Cranbury township, Middlesex County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 11 (70% naturalized citizens)
| Cranbury township: | 11.5% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
64% of Cranbury township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1592
- Northeast: 903
- Midwest: 118
- South: 114
- West: 112
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $163,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
45 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 942
- One, attached: 61
- Two: 33
- 3 or 4: 47
- 5 to 9: 33
- 20 to 49: 5
Housing units in Cranbury township with a mortgage: 626 (84 second mortgage, 112 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 233
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (21%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Construction (3%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Health care (8%)
- Construction (4%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Top executives (11%)
- Business operations specialists (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cranbury township:
- Italian (14.8%)
- Irish (14.2%)
- German (11.6%)
- English (7.9%)
- United States or American (7.1%)
- Polish (7.0%)
- Russian (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (20%)
- India (14%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Taiwan (8%)
- Peru (6%)
- Korea (4%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,202 (79%)
- Carpooled: 35 (2%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 45 (3%)
- Railroad: 100 (7%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 35 (2%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 82 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
45 people in nursing homes
85.6% of residents of Cranbury township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 6% don't speak English at all).
5.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
6.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,182- In family households: 2,925 (752 male householders, 136 female householders)
825 spouses, 1,125 children (1,067 natural, 41 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 29 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 257 (81 male householders (72 living alone)), 125 female householders (104 living alone)), 51 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 45 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 292 2-persons, 199 3-persons, 255 4-persons, 105 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 176 1-person, 27 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
920 married couples with children.
43 single-parent households (11 men, 32 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 53
| Here: | 9.9% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 34
| Here: | 17.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 41
| Here: | 56.2% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |