Hamilton township, Mercer County, New Jersey (NJ)

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Land area: 39.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.9 sq. mi.
Population: 87,109 (99% urban, 1% rural)

Males: 41,530	(47.7%)
Females: 45,579	(52.3%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 86,369 (69,234 owner occupied, 17,135 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	20%
State:	34%

Races in Hamilton township:

White Non-Hispanic: 82.8%
Black: 7.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 5.1%
Two or more races: 1.3%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 39.1
Median age of females: 40.5

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Average household size: 2.58

Hamilton township:	2.6 people
New Jersey:	2.7 people

Average family size: 3.10

Estimated median household income in 2007: $70,874 ($57,110 in 1999)

This township:	$70,874
New Jersey:	$67,035

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $886 (lower quartile is $756, upper quartile is $1,051)

Here:	$886
State:	$905

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $303,316 (it was $135,100 in 2000)

Hamilton township:	$303,316
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $225,047 - $344,937

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $298,654
Here: $298,654
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $206,229
Here: $206,229
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $251,468
Here: $251,468
State: $429,538

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $174,784
Here: $174,784
State: $371,779

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $143,815
Here: $143,815
State: $309,003

Mobile homes: $131,875
Here: $131,875
State: $53,584

Population density: 2208 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	4.2%
Whole state:	8.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	2.1%
Whole state:	4.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 8,311 (56% naturalized citizens)

Hamilton township:	9.5%
State:	17.5%

69% of Hamilton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in New Jersey.

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

This state: 62553
Northeast: 10073
Midwest: 1298
South: 3033
West: 752

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $135,300

Hamilton township, New Jersey satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%

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 Hamilton township, New Jersey

620 people in nursing homes
48 people in religious group quarters
28 people in other nonhousehold living situations
27 people in homes for the mentally retarded
6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
6 people in homes for the mentally ill
5 people in other group homes

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 22,728
One, attached: 3,348
Two: 1,722
3 or 4: 866
5 to 9: 982
10 to 19: 2,598
20 to 49: 908
50 or more: 1,278
Mobile homes: 28
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12

Median worth of mobile homes: $137,500

Housing units in Hamilton township with a mortgage: 15,512 (1,559 second mortgage, 2,736 home equity loan, 84 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,852

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 348
1995 to 1998: 684
1990 to 1994: 890
1980 to 1989: 3,913
1970 to 1979: 4,875
1960 to 1969: 6,441
1950 to 1959: 8,181
1940 to 1949: 3,989
1939 or earlier: 5,149

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Hamilton township, New Jersey:
	1 room: 14 2 rooms: 84 3 rooms: 309 4 rooms: 1,522 5 rooms: 4,378 6 rooms: 6,710 7 rooms: 5,756 8 rooms: 3,928 9 or more rooms: 2,469

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Hamilton township, New Jersey:
	1 room: 235 2 rooms: 519 3 rooms: 2,689 4 rooms: 2,374 5 rooms: 1,424 6 rooms: 665 7 rooms: 204 8 rooms: 159 9 or more rooms: 66

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Hamilton township:
	no bedroom: 20 1 bedroom: 520 2 bedrooms: 4,537 3 bedrooms: 12,686 4 bedrooms: 6,580 5 or more bedrooms: 827

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Hamilton township:
	no bedroom: 287 1 bedroom: 4,393 2 bedrooms: 2,486 3 bedrooms: 954 4 bedrooms: 170 5 or more bedrooms: 45

Cars and other vehicles available in Hamilton township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,047 1 vehicle: 6,590 2 vehicles: 11,838 3 vehicles: 3,955 4 vehicles: 1,367 5 or more vehicles: 373

Cars and other vehicles available in Hamilton township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,228 1 vehicle: 4,466 2 vehicles: 2,169 3 vehicles: 358 4 vehicles: 79 5 or more vehicles: 35

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Public administration (13%)
Construction (10%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
Educational services (6%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Repair and maintenance (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (15%)
Health care (15%)
Public administration (14%)
Finance and insurance (8%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Social assistance (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Computer specialists (4%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Registered nurses (4%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Hamilton township:

Italian (25.3%)
Irish (12.9%)
German (10.3%)
Polish (9.6%)
English (6.1%)
United States or American (3.2%)
Hungarian (2.8%)

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

Haiti (10%)
Italy (8%)
India (7%)
Poland (7%)
Guatemala (6%)
Germany (4%)
Philippines (4%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 36,627 (83%)
Carpooled: 4,560 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 497 (1%)
Subway or elevated: 25 (0%)
Railroad: 740 (2%)
Taxi: 49 (0%)
Motorcycle: 37 (0%)
Bicycle: 74 (0%)
Walked: 402 (1%)
Other means: 153 (0%)
Worked at home: 791 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (77%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%) Electricity (7%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

People in group quarters in Hamilton township, New Jersey

620 people in nursing homes
48 people in religious group quarters
28 people in other nonhousehold living situations
27 people in homes for the mentally retarded
6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
6 people in homes for the mentally ill
5 people in other group homes

85.6% of residents of Hamilton township speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
7.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Household type by relationship

Households: 86,516

In family households: 74,925 (18,232 male householders, 5,483 female householders)
19,094 spouses, 26,770 children (25,110 natural, 537 adopted, 1,123 stepchildren), 1,429 grandchildren, 557 brothers or sisters, 841 parents, 1,407 other relatives, 1,112 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 11,591 (3,863 male householders (2,999 living alone)), 5,947 female householders (5,216 living alone)), 1,781 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 738 (619 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 9,393 2-persons, 5,861 3-persons, 5,219 4-persons, 2,227 5-persons, 775 6-persons, 240 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 8,215 1-person, 1,434 2-persons, 96 3-persons, 49 4-persons, 16 6-persons.

14,910 married couples with children.
3,660 single-parent households (805 men, 2,855 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 885

Here:	9.7%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 527

Here:	10.3%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,010

Here:	26.1%
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 (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Hamilton township:

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