Cherry Hill township, Camden County, New Jersey (NJ)

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Land area: 24.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 69,965 (all urban)

Males: 33,450	(47.8%)
Females: 36,515	(52.2%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 68,415 (59,720 owner occupied, 8,695 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	13%
State:	34%

Races in Cherry Hill township:

White Non-Hispanic: 83.1%
Black: 4.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 8.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 2.5%
Two or more races: 1.0%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 41.8
Median age of females: 43.2

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Average household size: 2.61

Cherry Hill township:	2.6 people
New Jersey:	2.7 people

Average family size: 3.08

Estimated median household income in 2007: $85,573 ($69,421 in 1999)

This township:	$85,573
New Jersey:	$67,035

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $969 (lower quartile is $745, upper quartile is $1,135)

Here:	$969
State:	$905

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $309,760 (it was $152,800 in 2000)

Cherry Hill township:	$309,760
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $232,542 - $405,321

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $353,462
Here: $353,462
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $267,452
Here: $267,452
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $214,006
Here: $214,006
State: $429,538

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $150,995
Here: $150,995
State: $371,779

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $188,838
Here: $188,838
State: $309,003

Mobile homes: $44,213
Here: $44,213
State: $53,584

Population density: 2885 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	4.0%
Whole state:	8.5%

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

This township:	2.0%
Whole state:	4.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 8,720 (66% naturalized citizens)

Cherry Hill township:	12.5%
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

Cherry Hill township, New Jersey satellite photo by USGS

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

1143 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

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 175
1995 to 1998: 779
1990 to 1994: 952
1980 to 1989: 3,772
1970 to 1979: 5,686
1960 to 1969: 8,908
1950 to 1959: 4,776
1940 to 1949: 1,147
1939 or earlier: 879

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cherry Hill township, New Jersey:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 71 3 rooms: 430 4 rooms: 722 5 rooms: 1,707 6 rooms: 2,659 7 rooms: 4,228 8 rooms: 6,175 9 or more rooms: 5,759

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cherry Hill township, New Jersey:
	1 room: 496 2 rooms: 499 3 rooms: 994 4 rooms: 969 5 rooms: 814 6 rooms: 255 7 rooms: 186 8 rooms: 181 9 or more rooms: 82

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cherry Hill township:
	no bedroom: 31 1 bedroom: 493 2 bedrooms: 2,283 3 bedrooms: 7,825 4 bedrooms: 9,339 5 or more bedrooms: 1,780

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cherry Hill township:
	no bedroom: 554 1 bedroom: 1,618 2 bedrooms: 1,475 3 bedrooms: 577 4 bedrooms: 217 5 or more bedrooms: 35

Cars and other vehicles available in Cherry Hill township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 565 1 vehicle: 5,414 2 vehicles: 11,522 3 vehicles: 3,316 4 vehicles: 690 5 or more vehicles: 244

Cars and other vehicles available in Cherry Hill township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,168 1 vehicle: 2,217 2 vehicles: 961 3 vehicles: 92 4 vehicles: 16 5 or more vehicles: 22

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

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%)

Most common industries for females (%):

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%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

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%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

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%)

Class of Workers

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

1143 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%

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 Cherry Hill township:

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