Princeton township, Mercer County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 25 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Princeton township: | 25.4% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
61% of Princeton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4263
- Northeast: 4258
- Midwest: 1157
- South: 1297
- West: 582
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $413,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Princeton township, New Jersey:
- 223 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 145 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 76 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,991
- One, attached: 944
- Two: 179
- 3 or 4: 356
- 5 to 9: 175
- 10 to 19: 139
- 20 to 49: 100
- 50 or more: 340
Housing units in Princeton township with a mortgage: 2,555 (245 second mortgage, 303 home equity loan, 26 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,434
- Educational services (26%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (19%)
- Health care (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (3%)
- Educational services (29%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
- Health care (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (14%)
- Life and physical scientists (9%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Physicians and surgeons (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Postsecondary teachers (7%)
- Life and physical scientists (5%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Computer specialists (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Princeton township:
- English (10.6%)
- German (9.2%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- Italian (7.6%)
- Russian (5.4%)
- United States or American (4.4%)
- Polish (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (11%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Korea (6%)
- Germany (6%)
- Mexico (6%)
- India (6%)
- France (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,739 (61%)
- Carpooled: 664 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 134 (2%)
- Railroad: 496 (6%)
- Motorcycle: 19 (0%)
- Bicycle: 226 (3%)
- Walked: 790 (10%)
- Other means: 9 (0%)
- Worked at home: 732 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Princeton township, New Jersey:
- 223 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 145 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 76 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
74.9% of residents of Princeton township speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
11.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
7.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
2.6% of residents speak other language at home (85% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 15,534- In family households: 13,348 (3,298 male householders, 1,077 female householders)
3,915 spouses, 4,422 children (4,159 natural, 132 adopted, 131 stepchildren), 46 grandchildren, 45 brothers or sisters, 64 parents, 142 other relatives, 339 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,186 (621 male householders (400 living alone)), 1,041 female householders (846 living alone)), 524 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 493 (137 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,021 2-persons, 915 3-persons, 880 4-persons, 377 5-persons, 145 6-persons, 37 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,246 1-person, 321 2-persons, 90 3-persons, 5 5-persons,
3,254 married couples with children.
485 single-parent households (74 men, 411 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 356
| Here: | 18.8% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 280
| Here: | 30.9% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 212
| Here: | 45.3% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |