Readington township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Readington township: | 7.1% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
65% of Readington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10127
- Northeast: 3133
- Midwest: 479
- South: 618
- West: 240
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Readington township, New Jersey:
- 30 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 26 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 7 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,473
- One, attached: 671
- Two: 77
- 3 or 4: 85
- 5 to 9: 292
- 10 to 19: 48
- 20 to 49: 48
- 50 or more: 60
- Mobile homes: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,100
Housing units in Readington township with a mortgage: 3,587 (360 second mortgage, 692 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 864
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
- Construction (9%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Health care (10%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Registered nurses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Readington township:
- Italian (18.8%)
- Irish (15.0%)
- German (14.5%)
- Polish (9.2%)
- English (7.9%)
- United States or American (4.8%)
- Russian (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (16%)
- Poland (9%)
- India (7%)
- Italy (7%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Taiwan (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,179 (85%)
- Carpooled: 505 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 23 (0%)
- Railroad: 180 (2%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 78 (1%)
- Other means: 89 (1%)
- Worked at home: 387 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Readington township, New Jersey:
- 30 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 26 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 7 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 3 people in religious group quarters
89.7% of residents of Readington township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
6.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (77% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 15,719- In family households: 14,269 (3,620 male householders, 847 female householders)
3,932 spouses, 5,187 children (4,978 natural, 132 adopted, 77 stepchildren), 126 grandchildren, 66 brothers or sisters, 114 parents, 196 other relatives, 181 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,450 (471 male householders (382 living alone)), 760 female householders (645 living alone)), 219 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 84 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,656 2-persons, 992 3-persons, 1,169 4-persons, 485 5-persons, 128 6-persons, 37 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,027 1-person, 197 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
3,706 married couples with children.
346 single-parent households (106 men, 240 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 113
| Here: | 5.5% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 97
| Here: | 13.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 65
| Here: | 13.8% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |