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Mount Olive township, NJ map Land area: 30.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.7 sq. mi.
Population: 24,193 (89% urban, 11% rural)
Males: 12,119  (50.1%)
Females: 12,074  (49.9%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 24,134 (15,988 owner occupied, 8,146 renter occupied)
% of renters here:

34%
State:

34%


Races in Mount Olive township:

  • White Non-Hispanic: 82.6%
  • Black: 3.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
  • Asian: 6.0%
  • Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino: 6.0%
  • Two or more races: 1.4%
  • Some other race: 0.2%

Median age of males: 34.1
Median age of females: 34.4

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Average household size: 2.66

Mount Olive township:

2.7 people
New Jersey:

2.7 people

Average family size: 3.22

Estimated median household income in 2008: $64,365 ($50,435 in 1999)
This township:

$64,365
New Jersey:

$70,378

Median contract rent in 2008 for apartments: $879 (lower quartile is $633, upper quartile is $1,029)
Here:

$879
State:

$935

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $260,592 (it was $120,500 in 2000)
Mount Olive township:

$260,592
New Jersey:

$364,100
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $185,776 - $314,011

Mean price in 2008:

Detached houses: $270,358
Here:

$270,358
State:

$449,074

Townhouses or other attached units: $222,113
Here:

$222,113
State:

$303,198

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $311,283
Here:

$311,283
State:

$389,032

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $517,500
Here:

$517,500
State:

$297,264

Mobile homes: $36,565
Here:

$36,565
State:

$53,584
Population density: 797 people per square mile 
 
  (very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
This township:

4.5%
Whole state:

8.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
This township:

2.8%
Whole state:

4.2%

Cities in this township include: Budd Lake.


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Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Cemetery: Stanhope Union Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Reservoirs: Waterloo Lakes (A), Hackettstown Storage Reservoir (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Turkey Brook (A), Wills Brook (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Number of foreign born residents: 785 (61% naturalized citizens)

Mount Olive township:  3.2%
State:  17.5%

59% of Mount Olive township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 24% lived in New Jersey.

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

  • This state: 3416
  • Northeast: 6341
  • Midwest: 141
  • South: 530
  • West: 115

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $131,000

Mount Olive township, New Jersey satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

People in group quarters in Mount Olive township, New Jersey:

  • 21 people in nursing homes
  • 14 people in other nonhousehold living situations
  • 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 11 people in homes for the mentally ill

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 4,784
  • One, attached: 514
  • Two: 29
  • 3 or 4: 199
  • 5 to 9: 92
  • 10 to 19: 11
  • Mobile homes: 383
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9

Median worth of mobile homes: $30,800


Housing units in Mount Olive township with a mortgage: 2,437 (256 second mortgage, 339 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 447

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 157
  • 1995 to 1998: 616
  • 1990 to 1994: 1,111
  • 1980 to 1989: 2,201
  • 1970 to 1979: 976
  • 1960 to 1969: 467
  • 1950 to 1959: 169
  • 1940 to 1949: 122
  • 1939 or earlier: 202

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Mount Olive township, New Jersey:

  • 1 room: 10
  • 2 rooms: 22
  • 3 rooms: 92
  • 4 rooms: 244
  • 5 rooms: 770
  • 6 rooms: 845
  • 7 rooms: 636
  • 8 rooms: 363
  • 9 or more rooms: 391

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mount Olive township, New Jersey:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 23
  • 3 rooms: 89
  • 4 rooms: 85
  • 5 rooms: 160
  • 6 rooms: 129
  • 7 rooms: 37
  • 8 rooms: 59
  • 9 or more rooms: 18

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Mount Olive township:

  • no bedroom: 17
  • 1 bedroom: 50
  • 2 bedrooms: 601
  • 3 bedrooms: 1,838
  • 4 bedrooms: 724
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 143

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mount Olive township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 99
  • 2 bedrooms: 154
  • 3 bedrooms: 242
  • 4 bedrooms: 83
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 22

Cars and other vehicles available in Mount Olive township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 106
  • 1 vehicle: 696
  • 2 vehicles: 1,653
  • 3 vehicles: 632
  • 4 vehicles: 208
  • 5 or more vehicles: 78

Cars and other vehicles available in Mount Olive township in n renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 247
  • 2 vehicles: 280
  • 3 vehicles: 44
  • 4 vehicles: 21
  • 5 or more vehicles: 8

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (14%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Computer and electronic products (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
  • Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Accommodation and food services (16%)
  • Health care (13%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
  • Computer and electronic products (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Carpenters (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Cashiers (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Mount Olive township:

  • Irish (17.6%)
  • German (16.0%)
  • Italian (14.5%)
  • United States or American (7.2%)
  • Polish (5.1%)
  • English (3.7%)
  • Dutch (2.2%)

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

  • Jamaica (9%)
  • Poland (8%)
  • United Kingdom (6%)
  • Philippines (6%)
  • Trinidad and Tobago (5%)
  • Germany (5%)
  • Colombia (4%)

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 4,205 (79%)
  • Carpooled: 648 (12%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 241 (5%)
  • Subway or elevated: 9 (0%)
  • Taxi: 7 (0%)
  • Walked: 57 (1%)
  • Other means: 22 (0%)
  • Worked at home: 160 (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Electricity (39%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (39%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
  • Wood (6%)
  • Coal or coke (2%)
  • Other fuel (1%)
  • Utility gas (1%)

People in group quarters in Mount Olive township, New Jersey:

  • 21 people in nursing homes
  • 14 people in other nonhousehold living situations
  • 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 11 people in homes for the mentally ill

88.7% of residents of Mount Olive township speak English at home.
6.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (41% speak English very well, 59% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 11,464
  • In family households: 10,270 (2,348 male householders, 707 female householders)
    2,573 spouses, 3,912 children (3,526 natural, 113 adopted, 273 stepchildren), 186 grandchildren, 59 brothers or sisters, 62 parents, 221 other relatives, 202 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 1,194 (496 male householders (377 living alone)), 429 female householders (319 living alone)), 269 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 31 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,091 2-persons, 628 3-persons, 755 4-persons, 352 5-persons, 178 6-persons, 51 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 696 1-person, 195 2-persons, 34 3-persons,

5,576 married couples with children.
817 single-parent households (242 men, 575 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 41
Here:

2.6%
New Jersey:

13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 67
Here:

8.8%
New Jersey:

13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 102
Here:

30.5%
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 Mount Olive township:

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