South Orange Village township, Essex County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 17 (48% naturalized citizens)
| South Orange Village township: | 16.9% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
60% of South Orange Village township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7639
- Northeast: 4184
- Midwest: 680
- South: 1123
- West: 299
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $280,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
People in group quarters in South Orange Village township, New Jersey:
- 1,897 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 62 people in religious group quarters
- 54 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 41 people in other group homes
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 13 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,841
- One, attached: 104
- Two: 292
- 3 or 4: 131
- 5 to 9: 91
- 10 to 19: 253
- 20 to 49: 635
- 50 or more: 311
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $546,900
Housing units in South Orange Village township with a mortgage: 2,786 (354 second mortgage, 438 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 811
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (16%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Health care (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Lawyers (6%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Physicians and surgeons (3%)
- Top executives (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Lawyers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Orange Village township:
- Italian (11.1%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- German (6.3%)
- Polish (4.3%)
- Russian (4.1%)
- Haitian (3.3%)
- United States or American (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Haiti (14%)
- Jamaica (10%)
- Nigeria (6%)
- Guyana (5%)
- Mexico (4%)
- Germany (4%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,723 (54%)
- Carpooled: 625 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 252 (3%)
- Subway or elevated: 133 (2%)
- Railroad: 1,480 (17%)
- Walked: 935 (11%)
- Other means: 56 (1%)
- Worked at home: 601 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (25%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in South Orange Village township, New Jersey:
- 1,897 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 62 people in religious group quarters
- 54 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 41 people in other group homes
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 13 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
80.5% of residents of South Orange Village township speak English at home.
5.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
9.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 14,873- In family households: 12,772 (2,667 male householders, 1,133 female householders)
3,113 spouses, 4,762 children (4,350 natural, 219 adopted, 193 stepchildren), 171 grandchildren, 166 brothers or sisters, 130 parents, 349 other relatives, 281 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,101 (771 male householders (551 living alone)), 933 female householders (842 living alone)), 397 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,091 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,351 2-persons, 849 3-persons, 900 4-persons, 407 5-persons, 204 6-persons, 89 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,393 1-person, 261 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
2,913 married couples with children.
546 single-parent households (125 men, 421 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 201
| Here: | 12.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 159
| Here: | 17.6% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,007
| Here: | 79.8% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |