Montague township, Sussex County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (76% naturalized citizens)
| Montague township: | 3.9% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
60% of Montague township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% 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: 2313
- Northeast: 711
- Midwest: 75
- South: 124
- West: 47
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $140,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
10 people in unknown juvenile institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 998
- One, attached: 92
- Two: 105
- 3 or 4: 249
- 5 to 9: 106
- 10 to 19: 30
- 20 to 49: 5
- Mobile homes: 3
Housing units in Montague township with a mortgage: 550 (57 second mortgage, 61 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 207
- Construction (15%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Montague township:
- Italian (23.4%)
- German (17.3%)
- Irish (15.3%)
- English (10.4%)
- United States or American (5.5%)
- Polish (5.1%)
- Dutch (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (12%)
- Yugoslavia (11%)
- Cuba (10%)
- Netherlands (9%)
- Argentina (8%)
- Italy (7%)
- Jamaica (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,298 (85%)
- Carpooled: 167 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 20 (1%)
- Walked: 6 (0%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 31 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (50%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (3%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
10 people in unknown juvenile institutions
92.9% of residents of Montague township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,402- In family households: 2,929 (732 male householders, 172 female householders)
756 spouses, 1,082 children (998 natural, 35 adopted, 49 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 23 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 58 other relatives, 67 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 473 (216 male householders (166 living alone)), 158 female householders (133 living alone)), 99 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 353 2-persons, 209 3-persons, 197 4-persons, 99 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 299 1-person, 64 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
701 married couples with children.
159 single-parent households (59 men, 100 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 83
| Here: | 17.8% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 6.9% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 54
| Here: | 45.0% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |