Independence township, Warren County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (37% naturalized citizens)
| Independence township: | 7.3% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
63% of Independence township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3652
- Northeast: 913
- Midwest: 225
- South: 268
- West: 86
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $145,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,200
- One, attached: 554
- Two: 51
- 3 or 4: 72
- 5 to 9: 71
- 10 to 19: 128
- 20 to 49: 85
- 50 or more: 35
- Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $450,000
Housing units in Independence township with a mortgage: 1,250 (62 second mortgage, 196 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 198
- Construction (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Independence township:
- Italian (18.1%)
- Irish (18.0%)
- German (13.1%)
- Polish (9.2%)
- United States or American (5.0%)
- English (4.9%)
- Ukrainian (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (11%)
- Germany (11%)
- Ecuador (7%)
- Cuba (6%)
- Ukraine (6%)
- Hong Kong (6%)
- India (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,607 (84%)
- Carpooled: 271 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 32 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 12 (0%)
- Railroad: 14 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 65 (2%)
- Worked at home: 115 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (35%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
89.3% of residents of Independence township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
6.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (41% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,603- In family households: 4,827 (1,254 male householders, 250 female householders)
1,344 spouses, 1,751 children (1,648 natural, 39 adopted, 64 stepchildren), 49 grandchildren, 40 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 78 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 776 (255 male householders (185 living alone)), 386 female householders (334 living alone)), 135 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 540 2-persons, 363 3-persons, 386 4-persons, 162 5-persons, 33 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 519 1-person, 114 2-persons, 8 4-persons,
1,301 married couples with children.
135 single-parent households (37 men, 98 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 69
| Here: | 10.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 85
| Here: | 39.2% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |