Ocean township, Monmouth County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 16 (48% naturalized citizens)
| Ocean township: | 15.7% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
66% of Ocean township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 15915
- Northeast: 4799
- Midwest: 588
- South: 934
- West: 227
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $291,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
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
38 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,646
- One, attached: 963
- Two: 214
- 3 or 4: 348
- 5 to 9: 550
- 10 to 19: 1,199
- 20 to 49: 382
- 50 or more: 444
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $1,000,001
Housing units in Ocean township with a mortgage: 4,853 (492 second mortgage, 817 home equity loan, 39 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,747
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ocean township:
- Italian (20.3%)
- Irish (14.0%)
- German (8.1%)
- United States or American (5.3%)
- Polish (4.6%)
- English (4.4%)
- Russian (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Haiti (11%)
- India (9%)
- Russia (6%)
- Philippines (5%)
- Italy (5%)
- Korea (4%)
- Germany (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 10,685 (81%)
- Carpooled: 1,208 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 170 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 14 (0%)
- Railroad: 403 (3%)
- Ferryboat: 14 (0%)
- Taxi: 18 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 73 (1%)
- Walked: 171 (1%)
- Other means: 34 (0%)
- Worked at home: 315 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
38 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
80.0% of residents of Ocean township speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
11.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
3.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 26,921- In family households: 23,554 (5,587 male householders, 1,801 female householders)
6,011 spouses, 8,866 children (8,398 natural, 190 adopted, 278 stepchildren), 231 grandchildren, 125 brothers or sisters, 270 parents, 372 other relatives, 291 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,367 (1,142 male householders (927 living alone)), 1,736 female householders (1,535 living alone)), 489 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 38 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,845 2-persons, 1,851 3-persons, 1,607 4-persons, 773 5-persons, 234 6-persons, 78 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,462 1-person, 371 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 17 4-persons,
5,440 married couples with children.
1,093 single-parent households (226 men, 867 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 438
| Here: | 13.2% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 185
| Here: | 11.4% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 402
| Here: | 38.8% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |