Lawrence township, Mercer County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 17 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Lawrence township: | 17.5% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
57% of Lawrence 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, 48% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 15006
- Northeast: 5671
- Midwest: 958
- South: 1750
- West: 334
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $171,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
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
People in group quarters in Lawrence township, New Jersey:
- 1,864 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 277 people in nursing homes
- 112 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 27 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in religious group quarters
- 9 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,998
- One, attached: 1,731
- Two: 310
- 3 or 4: 420
- 5 to 9: 645
- 10 to 19: 1,163
- 20 to 49: 359
- 50 or more: 544
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $112,500
Housing units in Lawrence township with a mortgage: 4,867 (475 second mortgage, 765 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,755
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Construction (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Life and physical scientists (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lawrence township:
- Italian (16.9%)
- Polish (11.4%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- German (9.1%)
- English (6.1%)
- United States or American (2.4%)
- Russian (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (16%)
- Poland (12%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Italy (6%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Germany (5%)
- Canada (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 11,666 (80%)
- Carpooled: 1,072 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 194 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 21 (0%)
- Railroad: 561 (4%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 501 (3%)
- Other means: 82 (1%)
- Worked at home: 505 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Lawrence township, New Jersey:
- 1,864 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 277 people in nursing homes
- 112 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 27 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in religious group quarters
- 9 people in homes for the mentally ill
80.2% of residents of Lawrence township speak English at home.
4.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
11.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 26,849- In family households: 22,356 (5,541 male householders, 1,729 female householders)
6,087 spouses, 7,820 children (7,302 natural, 276 adopted, 242 stepchildren), 172 grandchildren, 193 brothers or sisters, 126 parents, 416 other relatives, 272 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,493 (1,473 male householders (1,119 living alone)), 2,096 female householders (1,783 living alone)), 924 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,310 (316 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,084 2-persons, 1,747 3-persons, 1,566 4-persons, 626 5-persons, 179 6-persons, 68 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,902 1-person, 523 2-persons, 72 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
4,910 married couples with children.
984 single-parent households (151 men, 833 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 414
| Here: | 14.1% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 305
| Here: | 20.7% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,027
| Here: | 69.6% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |