Upper Pittsgrove township, Salem County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (37% naturalized citizens)
| Upper Pittsgrove township: | 3.6% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
72% of Upper Pittsgrove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2419
- Northeast: 599
- Midwest: 50
- South: 235
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
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
66 people in nursing homes
24 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,076
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 142
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,700
Housing units in Upper Pittsgrove township with a mortgage: 483 (73 second mortgage, 67 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 269
- Construction (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Upper Pittsgrove township:
- German (20.6%)
- English (18.6%)
- Irish (16.7%)
- Italian (11.1%)
- United States or American (7.0%)
- Polish (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Colombia (24%)
- Guatemala (18%)
- Canada (11%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Italy (9%)
- Mexico (6%)
- France (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,354 (82%)
- Carpooled: 153 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 14 (1%)
- Walked: 55 (3%)
- Worked at home: 68 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (74%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Wood (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
66 people in nursing homes
24 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
93.6% of residents of Upper Pittsgrove township speak English at home.
5.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (32% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 47% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,377- In family households: 3,095 (766 male householders, 196 female householders)
812 spouses, 1,095 children (983 natural, 43 adopted, 69 stepchildren), 68 grandchildren, 34 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 43 other relatives, 73 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 282 (118 male householders (93 living alone)), 123 female householders (112 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 91 (70 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 384 2-persons, 209 3-persons, 223 4-persons, 95 5-persons, 34 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 205 1-person, 32 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
695 married couples with children.
127 single-parent households (55 men, 72 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 27
| Here: | 6.1% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 21
| Here: | 10.1% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 8.3% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |