Wantage township, Sussex County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Wantage township: | 4.7% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
70% of Wantage township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7784
- Northeast: 1644
- Midwest: 153
- South: 287
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $138,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,297
- One, attached: 17
- Two: 135
- 3 or 4: 30
- 5 to 9: 7
- 50 or more: 100
- Mobile homes: 45
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 32
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,000
Housing units in Wantage township with a mortgage: 1,968 (231 second mortgage, 299 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 587
- Construction (18%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wantage township:
- German (17.4%)
- Irish (17.1%)
- Italian (16.5%)
- English (11.4%)
- United States or American (7.2%)
- Dutch (6.6%)
- Polish (5.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (12%)
- Germany (8%)
- Other Eastern Europe (7%)
- Portugal (7%)
- Russia (6%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Egypt (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,075 (83%)
- Carpooled: 474 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 20 (0%)
- Railroad: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 59 (1%)
- Other means: 35 (1%)
- Worked at home: 239 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (73%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (4%)
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
92.5% of residents of Wantage township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (93% speak English very well, 2% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
4.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,382- In family households: 9,694 (2,370 male householders, 493 female householders)
2,367 spouses, 3,830 children (3,636 natural, 73 adopted, 121 stepchildren), 218 grandchildren, 52 brothers or sisters, 79 parents, 160 other relatives, 125 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 688 (269 male householders (218 living alone)), 303 female householders (250 living alone)), 116 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 909 2-persons, 694 3-persons, 737 4-persons, 362 5-persons, 107 6-persons, 54 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 468 1-person, 97 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
2,546 married couples with children.
347 single-parent households (95 men, 252 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 122
| Here: | 8.1% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 40
| Here: | 5.8% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 72
| Here: | 16.6% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |