Lawrence township, Cumberland County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (28% naturalized citizens)
| Lawrence township: | 4.0% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
74% of Lawrence township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2062
- Northeast: 263
- Midwest: 29
- South: 196
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
54 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 943
- One, attached: 26
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 12
- 10 to 19: 4
- Mobile homes: 7
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Lawrence township with a mortgage: 485 (36 second mortgage, 67 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 229
- Construction (12%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (10%)
- Food (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Bus drivers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lawrence township:
- Italian (22.6%)
- German (12.5%)
- English (9.6%)
- Polish (8.4%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- United States or American (3.7%)
- European (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (43%)
- India (27%)
- Korea (11%)
- Canada (7%)
- Italy (5%)
- Poland (4%)
- Jamaica (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 918 (79%)
- Carpooled: 125 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Bicycle: 24 (2%)
- Walked: 36 (3%)
- Other means: 26 (2%)
- Worked at home: 24 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (57%)
- Utility gas (16%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Wood (1%)
54 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
91.0% of residents of Lawrence township speak English at home.
6.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (30% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 39% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,665- In family households: 2,411 (552 male householders, 157 female householders)
570 spouses, 915 children (819 natural, 23 adopted, 73 stepchildren), 54 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 37 other relatives, 90 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 254 (113 male householders (84 living alone)), 91 female householders (80 living alone)), 50 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 56 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 245 2-persons, 177 3-persons, 148 4-persons, 89 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 164 1-person, 36 2-persons, 4 5-persons,
521 married couples with children.
151 single-parent households (52 men, 99 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
| Here: | 5.8% |
| 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: 3
| Here: | 5.9% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |