Stafford township, Ocean County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Stafford township: | 4.4% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
52% of Stafford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 14984
- Northeast: 5167
- Midwest: 434
- South: 600
- West: 213
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $120,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
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 Stafford township, New Jersey:
- 223 people in nursing homes
- 67 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 10,826
- One, attached: 140
- Two: 259
- 3 or 4: 97
- 5 to 9: 25
- 10 to 19: 10
- 20 to 49: 8
- 50 or more: 9
- Mobile homes: 175
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,600
Housing units in Stafford township with a mortgage: 5,223 (422 second mortgage, 756 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,143
- Construction (18%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Stafford township:
- Italian (22.5%)
- Irish (22.0%)
- German (15.6%)
- Polish (7.3%)
- English (7.1%)
- United States or American (4.0%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Italy (7%)
- Cuba (6%)
- Germany (6%)
- Mexico (5%)
- Portugal (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,601 (87%)
- Carpooled: 973 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 65 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 52 (1%)
- Other means: 52 (1%)
- Worked at home: 163 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Stafford township, New Jersey:
- 223 people in nursing homes
- 67 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
92.9% of residents of Stafford township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
3.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 22,224- In family households: 19,837 (5,424 male householders, 1,081 female householders)
5,697 spouses, 6,398 children (5,884 natural, 176 adopted, 338 stepchildren), 232 grandchildren, 142 brothers or sisters, 222 parents, 365 other relatives, 276 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,387 (827 male householders (668 living alone)), 1,223 female householders (1,067 living alone)), 337 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 293 (223 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,996 2-persons, 1,430 3-persons, 1,269 4-persons, 559 5-persons, 215 6-persons, 36 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,735 1-person, 297 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
4,203 married couples with children.
799 single-parent households (213 men, 586 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 163
| Here: | 6.5% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 43
| Here: | 4.3% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 131
| Here: | 18.0% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |