Hamilton township, Mercer County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 10 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Hamilton township: | 9.5% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
69% of Hamilton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% 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: 62553
- Northeast: 10073
- Midwest: 1298
- South: 3033
- West: 752
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $135,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Hamilton township, New Jersey:
- 620 people in nursing homes
- 48 people in religious group quarters
- 28 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 27 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 22,728
- One, attached: 3,348
- Two: 1,722
- 3 or 4: 866
- 5 to 9: 982
- 10 to 19: 2,598
- 20 to 49: 908
- 50 or more: 1,278
- Mobile homes: 28
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $137,500
Housing units in Hamilton township with a mortgage: 15,512 (1,559 second mortgage, 2,736 home equity loan, 84 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,852
- Public administration (13%)
- Construction (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (15%)
- Public administration (14%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hamilton township:
- Italian (25.3%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- German (10.3%)
- Polish (9.6%)
- English (6.1%)
- United States or American (3.2%)
- Hungarian (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Haiti (10%)
- Italy (8%)
- India (7%)
- Poland (7%)
- Guatemala (6%)
- Germany (4%)
- Philippines (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 36,627 (83%)
- Carpooled: 4,560 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 497 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 25 (0%)
- Railroad: 740 (2%)
- Taxi: 49 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 37 (0%)
- Bicycle: 74 (0%)
- Walked: 402 (1%)
- Other means: 153 (0%)
- Worked at home: 791 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Hamilton township, New Jersey:
- 620 people in nursing homes
- 48 people in religious group quarters
- 28 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 27 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in other group homes
85.6% of residents of Hamilton township speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
7.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 86,516- In family households: 74,925 (18,232 male householders, 5,483 female householders)
19,094 spouses, 26,770 children (25,110 natural, 537 adopted, 1,123 stepchildren), 1,429 grandchildren, 557 brothers or sisters, 841 parents, 1,407 other relatives, 1,112 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 11,591 (3,863 male householders (2,999 living alone)), 5,947 female householders (5,216 living alone)), 1,781 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 738 (619 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 9,393 2-persons, 5,861 3-persons, 5,219 4-persons, 2,227 5-persons, 775 6-persons, 240 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 8,215 1-person, 1,434 2-persons, 96 3-persons, 49 4-persons, 16 6-persons,
14,910 married couples with children.
3,660 single-parent households (805 men, 2,855 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 885
| Here: | 9.7% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 527
| Here: | 10.3% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,010
| Here: | 26.1% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |