Ewing township, Mercer County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Ewing township: | 8.2% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
63% of Ewing township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 23775
- Northeast: 4962
- Midwest: 728
- South: 2584
- West: 255
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $133,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Ewing township, New Jersey:
- 3,486 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 1,135 people in state prisons
- 227 people in nursing homes
- 65 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 37 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 32 people in religious group quarters
- 26 people in unknown juvenile institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 9,079
- One, attached: 832
- Two: 430
- 3 or 4: 286
- 5 to 9: 236
- 10 to 19: 1,057
- 20 to 49: 271
- 50 or more: 733
Housing units in Ewing township with a mortgage: 5,804 (505 second mortgage, 978 home equity loan, 29 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,974
- Public administration (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Construction (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Public administration (14%)
- Health care (10%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ewing township:
- Italian (16.3%)
- Irish (10.4%)
- German (9.7%)
- English (6.9%)
- Polish (6.8%)
- United States or American (3.4%)
- Russian (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Jamaica (9%)
- Poland (8%)
- India (7%)
- Haiti (5%)
- Colombia (5%)
- Germany (5%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 13,305 (78%)
- Carpooled: 1,696 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 127 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 11 (0%)
- Railroad: 307 (2%)
- Taxi: 36 (0%)
- Bicycle: 42 (0%)
- Walked: 1,177 (7%)
- Other means: 31 (0%)
- Worked at home: 404 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Ewing township, New Jersey:
- 3,486 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 1,135 people in state prisons
- 227 people in nursing homes
- 65 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 37 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 32 people in religious group quarters
- 26 people in unknown juvenile institutions
86.9% of residents of Ewing township speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
7.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (61% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 30,629- In family households: 25,220 (5,845 male householders, 2,321 female householders)
6,448 spouses, 8,244 children (7,735 natural, 228 adopted, 281 stepchildren), 650 grandchildren, 305 brothers or sisters, 285 parents, 603 other relatives, 519 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,409 (1,678 male householders (1,277 living alone)), 2,644 female householders (2,215 living alone)), 1,087 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5,078 (1,466 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,636 2-persons, 1,964 3-persons, 1,533 4-persons, 688 5-persons, 236 6-persons, 109 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,492 1-person, 645 2-persons, 104 3-persons, 50 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
4,208 married couples with children.
1,287 single-parent households (237 men, 1,050 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 407
| Here: | 13.3% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 212
| Here: | 13.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 479
| Here: | 9.1% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |