West Amwell township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (63% naturalized citizens)
| West Amwell township: | 4.6% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
78% of West Amwell township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% 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: 1487
- Northeast: 658
- Midwest: 78
- South: 31
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
5 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 903
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 44
- 3 or 4: 21
- 5 to 9: 4
Housing units in West Amwell township with a mortgage: 444 (35 second mortgage, 58 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 164
- Construction (21%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Amwell township:
- Italian (19.7%)
- German (17.0%)
- Irish (15.9%)
- English (9.3%)
- United States or American (9.1%)
- Polish (6.2%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (17%)
- Germany (17%)
- Hungary (8%)
- Iran (7%)
- Honduras (7%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Other Northern Europe (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,102 (82%)
- Carpooled: 125 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Railroad: 10 (1%)
- Walked: 18 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 78 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (71%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Utility gas (9%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
5 people in homes for the mentally ill
94.3% of residents of West Amwell township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (23% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 18% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,378- In family households: 2,047 (586 male householders, 106 female householders)
612 spouses, 623 children (591 natural, 22 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 52 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 331 (126 male householders (90 living alone)), 133 female householders (110 living alone)), 72 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 321 2-persons, 162 3-persons, 145 4-persons, 44 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 200 1-person, 47 2-persons, 12 3-persons,
446 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (17 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
| Here: | 10.1% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 21
| Here: | 19.1% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 15.1% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |