Sparta township, Sussex County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Sparta township: | 7.0% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
59% of Sparta township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10127
- Northeast: 4429
- Midwest: 1077
- South: 700
- West: 384
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $246,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Sparta township, New Jersey:
- 20 people in nursing homes
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,915
- One, attached: 272
- Two: 68
- 3 or 4: 247
- 5 to 9: 40
- 20 to 49: 62
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Sparta township with a mortgage: 4,513 (483 second mortgage, 724 home equity loan, 22 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 863
- Construction (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sparta township:
- Irish (20.7%)
- Italian (20.0%)
- German (15.6%)
- English (7.0%)
- Polish (4.8%)
- United States or American (4.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (14%)
- Canada (8%)
- Italy (7%)
- India (6%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Korea (5%)
- Romania (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,417 (83%)
- Carpooled: 757 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 85 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 42 (0%)
- Railroad: 72 (1%)
- Bicycle: 18 (0%)
- Walked: 104 (1%)
- Other means: 32 (0%)
- Worked at home: 428 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (73%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Sparta township, New Jersey:
- 20 people in nursing homes
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in religious group quarters
90.9% of residents of Sparta township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
6.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 18,071- In family households: 16,727 (4,314 male householders, 761 female householders)
4,617 spouses, 6,591 children (6,166 natural, 203 adopted, 222 stepchildren), 141 grandchildren, 56 brothers or sisters, 58 parents, 136 other relatives, 53 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,344 (467 male householders (381 living alone)), 684 female householders (622 living alone)), 193 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 36 (22 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,782 2-persons, 1,119 3-persons, 1,363 4-persons, 598 5-persons, 154 6-persons, 59 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,003 1-person, 128 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 4 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
4,990 married couples with children.
416 single-parent households (93 men, 323 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 282
| Here: | 10.3% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 204
| Here: | 16.9% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 100
| Here: | 20.5% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |