Egg Harbor township, Atlantic County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Egg Harbor township: | 8.4% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
60% of Egg Harbor township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 19156
- Northeast: 5812
- Midwest: 513
- South: 1607
- West: 317
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $144,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.9%
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 Egg Harbor township, New Jersey:
- 14 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 12 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 8,213
- One, attached: 415
- Two: 101
- 3 or 4: 289
- 5 to 9: 414
- 10 to 19: 389
- 20 to 49: 106
- 50 or more: 164
- Mobile homes: 1,849
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 106
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,600
Housing units in Egg Harbor township with a mortgage: 6,249 (754 second mortgage, 874 home equity loan, 31 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,149
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (17%)
- Construction (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Health care (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (16%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Egg Harbor township:
- Irish (17.8%)
- Italian (17.0%)
- German (11.8%)
- English (7.2%)
- United States or American (4.9%)
- Polish (3.2%)
- French (except Basque) (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (11%)
- Korea (7%)
- India (7%)
- Vietnam (6%)
- Laos (5%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
- Mexico (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 12,539 (82%)
- Carpooled: 1,828 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 175 (1%)
- Railroad: 4 (0%)
- Taxi: 28 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 15 (0%)
- Bicycle: 31 (0%)
- Walked: 174 (1%)
- Other means: 180 (1%)
- Worked at home: 341 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Egg Harbor township, New Jersey:
- 14 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 12 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
85.4% of residents of Egg Harbor township speak English at home.
6.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
4.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 30,570- In family households: 26,815 (6,170 male householders, 1,921 female householders)
6,293 spouses, 10,135 children (9,337 natural, 201 adopted, 597 stepchildren), 599 grandchildren, 219 brothers or sisters, 279 parents, 631 other relatives, 568 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,755 (1,302 male householders (921 living alone)), 1,742 female householders (1,535 living alone)), 711 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 49 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,758 2-persons, 2,067 3-persons, 1,955 4-persons, 859 5-persons, 297 6-persons, 155 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,456 1-person, 505 2-persons, 47 3-persons, 36 4-persons,
5,987 married couples with children.
1,718 single-parent households (424 men, 1,294 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 489
| Here: | 11.9% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 102
| Here: | 5.7% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 207
| Here: | 17.7% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |