Riverside township, Burlington County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 10 (37% naturalized citizens)
| Riverside township: | 10.2% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
66% of Riverside township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4784
- Northeast: 1667
- Midwest: 158
- South: 286
- West: 109
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
26 people in nursing homes
16 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,552
- One, attached: 657
- Two: 430
- 3 or 4: 236
- 5 to 9: 72
- 10 to 19: 103
- 20 to 49: 51
- 50 or more: 17
Housing units in Riverside township with a mortgage: 1,213 (118 second mortgage, 119 home equity loan, 18 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 631
- Construction (17%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Riverside township:
- Irish (17.4%)
- Italian (17.2%)
- German (14.4%)
- Polish (10.4%)
- English (7.7%)
- Portuguese (5.6%)
- United States or American (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Portugal (29%)
- Brazil (26%)
- Poland (9%)
- Korea (5%)
- Germany (4%)
- Mexico (4%)
- India (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,928 (73%)
- Carpooled: 697 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 61 (2%)
- Motorcycle: 12 (0%)
- Bicycle: 48 (1%)
- Walked: 137 (3%)
- Other means: 69 (2%)
- Worked at home: 34 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
26 people in nursing homes
16 people in religious group quarters
83.5% of residents of Riverside township speak English at home.
5.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
10.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (41% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 30% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 39% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,869- In family households: 6,720 (1,555 male householders, 462 female householders)
1,479 spouses, 2,569 children (2,393 natural, 72 adopted, 104 stepchildren), 163 grandchildren, 62 brothers or sisters, 76 parents, 158 other relatives, 196 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,149 (506 male householders (392 living alone)), 449 female householders (419 living alone)), 194 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 42 (26 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 673 2-persons, 525 3-persons, 482 4-persons, 233 5-persons, 68 6-persons, 36 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 811 1-person, 111 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 22 4-persons,
1,320 married couples with children.
453 single-parent households (163 men, 290 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 161
| Here: | 18.6% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 45
| Here: | 8.5% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 56
| Here: | 20.4% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |