West Deptford township, Gloucester County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (62% naturalized citizens)
| West Deptford township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
66% of West Deptford 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, 57% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 11857
- Northeast: 5569
- Midwest: 393
- South: 918
- West: 127
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $122,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.8%
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 West Deptford township, New Jersey:
- 129 people in nursing homes
- 18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 10 people in religious group quarters
- 8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,864
- One, attached: 576
- Two: 106
- 3 or 4: 358
- 5 to 9: 504
- 10 to 19: 620
- 20 to 49: 437
- 50 or more: 211
- Mobile homes: 312
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,000
Housing units in West Deptford township with a mortgage: 3,502 (460 second mortgage, 665 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,298
- Construction (11%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Deptford township:
- Irish (23.2%)
- Italian (21.3%)
- German (19.7%)
- English (9.2%)
- Polish (5.2%)
- United States or American (3.1%)
- French (except Basque) (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (20%)
- Mexico (12%)
- Germany (10%)
- Ireland (10%)
- Ecuador (8%)
- Canada (5%)
- India (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,446 (83%)
- Carpooled: 1,041 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 139 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 65 (1%)
- Railroad: 24 (0%)
- Taxi: 25 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 18 (0%)
- Bicycle: 34 (0%)
- Walked: 160 (2%)
- Other means: 52 (1%)
- Worked at home: 149 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in West Deptford township, New Jersey:
- 129 people in nursing homes
- 18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 10 people in religious group quarters
- 8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
95.3% of residents of West Deptford township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 19,202- In family households: 16,096 (4,062 male householders, 1,092 female householders)
4,088 spouses, 5,752 children (5,347 natural, 147 adopted, 258 stepchildren), 312 grandchildren, 84 brothers or sisters, 139 parents, 230 other relatives, 337 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,106 (1,160 male householders (947 living alone)), 1,408 female householders (1,167 living alone)), 538 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 166 (130 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,020 2-persons, 1,281 3-persons, 1,131 4-persons, 529 5-persons, 164 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,114 1-person, 419 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 5 6-persons,
3,349 married couples with children.
829 single-parent households (240 men, 589 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 221
| Here: | 10.3% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 98
| Here: | 8.4% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 129
| Here: | 16.9% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |