Clark township, Union County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Clark township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
74% of Clark township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 763
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 109
- South: 56
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Clark township, New Jersey:
- 128 people in nursing homes
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 331
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 56
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,400
Housing units in Clark township with a mortgage: 139 (35 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 82
- Construction (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clark township:
- United States or American (36.0%)
- German (34.5%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- English (6.0%)
- Swiss (2.1%)
- Slovene (1.0%)
- French (except Basque) (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 369 (76%)
- Carpooled: 55 (11%)
- Bicycle: 8 (2%)
- Other means: 13 (3%)
- Worked at home: 38 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Other fuel (2%)
People in group quarters in Clark township, New Jersey:
- 128 people in nursing homes
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in religious group quarters
88.9% of residents of Clark township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 53% speak English not well).
9.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 976- In family households: 883 (233 male householders, 50 female householders)
212 spouses, 362 children (351 natural, 0 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 0 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 93 (41 male householders (18 living alone)), 34 female householders (34 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 122 2-persons, 69 3-persons, 64 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 17 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 52 1-person, 23 2-persons,
2,574 married couples with children.
306 single-parent households (43 men, 263 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 6.8% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 27.6% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |