Brick township, Ocean County, New Jersey (NJ)

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Brick township, NJ map Land area: 26.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 6.0 sq. mi.
Population: 76,119 (all urban)

Males: 36,155	(47.5%)
Females: 39,964	(52.5%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 75,431 (64,059 owner occupied, 11,372 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	15%
State:	34%

Races in Brick township:

White Non-Hispanic: 93.1%
Black: 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 3.8%
Two or more races: 0.8%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 39.4
Median age of females: 40.7

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Average household size: 2.56

Brick township:	2.6 people
New Jersey:	2.7 people

Average family size: 3.07

Estimated median household income in 2007: $45,828 ($37,818 in 1999)

This township:	$45,828
New Jersey:	$67,035

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $542 (lower quartile is $434, upper quartile is $722)

Here:	$542
State:	$905

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $242,266 (it was $100,000 in 2000)

Brick township:	$242,266
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $168,254 - $397,027

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $328,075
Here: $328,075
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $664,634
Here: $664,634
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $275,433
Here: $275,433
State: $429,538

Mobile homes: $56,635
Here: $56,635
State: $53,584

Population density: 2902 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	8.8%
Whole state:	8.5%

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

This township:	3.8%
Whole state:	4.2%

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Notable location: Brick Township Municipal Building.

Churches in Brick township include: Osbornsville Baptist Church, Saint Dominic's Roman Catholic Church, Faith Bible Presbyterian Church.

Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Sawmill Pond, Forge Pond, Lake Riviera, Fresh Pond, Godfrey Lake, Marsh Baywood.

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Metedeconk River, Sawmill Creek, Tunes Branch, Cedar Bridge Branch, Reedy Creek.

Parks in Brick township include: Birchwood Park, Midstreams Park.

Number of foreign born residents: 30 (67% naturalized citizens)

Brick township:	0.0%
State:	17.5%

66% of Brick township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% 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: 2577
Northeast: 82
Midwest: 237
South: 65
West: 37

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%

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 Brick township, New Jersey

538 people in nursing homes
100 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
36 people in homes for the mentally retarded
10 people in religious group quarters
4 people in homes for the mentally ill

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,351
One, attached: 11
Two: 7
3 or 4: 4
5 to 9: 9
Mobile homes: 206
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4

Median worth of mobile homes: $45,400

Housing units in Brick township with a mortgage: 560 (33 second mortgage, 95 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 292

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 56
1995 to 1998: 279
1990 to 1994: 151
1980 to 1989: 226
1970 to 1979: 370
1960 to 1969: 227
1950 to 1959: 116
1940 to 1949: 55
1939 or earlier: 112

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Brick township, New Jersey:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 4 3 rooms: 22 4 rooms: 113 5 rooms: 298 6 rooms: 320 7 rooms: 192 8 rooms: 101 9 or more rooms: 120

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Brick township, New Jersey:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 12 3 rooms: 16 4 rooms: 16 5 rooms: 23 6 rooms: 7 7 rooms: 2 8 rooms: 2 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Brick township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 15 2 bedrooms: 254 3 bedrooms: 696 4 bedrooms: 157 5 or more bedrooms: 48

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Brick township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 22 2 bedrooms: 29 3 bedrooms: 23 4 bedrooms: 4 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Brick township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 32 1 vehicle: 348 2 vehicles: 522 3 vehicles: 200 4 vehicles: 53 5 or more vehicles: 15

Cars and other vehicles available in Brick township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 10 1 vehicle: 38 2 vehicles: 23 3 vehicles: 5 4 vehicles: 2 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 (14%)
Public administration (6%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Educational services (4%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (20%)
Educational services (13%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
Public administration (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Computer specialists (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Registered nurses (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Brick township:

German (24.2%)
French (except Basque) (14.1%)
Polish (10.4%)
English (9.0%)
Irish (8.1%)
United States or American (6.0%)
Swedish (3.9%)

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

Canada (23%)
Other Northern Europe (20%)
Germany (17%)
United Kingdom (13%)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (7%)
Japan (7%)
Philippines (7%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 1,001 (79%)
Carpooled: 182 (14%)
Ferryboat: 2 (0%)
Taxi: 5 (0%)
Walked: 20 (2%)
Other means: 10 (1%)
Worked at home: 53 (4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (59%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%) Electricity (5%) Wood (5%)

People in group quarters in Brick township, New Jersey

538 people in nursing homes
100 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
36 people in homes for the mentally retarded
10 people in religious group quarters
4 people in homes for the mentally ill

97.9% of residents of Brick township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 3,014

In family households: 2,596 (754 male householders, 114 female householders)
785 spouses, 855 children (786 natural, 40 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 13 other relatives, 44 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 418 (196 male householders (160 living alone)), 164 female householders (146 living alone)), 58 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 22 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 420 2-persons, 174 3-persons, 179 4-persons, 75 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 306 1-person, 45 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 1 5-persons.

13,862 married couples with children.
3,070 single-parent households (691 men, 2,379 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 58

Here:	17.3%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4

Here:	2.1%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8

Here:	16.7%
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 Brick township:

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