5 4-persons,
728 married couples with children.
154 single-parent households (52 men, 102 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 69
Here: | 14.1% |
New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
Here: | 2.8% |
New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 5.0% |
New Jersey: | 30.1% |