Lower township, Cape May County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (76% naturalized citizens)
| Lower township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
61% of Lower township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10401
- Northeast: 9738
- Midwest: 507
- South: 1231
- West: 235
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $84,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Lower township, New Jersey:
- 186 people in nursing homes
- 35 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 13 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 11,489
- One, attached: 1,121
- Two: 210
- 3 or 4: 71
- 5 to 9: 41
- 10 to 19: 247
- 20 to 49: 68
- 50 or more: 217
- Mobile homes: 460
Median worth of mobile homes: $66,200
Housing units in Lower township with a mortgage: 4,411 (457 second mortgage, 790 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,651
- Construction (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lower township:
- Irish (25.6%)
- German (19.0%)
- Italian (16.3%)
- English (9.5%)
- Polish (5.0%)
- United States or American (4.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (17%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
- Philippines (13%)
- India (10%)
- Italy (9%)
- Greece (7%)
- Ireland (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,520 (81%)
- Carpooled: 1,095 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 227 (2%)
- Railroad: 9 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 44 (0%)
- Walked: 170 (2%)
- Other means: 77 (1%)
- Worked at home: 131 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (34%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Lower township, New Jersey:
- 186 people in nursing homes
- 35 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 13 people in religious group quarters
95.2% of residents of Lower township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (81% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 22,716- In family households: 19,346 (4,919 male householders, 1,470 female householders)
4,992 spouses, 6,511 children (5,970 natural, 108 adopted, 433 stepchildren), 388 grandchildren, 105 brothers or sisters, 153 parents, 310 other relatives, 498 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,370 (1,096 male householders (865 living alone)), 1,795 female householders (1,640 living alone)), 479 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 232 (185 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,055 2-persons, 1,292 3-persons, 1,157 4-persons, 658 5-persons, 162 6-persons, 65 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,505 1-person, 321 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
3,585 married couples with children.
1,342 single-parent households (310 men, 1,032 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 198
| Here: | 7.2% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 143
| Here: | 10.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 92
| Here: | 19.3% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |