Berkeley Heights township, Union County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 14 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Berkeley Heights township: | 13.8% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
67% of Berkeley Heights township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7215
- Northeast: 3262
- Midwest: 402
- South: 305
- West: 201
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Berkeley Heights township, New Jersey:
- 299 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 146 people in nursing homes
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,960
- One, attached: 336
- Two: 99
- 3 or 4: 48
- 5 to 9: 7
- 10 to 19: 8
- 20 to 49: 45
- 50 or more: 59
Housing units in Berkeley Heights township with a mortgage: 2,831 (277 second mortgage, 462 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,121
- Finance and insurance (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Construction (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other financial specialists (4%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Berkeley Heights township:
- Italian (22.6%)
- Irish (16.2%)
- German (9.7%)
- English (6.8%)
- Russian (4.0%)
- Polish (3.9%)
- United States or American (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (12%)
- Taiwan (9%)
- Costa Rica (8%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Russia (5%)
- Portugal (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,676 (77%)
- Carpooled: 240 (4%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 75 (1%)
- Railroad: 555 (9%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 130 (2%)
- Other means: 26 (0%)
- Worked at home: 348 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (88%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (1%)
People in group quarters in Berkeley Heights township, New Jersey:
- 299 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 146 people in nursing homes
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in religious group quarters
82.2% of residents of Berkeley Heights township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
9.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
5.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,959- In family households: 12,130 (3,070 male householders, 679 female householders)
3,439 spouses, 4,367 children (4,240 natural, 85 adopted, 42 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 58 brothers or sisters, 191 parents, 143 other relatives, 148 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 829 (323 male householders (284 living alone)), 403 female householders (383 living alone)), 103 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 448 (436 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,392 2-persons, 853 3-persons, 974 4-persons, 376 5-persons, 109 6-persons, 45 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 667 1-person, 46 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
3,237 married couples with children.
262 single-parent households (47 men, 215 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 105
| Here: | 6.3% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 63
| Here: | 10.7% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 120
| Here: | 32.3% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |