Dover township, Ocean County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (64% naturalized citizens)
Dover township: | 7.0% |
Whole 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
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
- 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%)
- 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%)
- 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%)
- 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%)
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% |