Mendham township, Morris County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Mendham township: | 7.5% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
62% of Mendham township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2637
- Northeast: 1435
- Midwest: 311
- South: 343
- West: 251
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $625,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,792
- One, attached: 22
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 21
- 10 to 19: 6
Housing units in Mendham township with a mortgage: 1,089 (102 second mortgage, 187 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 439
- Finance and insurance (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Health care (8%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Top executives (11%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Physicians and surgeons (5%)
- Lawyers (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mendham township:
- German (17.9%)
- Irish (15.4%)
- Italian (15.3%)
- United States or American (8.6%)
- English (8.5%)
- Polish (3.6%)
- Russian (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (15%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Canada (10%)
- India (8%)
- Cuba (8%)
- Italy (6%)
- Iran (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,897 (83%)
- Carpooled: 148 (6%)
- Railroad: 86 (4%)
- Walked: 5 (0%)
- Other means: 20 (1%)
- Worked at home: 130 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
91.1% of residents of Mendham township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
5.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,390- In family households: 5,107 (1,292 male householders, 252 female householders)
1,448 spouses, 1,985 children (1,838 natural, 118 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 43 parents, 37 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 283 (81 male householders (56 living alone)), 157 female householders (140 living alone)), 45 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 566 2-persons, 324 3-persons, 363 4-persons, 207 5-persons, 77 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 196 1-person, 42 2-persons,
1,585 married couples with children.
121 single-parent households (35 men, 86 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 197
| Here: | 25.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 96
| Here: | 30.2% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 57
| Here: | 42.5% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |