Greenwich township, Gloucester County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Greenwich township: | 3.6% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
77% of Greenwich township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3565
- Northeast: 840
- Midwest: 46
- South: 175
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $77,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
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
4 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,771
- One, attached: 48
- Two: 63
- 3 or 4: 42
- 5 to 9: 13
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Greenwich township with a mortgage: 917 (63 second mortgage, 122 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 601
- Construction (14%)
- Petroleum and coal products (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Greenwich township:
- Italian (37.6%)
- Irish (17.8%)
- German (14.2%)
- English (7.0%)
- United States or American (4.8%)
- Polish (2.7%)
- French (except Basque) (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (30%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (26%)
- Germany (14%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Romania (4%)
- Korea (4%)
- Syria (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,947 (85%)
- Carpooled: 209 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 21 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 19 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 24 (1%)
- Other means: 22 (1%)
- Worked at home: 39 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (53%)
- Utility gas (39%)
- Electricity (7%)
4 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
2 people in religious group quarters
92.4% of residents of Greenwich township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
4.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 39% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,873- In family households: 4,376 (1,164 male householders, 275 female householders)
1,160 spouses, 1,479 children (1,418 natural, 15 adopted, 46 stepchildren), 76 grandchildren, 28 brothers or sisters, 28 parents, 94 other relatives, 72 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 497 (172 male householders (149 living alone)), 266 female householders (261 living alone)), 59 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 606 2-persons, 352 3-persons, 313 4-persons, 125 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 410 1-person, 21 2-persons, 7 6-persons,
804 married couples with children.
219 single-parent households (66 men, 153 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
| Here: | 5.8% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 74
| Here: | 21.5% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 50
| Here: | 19.7% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |