Blairstown township, Warren County, New Jersey (NJ)

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Land area: 31.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.8 sq. mi.
Population: 5,747 (all rural)

Males: 2,866	(49.9%)
Females: 2,881	(50.1%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 5,732 (4,957 owner occupied, 775 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	14%
State:	34%

Races in Blairstown township:

White Non-Hispanic: 96.6%
Black: 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 0.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 2.0%
Two or more races: 0.4%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 40.4
Median age of females: 40.7

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Average household size: 2.81

Blairstown township:	2.8 people
New Jersey:	2.7 people

Average family size: 3.14

Estimated median household income in 2007: $76,165 ($64,809 in 1999)

This township:	$76,165
New Jersey:	$67,035

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $957 (lower quartile is $822, upper quartile is $1,184)

Here:	$957
State:	$905

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $431,902 (it was $210,500 in 2000)

Blairstown township:	$431,902
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $324,336 - $506,106

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $457,472
Here: $457,472
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $371,063
Here: $371,063
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $272,182
Here: $272,182
State: $429,538

Mobile homes: $225,000
Here: $225,000
State: $53,584

Population density: 185 people per square mile

(high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	4.5%
Whole state:	8.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	1.7%
Whole state:	4.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 298 (60% naturalized citizens)

Blairstown township:	5.2%
State:	17.5%

68% of Blairstown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in New Jersey.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 3970
Northeast: 1121
Midwest: 84
South: 201
West: 67

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $220,800

Blairstown township, New Jersey satellite photo by USGS

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: 0.3% of all households

15 people in homes for the mentally ill

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,907
One, attached: 29
Two: 117
3 or 4: 36
5 to 9: 28
10 to 19: 7
20 to 49: 7
Mobile homes: 5

Median worth of mobile homes: $225,000

Housing units in Blairstown township with a mortgage: 1,059 (117 second mortgage, 193 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 415

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 39
1995 to 1998: 150
1990 to 1994: 100
1980 to 1989: 483
1970 to 1979: 553
1960 to 1969: 167
1950 to 1959: 120
1940 to 1949: 85
1939 or earlier: 439

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Blairstown township, New Jersey:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 13 4 rooms: 19 5 rooms: 179 6 rooms: 335 7 rooms: 367 8 rooms: 399 9 or more rooms: 428

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Blairstown township, New Jersey:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 12 3 rooms: 36 4 rooms: 39 5 rooms: 71 6 rooms: 84 7 rooms: 45 8 rooms: 7 9 or more rooms: 6

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Blairstown township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 27 2 bedrooms: 173 3 bedrooms: 810 4 bedrooms: 564 5 or more bedrooms: 166

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Blairstown township:
	no bedroom: 6 1 bedroom: 42 2 bedrooms: 115 3 bedrooms: 123 4 bedrooms: 14 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Blairstown township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 28 1 vehicle: 310 2 vehicles: 907 3 vehicles: 305 4 vehicles: 156 5 or more vehicles: 34

Cars and other vehicles available in Blairstown township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 19 1 vehicle: 176 2 vehicles: 87 3 vehicles: 5 4 vehicles: 13 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (15%)
Educational services (10%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Broadcasting and telecommunications (5%)
Health care (5%)
Chemicals (5%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (17%)
Health care (15%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Social assistance (5%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Secondary school teachers (5%)
Top executives (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (4%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
Registered nurses (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Secondary school teachers (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Blairstown township:

Italian (20.7%)
German (17.8%)
Irish (14.8%)
English (10.2%)
United States or American (7.4%)
Polish (6.9%)
Dutch (2.3%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Germany (26%)
Poland (8%)
United Kingdom (8%)
Netherlands (8%)
Japan (7%)
India (7%)
Dominican Republic (6%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,098 (74%)
Carpooled: 427 (15%)
Subway or elevated: 13 (0%)
Railroad: 49 (2%)
Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
Walked: 80 (3%)
Other means: 14 (0%)
Worked at home: 138 (5%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (80%) Electricity (12%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%) Wood (1%) Coal or coke (1%) Utility gas (1%)

15 people in homes for the mentally ill

91.8% of residents of Blairstown township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 41% speak English not well).
5.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (46% speak English very well, 38% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 5,733

In family households: 5,206 (1,321 male householders, 297 female householders)
1,374 spouses, 1,878 children (1,799 natural, 31 adopted, 48 stepchildren), 69 grandchildren, 35 brothers or sisters, 62 parents, 120 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 527 (236 male householders (176 living alone)), 169 female householders (137 living alone)), 122 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 15 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 682 2-persons, 340 3-persons, 382 4-persons, 155 5-persons, 34 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 313 1-person, 74 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 4 5-persons.

1,197 married couples with children.
174 single-parent households (47 men, 127 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 42

Here:	5.8%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 48

Here:	13.6%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 65

Here:	28.9%
New Jersey:	30.1%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Blairstown township:

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