Little Egg Harbor township, Ocean County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (68% naturalized citizens)
| Little Egg Harbor township: | 3.1% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
57% of Little Egg Harbor township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10405
- Northeast: 4086
- Midwest: 215
- South: 549
- West: 176
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $90,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
170 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,810
- One, attached: 593
- Two: 84
- 3 or 4: 55
- 5 to 9: 146
- 10 to 19: 146
- 20 to 49: 23
- 50 or more: 70
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $112,500
Housing units in Little Egg Harbor township with a mortgage: 3,228 (194 second mortgage, 471 home equity loan, 34 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,625
- Construction (13%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (12%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Little Egg Harbor township:
- Italian (24.3%)
- Irish (18.0%)
- German (16.3%)
- English (7.7%)
- Polish (6.9%)
- United States or American (4.0%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (16%)
- Italy (12%)
- Germany (10%)
- Canada (10%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Bangladesh (6%)
- Honduras (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,791 (84%)
- Carpooled: 770 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 135 (2%)
- Walked: 56 (1%)
- Other means: 23 (0%)
- Worked at home: 153 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
170 people in nursing homes
92.4% of residents of Little Egg Harbor township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (84% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (63% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 15,853- In family households: 13,787 (3,559 male householders, 928 female householders)
3,667 spouses, 4,693 children (4,306 natural, 60 adopted, 327 stepchildren), 160 grandchildren, 61 brothers or sisters, 200 parents, 174 other relatives, 345 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,066 (789 male householders (567 living alone)), 864 female householders (788 living alone)), 413 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 166 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 2,081 2-persons, 955 3-persons, 880 4-persons, 380 5-persons, 143 6-persons, 48 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,355 1-person, 241 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 10 5-persons,
2,617 married couples with children.
899 single-parent households (265 men, 634 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 38
| Here: | 2.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 30
| Here: | 3.8% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 80
| Here: | 20.3% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |