Jackson township, Ocean County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (66% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 6.3% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
57% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 26586
- Northeast: 10107
- Midwest: 858
- South: 1528
- West: 366
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $140,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
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 Jackson township, New Jersey:
- 365 people in nursing homes
- 8 people in other group homes
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 10,997
- One, attached: 1,023
- Two: 131
- 3 or 4: 452
- 5 to 9: 320
- 10 to 19: 316
- 20 to 49: 116
- 50 or more: 102
- Mobile homes: 1,181
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,500
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 9,026 (1,080 second mortgage, 1,305 home equity loan, 37 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,839
- Construction (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- Italian (24.7%)
- Irish (17.0%)
- German (12.3%)
- Polish (8.6%)
- English (4.1%)
- United States or American (3.0%)
- Russian (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (9%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Italy (7%)
- Germany (7%)
- Colombia (6%)
- India (6%)
- Egypt (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 16,905 (84%)
- Carpooled: 1,901 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 401 (2%)
- Subway or elevated: 13 (0%)
- Railroad: 64 (0%)
- Bicycle: 28 (0%)
- Walked: 178 (1%)
- Other means: 31 (0%)
- Worked at home: 547 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Jackson township, New Jersey:
- 365 people in nursing homes
- 8 people in other group homes
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
88.6% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
4.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
5.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 42,436- In family households: 38,806 (9,195 male householders, 2,089 female householders)
9,503 spouses, 15,270 children (14,317 natural, 330 adopted, 623 stepchildren), 680 grandchildren, 350 brothers or sisters, 349 parents, 728 other relatives, 642 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,630 (1,180 male householders (857 living alone)), 1,687 female householders (1,413 living alone)), 763 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 374 (360 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,462 2-persons, 2,631 3-persons, 3,036 4-persons, 1,434 5-persons, 476 6-persons, 245 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,270 1-person, 527 2-persons, 49 3-persons, 10 4-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
10,295 married couples with children.
1,551 single-parent households (395 men, 1,156 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 621
| Here: | 10.4% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 140
| Here: | 6.1% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 416
| Here: | 31.2% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |