Morris township, Morris County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 11 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Morris township: | 10.7% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
65% of Morris 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, 53% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10851
- Northeast: 5274
- Midwest: 1317
- South: 1352
- West: 437
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $191,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Morris township, New Jersey:
- 395 people in nursing homes
- 369 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 148 people in religious group quarters
- 105 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 15 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 9 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 4 people in unknown juvenile institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,962
- One, attached: 905
- Two: 297
- 3 or 4: 160
- 5 to 9: 243
- 10 to 19: 493
- 20 to 49: 112
- 50 or more: 120
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Housing units in Morris township with a mortgage: 4,565 (416 second mortgage, 702 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,638
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (19%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Construction (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (16%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Top executives (8%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Lawyers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Morris township:
- Irish (18.6%)
- Italian (17.2%)
- German (9.6%)
- English (7.0%)
- United States or American (5.2%)
- Polish (3.9%)
- Russian (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (9%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Colombia (8%)
- Canada (6%)
- Germany (6%)
- Italy (4%)
- Korea (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,671 (79%)
- Carpooled: 555 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 51 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
- Railroad: 721 (7%)
- Walked: 190 (2%)
- Other means: 53 (0%)
- Worked at home: 666 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (9%)
People in group quarters in Morris township, New Jersey:
- 395 people in nursing homes
- 369 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 148 people in religious group quarters
- 105 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 15 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 9 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 4 people in unknown juvenile institutions
86.6% of residents of Morris township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
6.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 20,725- In family households: 18,294 (5,009 male householders, 1,029 female householders)
5,465 spouses, 6,084 children (5,763 natural, 181 adopted, 140 stepchildren), 123 grandchildren, 99 brothers or sisters, 108 parents, 182 other relatives, 195 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,431 (730 male householders (610 living alone)), 1,326 female householders (1,147 living alone)), 375 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,071 (428 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,783 2-persons, 1,293 3-persons, 1,257 4-persons, 514 5-persons, 146 6-persons, 45 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,757 1-person, 262 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
4,281 married couples with children.
410 single-parent households (88 men, 322 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 697
| Here: | 31.4% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 304
| Here: | 32.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 552
| Here: | 64.6% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |