Verona township, Essex County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 10 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Verona township: | 9.7% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
66% of Verona township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8831
- Northeast: 2414
- Midwest: 434
- South: 240
- West: 227
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $165,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
13 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,574
- One, attached: 134
- Two: 435
- 3 or 4: 222
- 5 to 9: 225
- 10 to 19: 191
- 20 to 49: 165
- 50 or more: 773
Housing units in Verona township with a mortgage: 2,593 (280 second mortgage, 416 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 889
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Construction (8%)
- Health care (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
- Accountants and auditors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Verona township:
- Italian (32.6%)
- Irish (18.1%)
- German (7.4%)
- Polish (5.0%)
- English (4.6%)
- Russian (4.2%)
- United States or American (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (10%)
- India (10%)
- Italy (8%)
- Ireland (7%)
- Korea (5%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
- Philippines (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,396 (80%)
- Carpooled: 403 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 310 (5%)
- Subway or elevated: 63 (1%)
- Railroad: 102 (2%)
- Taxi: 19 (0%)
- Walked: 133 (2%)
- Other means: 25 (0%)
- Worked at home: 293 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
13 people in religious group quarters
86.7% of residents of Verona township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
6.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,520- In family households: 11,344 (2,932 male householders, 781 female householders)
3,340 spouses, 3,898 children (3,799 natural, 50 adopted, 49 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 39 brothers or sisters, 111 parents, 146 other relatives, 67 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,176 (550 male householders (469 living alone)), 1,354 female householders (1,218 living alone)), 272 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 13 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,548 2-persons, 857 3-persons, 846 4-persons, 347 5-persons, 87 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,687 1-person, 178 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 7 5-persons,
2,623 married couples with children.
323 single-parent households (63 men, 260 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 153
| Here: | 11.1% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 93
| Here: | 15.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 150
| Here: | 36.0% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |