Waterford township, Camden County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (77% naturalized citizens)
Waterford township: | 3.1% |
Whole state: | 17.5% |
70% of Waterford 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, 76% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6524
- Northeast: 2865
- Midwest: 187
- South: 418
- West: 109
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
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
People in group quarters in Waterford township, New Jersey:
- 201 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,888
- One, attached: 557
- Two: 92
- 3 or 4: 50
- 5 to 9: 22
- 10 to 19: 17
- 20 to 49: 18
- Mobile homes: 11
Housing units in Waterford township with a mortgage: 2,326 (240 second mortgage, 400 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 610
- Construction (14%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Waterford township:
- Italian (24.1%)
- Irish (20.6%)
- German (18.0%)
- English (7.0%)
- Polish (4.9%)
- United States or American (4.5%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (20%)
- Germany (14%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Italy (9%)
- Ireland (7%)
- Dominican Republic (5%)
- Greece (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,530 (83%)
- Carpooled: 473 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 46 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 63 (1%)
- Railroad: 84 (2%)
- Walked: 46 (1%)
- Other means: 41 (1%)
- Worked at home: 191 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Waterford township, New Jersey:
- 201 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in religious group quarters
94.5% of residents of Waterford township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,278- In family households: 9,390 (2,207 male householders, 600 female householders)
2,316 spouses, 3,536 children (3,261 natural, 52 adopted, 223 stepchildren), 211 grandchildren, 46 brothers or sisters, 111 parents, 157 other relatives, 206 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 888 (361 male householders (279 living alone)), 356 female householders (296 living alone)), 171 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 207 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 902 2-persons, 767 3-persons, 692 4-persons, 311 5-persons, 90 6-persons, 45 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 575 1-person, 134 2-persons, 7 4-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
2,082 married couples with children.
395 single-parent households (112 men, 283 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 212
Here: | 17.4% |
New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 190
Here: | 27.2% |
New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 215
Here: | 38.4% |
New Jersey: | 30.1% |