Voorhees township, Camden County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 13 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Voorhees township: | 13.4% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
59% of Voorhees township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 11113
- Northeast: 10278
- Midwest: 824
- South: 1458
- West: 347
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $130,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
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 Voorhees township, New Jersey:
- 605 people in nursing homes
- 165 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 104 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 4 people in other group homes
- 4 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,853
- One, attached: 1,485
- Two: 61
- 3 or 4: 320
- 5 to 9: 798
- 10 to 19: 1,023
- 20 to 49: 565
- 50 or more: 952
- Mobile homes: 17
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $315,000
Housing units in Voorhees township with a mortgage: 5,373 (581 second mortgage, 711 home equity loan, 49 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,077
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
- Health care (10%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Physicians and surgeons (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Voorhees township:
- Italian (19.0%)
- Irish (13.0%)
- German (9.3%)
- English (6.0%)
- United States or American (4.0%)
- Russian (3.9%)
- Polish (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (32%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (9%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Russia (4%)
- Israel (3%)
- Greece (3%)
- Taiwan (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 10,697 (75%)
- Carpooled: 1,074 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 167 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 8 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 731 (5%)
- Railroad: 609 (4%)
- Taxi: 21 (0%)
- Walked: 206 (1%)
- Other means: 155 (1%)
- Worked at home: 552 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Voorhees township, New Jersey:
- 605 people in nursing homes
- 165 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 104 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 4 people in other group homes
- 4 people in religious group quarters
81.7% of residents of Voorhees township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
9.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
4.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 27,228- In family households: 23,288 (5,712 male householders, 1,492 female householders)
6,119 spouses, 8,791 children (8,146 natural, 253 adopted, 392 stepchildren), 249 grandchildren, 132 brothers or sisters, 236 parents, 267 other relatives, 290 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,940 (1,430 male householders (1,158 living alone)), 1,871 female householders (1,666 living alone)), 639 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 898 (747 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,533 2-persons, 1,785 3-persons, 1,889 4-persons, 706 5-persons, 213 6-persons, 78 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,824 1-person, 386 2-persons, 64 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 6 5-persons,
6,037 married couples with children.
954 single-parent households (187 men, 767 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 205
| Here: | 5.9% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 211
| Here: | 13.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 373
| Here: | 31.9% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |