Cherry Hill township, Camden County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 12 (66% naturalized citizens)
| Cherry Hill township: | 12.5% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
68% of Cherry Hill township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 24820
- Northeast: 29845
- Midwest: 2215
- South: 2846
- West: 924
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $158,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Cherry Hill township, New Jersey:
- 1,143 people in nursing homes
- 150 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 126 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 102 people in religious group quarters
- 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 10 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in other group homes
- 3 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 19,712
- One, attached: 2,357
- Two: 194
- 3 or 4: 555
- 5 to 9: 483
- 10 to 19: 403
- 20 to 49: 218
- 50 or more: 2,999
- Mobile homes: 153
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Cherry Hill township with a mortgage: 14,334 (1,334 second mortgage, 2,144 home equity loan, 79 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,773
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
- Health care (10%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Physicians and surgeons (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cherry Hill township:
- Italian (16.8%)
- Irish (13.2%)
- German (9.2%)
- Russian (7.9%)
- Polish (5.7%)
- English (5.2%)
- United States or American (4.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (12%)
- India (10%)
- Korea (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Russia (6%)
- Taiwan (5%)
- Ukraine (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 26,931 (80%)
- Carpooled: 2,636 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 384 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 8 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 1,112 (3%)
- Railroad: 812 (2%)
- Motorcycle: 20 (0%)
- Bicycle: 25 (0%)
- Walked: 425 (1%)
- Other means: 97 (0%)
- Worked at home: 1,308 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Cherry Hill township, New Jersey:
- 1,143 people in nursing homes
- 150 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 126 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 102 people in religious group quarters
- 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 10 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in other group homes
- 3 people in homes for the mentally ill
82.9% of residents of Cherry Hill township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
7.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
6.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 68,420- In family households: 60,569 (15,413 male householders, 3,959 female householders)
16,401 spouses, 21,507 children (20,351 natural, 461 adopted, 695 stepchildren), 725 grandchildren, 403 brothers or sisters, 626 parents, 848 other relatives, 687 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 7,851 (2,529 male householders (2,032 living alone)), 4,280 female householders (3,870 living alone)), 1,042 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,545 (1,159 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 8,182 2-persons, 4,365 3-persons, 4,224 4-persons, 1,794 5-persons, 610 6-persons, 197 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5,902 1-person, 815 2-persons, 75 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
13,598 married couples with children.
1,884 single-parent households (423 men, 1,461 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,056
| Here: | 13.3% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 509
| Here: | 12.2% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 846
| Here: | 30.8% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |