Monroe township, Middlesex County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Monroe township: | 8.1% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
62% of Monroe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 12853
- Northeast: 11516
- Midwest: 454
- South: 593
- West: 189
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $222,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.0%
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 Monroe township, New Jersey:
- 532 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 332 people in nursing homes
- 45 people in other group homes
- 32 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 29 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 17 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,273
- One, attached: 5,161
- Two: 400
- 3 or 4: 693
- 5 to 9: 232
- 10 to 19: 12
- 20 to 49: 63
- 50 or more: 418
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $75,000
Housing units in Monroe township with a mortgage: 4,957 (399 second mortgage, 747 home equity loan, 17 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,979
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monroe township:
- Italian (20.2%)
- Polish (11.4%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- Russian (8.6%)
- German (8.1%)
- United States or American (5.3%)
- English (4.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (15%)
- Italy (10%)
- Germany (10%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- India (4%)
- Philippines (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,543 (80%)
- Carpooled: 710 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 507 (5%)
- Subway or elevated: 5 (0%)
- Railroad: 59 (1%)
- Ferryboat: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 120 (1%)
- Other means: 51 (1%)
- Worked at home: 405 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Electricity (46%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Monroe township, New Jersey:
- 532 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 332 people in nursing homes
- 45 people in other group homes
- 32 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 29 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 17 people in homes for the mentally retarded
88.6% of residents of Monroe township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
7.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (58% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 27,010- In family households: 22,488 (7,019 male householders, 1,274 female householders)
7,826 spouses, 5,385 children (5,174 natural, 97 adopted, 114 stepchildren), 163 grandchildren, 162 brothers or sisters, 141 parents, 375 other relatives, 143 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,522 (941 male householders (814 living alone)), 3,306 female householders (3,180 living alone)), 275 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 989 (752 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,281 2-persons, 1,088 3-persons, 1,122 4-persons, 542 5-persons, 216 6-persons, 44 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,994 1-person, 242 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
3,557 married couples with children.
287 single-parent households (56 men, 231 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 196
| Here: | 9.9% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 79
| Here: | 8.3% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 182
| Here: | 34.0% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |