Lacey township, Ocean County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (81% naturalized citizens)
| Lacey township: | 2.7% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
66% of Lacey township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 19235
- Northeast: 3818
- Midwest: 474
- South: 812
- West: 214
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $121,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
24 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 10,416
- One, attached: 75
- Two: 27
- 3 or 4: 19
- 5 to 9: 18
- Mobile homes: 25
Housing units in Lacey township with a mortgage: 5,919 (695 second mortgage, 831 home equity loan, 28 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,379
- Construction (16%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Plant and system operators (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lacey township:
- Italian (31.5%)
- Irish (19.4%)
- German (12.7%)
- Polish (7.7%)
- English (5.5%)
- United States or American (4.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (28%)
- Germany (13%)
- Portugal (6%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Philippines (5%)
- Ireland (4%)
- Poland (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 10,124 (86%)
- Carpooled: 1,257 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 100 (1%)
- Taxi: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 25 (0%)
- Walked: 63 (1%)
- Other means: 12 (0%)
- Worked at home: 213 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
24 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
94.5% of residents of Lacey township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 19% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 25,307- In family households: 22,808 (5,793 male householders, 1,486 female householders)
6,093 spouses, 8,071 children (7,481 natural, 127 adopted, 463 stepchildren), 263 grandchildren, 181 brothers or sisters, 251 parents, 225 other relatives, 445 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,499 (871 male householders (673 living alone)), 1,202 female householders (1,042 living alone)), 426 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 39 (26 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,976 2-persons, 1,598 3-persons, 1,653 4-persons, 777 5-persons, 258 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,715 1-person, 313 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 9 6-persons,
5,032 married couples with children.
1,030 single-parent households (261 men, 769 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 113
| Here: | 3.5% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 100
| Here: | 6.7% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 219
| Here: | 33.0% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |