West Windsor township, Mercer County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 22 (53% naturalized citizens)
| West Windsor township: | 22.4% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
59% of West Windsor township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7373
- Northeast: 6348
- Midwest: 1171
- South: 1206
- West: 618
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $439,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in West Windsor township, New Jersey:
- 17 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 2 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,333
- One, attached: 468
- Two: 139
- 3 or 4: 55
- 5 to 9: 348
- 10 to 19: 870
- 20 to 49: 128
- 50 or more: 109
Housing units in West Windsor township with a mortgage: 4,463 (442 second mortgage, 763 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 831
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (21%)
- Finance and insurance (21%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Health care (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Computer specialists (10%)
- Top executives (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Financial managers (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Windsor township:
- Italian (13.5%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- German (8.1%)
- English (6.6%)
- Russian (4.4%)
- Polish (3.4%)
- United States or American (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (20%)
- Taiwan (12%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (11%)
- Korea (6%)
- Guatemala (3%)
- Philippines (3%)
- Japan (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,129 (67%)
- Carpooled: 468 (4%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 62 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 45 (0%)
- Railroad: 2,210 (21%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 27 (0%)
- Walked: 132 (1%)
- Other means: 43 (0%)
- Worked at home: 593 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in West Windsor township, New Jersey:
- 17 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 2 people in homes for the mentally ill
70.6% of residents of West Windsor township speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
10.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
14.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 21,883- In family households: 20,331 (4,899 male householders, 1,150 female householders)
5,483 spouses, 7,749 children (7,380 natural, 193 adopted, 176 stepchildren), 50 grandchildren, 96 brothers or sisters, 197 parents, 527 other relatives, 180 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,552 (585 male householders (444 living alone)), 698 female householders (630 living alone)), 269 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 24 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,815 2-persons, 1,402 3-persons, 1,802 4-persons, 763 5-persons, 185 6-persons, 82 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,074 1-person, 166 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
6,348 married couples with children.
497 single-parent households (103 men, 394 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 286
| Here: | 7.9% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 194
| Here: | 13.4% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 219
| Here: | 39.7% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |