Livingston township, Essex County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 19 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Livingston township: | 18.8% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
71% of Livingston 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, 58% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 14559
- Northeast: 6299
- Midwest: 346
- South: 583
- West: 309
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $295,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.3%
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
People in group quarters in Livingston township, New Jersey:
- 94 people in nursing homes
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 5 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 8,924
- One, attached: 95
- Two: 76
- 3 or 4: 54
- 5 to 9: 33
- 10 to 19: 57
- 20 to 49: 51
- 50 or more: 143
- Mobile homes: 24
Median worth of mobile homes: $383,300
Housing units in Livingston township with a mortgage: 5,733 (459 second mortgage, 871 home equity loan, 26 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,700
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (18%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Health care (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Lawyers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Livingston township:
- Italian (17.7%)
- Russian (9.3%)
- Irish (8.6%)
- United States or American (7.9%)
- German (4.8%)
- Polish (4.6%)
- Eastern European (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (13%)
- Korea (11%)
- Philippines (9%)
- India (7%)
- Italy (6%)
- Taiwan (5%)
- Ukraine (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 10,382 (79%)
- Carpooled: 860 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 539 (4%)
- Subway or elevated: 222 (2%)
- Railroad: 315 (2%)
- Walked: 69 (1%)
- Other means: 42 (0%)
- Worked at home: 781 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (87%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Livingston township, New Jersey:
- 94 people in nursing homes
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 5 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
75.4% of residents of Livingston township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
9.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
11.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other language at home (86% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 27,265- In family households: 25,787 (6,377 male householders, 1,584 female householders)
7,113 spouses, 9,266 children (8,880 natural, 262 adopted, 124 stepchildren), 247 grandchildren, 156 brothers or sisters, 328 parents, 468 other relatives, 248 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,478 (395 male householders (311 living alone)), 939 female householders (899 living alone)), 144 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 126 (98 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,842 2-persons, 1,937 3-persons, 2,093 4-persons, 804 5-persons, 198 6-persons, 87 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,210 1-person, 113 2-persons, 11 4-persons,
6,570 married couples with children.
498 single-parent households (102 men, 396 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 445
| Here: | 13.5% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 270
| Here: | 15.8% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 267
| Here: | 34.4% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |