Shrewsbury township, Monmouth County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 18 (37% naturalized citizens)
| Shrewsbury township: | 17.6% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
52% of Shrewsbury township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 629
- Northeast: 140
- Midwest: 25
- South: 73
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $57,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
2 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4
- One, attached: 280
- Two: 30
- 3 or 4: 46
- 5 to 9: 114
- 10 to 19: 32
- 20 to 49: 19
- 50 or more: 19
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Housing units in Shrewsbury township with a mortgage: 101 (2 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 82
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Computer specialists (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Customer service representatives (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shrewsbury township:
- Italian (18.3%)
- Irish (14.8%)
- German (9.7%)
- English (4.5%)
- Polish (3.2%)
- African (2.4%)
- Portuguese (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (20%)
- Brazil (8%)
- Korea (7%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (7%)
- Vietnam (4%)
- Jamaica (4%)
- Costa Rica (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 468 (74%)
- Carpooled: 60 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (2%)
- Railroad: 15 (2%)
- Taxi: 10 (2%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (1%)
- Bicycle: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 38 (6%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 19 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (42%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
2 people in homes for the mentally ill
79.3% of residents of Shrewsbury township speak English at home.
6.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
8.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
5.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (29% speak English very well, 45% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,096- In family households: 775 (156 male householders, 106 female householders)
153 spouses, 263 children (252 natural, 5 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 20 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 321 (114 male householders (99 living alone)), 140 female householders (105 living alone)), 67 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 107 2-persons, 90 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 204 1-person, 47 2-persons, 2 4-persons, 1 6-persons,
118 married couples with children.
84 single-parent households (13 men, 71 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 2.2% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 3.6% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 19.1% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |