Dover township, Ocean County, New Jersey (NJ)

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Dover township, NJ map Land area: 41.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 12.0 sq. mi.
Population: 89,706 (all urban)

Males: 43,160	(48.1%)
Females: 46,546	(51.9%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 87,769 (74,533 owner occupied, 13,236 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	15%
State:	34%

Races in Dover township:

White Non-Hispanic: 90.4%
Black: 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 4.5%
Two or more races: 0.8%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 40.2
Median age of females: 41.6

Average houshold size: 2.62
Average family size: 3.09

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Population density: 2190 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	5.7%
Whole state:	8.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	2.7%
Whole state:	4.2%

Cities in this township include: Toms River, Dover Beaches North, Dover Beaches South.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Creeks: Kettle Creek, Tide Creek, Goose Creek.

Number of foreign born residents: 6,254 (64% naturalized citizens)

Dover township:	7.0%
State:	17.5%

62% of Dover township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in New Jersey.

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

This state: 62189
Northeast: 15554
Midwest: 1598
South: 2434
West: 841

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $124,100

Dover township, New Jersey satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

People in group quarters in Dover township, New Jersey

829 people in nursing homes
422 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
318 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
139 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
105 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
41 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
32 people in other nonhousehold living situations
20 people in unknown juvenile institutions
16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
14 people in other group homes

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 33,625
One, attached: 2,023
Two: 679
3 or 4: 410
5 to 9: 1,053
10 to 19: 1,165
20 to 49: 584
50 or more: 498
Mobile homes: 1,113

Median worth of mobile homes: $26,400

Housing units in Dover township with a mortgage: 17,899 (1,885 second mortgage, 3,303 home equity loan, 130 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8,217

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 728
1995 to 1998: 3,144
1990 to 1994: 2,725
1980 to 1989: 6,942
1970 to 1979: 8,908
1960 to 1969: 8,888
1950 to 1959: 6,450
1940 to 1949: 1,957
1939 or earlier: 1,408

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Dover township, New Jersey:

1 room: 17
2 rooms: 92
3 rooms: 404
4 rooms: 2,564
5 rooms: 4,904
6 rooms: 6,312
7 rooms: 5,442
8 rooms: 4,458
9 or more rooms: 3,833

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dover township, New Jersey:

1 room: 90
2 rooms: 194
3 rooms: 993
4 rooms: 1,707
5 rooms: 1,225
6 rooms: 679
7 rooms: 301
8 rooms: 214
9 or more rooms: 96

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Dover township:

no bedroom: 48
1 bedroom: 540
2 bedrooms: 7,449
3 bedrooms: 11,260
4 bedrooms: 7,452
5 or more bedrooms: 1,277

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dover township:

no bedroom: 90
1 bedroom: 1,553
2 bedrooms: 2,388
3 bedrooms: 1,086
4 bedrooms: 340
5 or more bedrooms: 42

Cars and other vehicles available in Dover township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 1,237
1 vehicle: 8,461
2 vehicles: 12,073
3 vehicles: 4,543
4 vehicles: 1,278
5 or more vehicles: 434

Cars and other vehicles available in Dover township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 807
1 vehicle: 2,693
2 vehicles: 1,564
3 vehicles: 368
4 vehicles: 28
5 or more vehicles: 39

Most common industries for males:

Construction (14%)
Public administration (8%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Educational services (6%)
Health care (5%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (20%)
Educational services (14%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Public administration (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)

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 (6%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Dover township:

Italian (30.0%)
Irish (18.3%)
German (12.1%)
Polish (6.3%)
English (4.9%)
United States or American (3.2%)
Scottish (1.4%)

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

Italy (10%)
Philippines (10%)
Mexico (7%)
India (7%)
United Kingdom (6%)
Germany (6%)
Korea (3%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 34,529 (85%)
Carpooled: 3,729 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 549 (1%)
Railroad: 143 (0%)
Ferryboat: 8 (0%)
Taxi: 35 (0%)
Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
Bicycle: 145 (0%)
Walked: 382 (1%)
Other means: 110 (0%)
Worked at home: 1,113 (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (80%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
Electricity (6%)

People in group quarters in Dover township, New Jersey

829 people in nursing homes
422 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
318 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
139 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
105 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
41 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
32 people in other nonhousehold living situations
20 people in unknown juvenile institutions
16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
14 people in other group homes

89.4% of residents of Dover township speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
5.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 87,830

In family households: 77,203 (19,280 male householders, 5,346 female householders)
19,928 spouses, 27,573 children (25,789 natural, 668 adopted, 1,116 stepchildren), 1,157 grandchildren, 659 brothers or sisters, 780 parents, 1,145 other relatives, 1,335 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 10,627 (3,614 male householders (2,810 living alone)), 5,430 female householders (4,881 living alone)), 1,583 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,937 (1,761 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 10,395 2-persons, 5,476 3-persons, 5,156 4-persons, 2,530 5-persons, 883 6-persons, 186 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,691 1-person, 1,217 2-persons, 88 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 5 6-persons.

15,781 married couples with children.
3,502 single-parent households (779 men, 2,723 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 593

Here:	6.1%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 351

Here:	6.5%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 712

Here:	22.4%
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 (Noninstitutionalized)

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