Moorestown township, Burlington County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (64% naturalized citizens)
Moorestown township: | 5.8% |
Whole state: | 17.5% |
59% of Moorestown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8434
- Northeast: 6790
- Midwest: 1026
- South: 1151
- West: 320
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $183,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Moorestown township, New Jersey:
- 304 people in nursing homes
- 27 people in other group homes
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,303
- One, attached: 709
- Two: 245
- 3 or 4: 202
- 5 to 9: 161
- 10 to 19: 294
- 20 to 49: 102
- 50 or more: 189
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Moorestown township with a mortgage: 3,764 (418 second mortgage, 525 home equity loan, 24 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,568
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (16%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Construction (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (17%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Physicians and surgeons (8%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Lawyers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Moorestown township:
- Irish (18.2%)
- Italian (14.6%)
- German (12.9%)
- English (9.9%)
- United States or American (5.2%)
- Polish (5.0%)
- Russian (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (14%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Korea (9%)
- Germany (9%)
- Italy (8%)
- Australia (4%)
- Russia (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,248 (84%)
- Carpooled: 491 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 109 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 15 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 85 (1%)
- Railroad: 88 (1%)
- Ferryboat: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 143 (2%)
- Other means: 51 (1%)
- Worked at home: 407 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Moorestown township, New Jersey:
- 304 people in nursing homes
- 27 people in other group homes
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in religious group quarters
92.0% of residents of Moorestown township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (77% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 18,657- In family households: 16,745 (4,262 male householders, 1,070 female householders)
4,560 spouses, 6,177 children (5,823 natural, 178 adopted, 176 stepchildren), 182 grandchildren, 68 brothers or sisters, 152 parents, 139 other relatives, 135 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,912 (620 male householders (502 living alone)), 1,055 female householders (960 living alone)), 237 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 360 (320 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,176 2-persons, 1,144 3-persons, 1,212 4-persons, 553 5-persons, 203 6-persons, 44 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,462 1-person, 186 2-persons, 27 3-persons,
4,294 married couples with children.
689 single-parent households (110 men, 579 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 290
Here: | 11.1% |
New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 120
Here: | 10.6% |
New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 141
Here: | 29.8% |
New Jersey: | 30.1% |