Old Bridge township, Middlesex County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 18 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Old Bridge township: | 18.4% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
65% of Old Bridge township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 27739
- Northeast: 18823
- Midwest: 525
- South: 1256
- West: 350
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $131,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
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 Old Bridge township, New Jersey:
- 384 people in nursing homes
- 113 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 10 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 7 people in religious group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 13,074
- One, attached: 2,642
- Two: 400
- 3 or 4: 1,343
- 5 to 9: 731
- 10 to 19: 1,802
- 20 to 49: 888
- 50 or more: 987
- Mobile homes: 22
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $74,400
Housing units in Old Bridge township with a mortgage: 11,242 (1,067 second mortgage, 2,019 home equity loan, 41 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,895
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Construction (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Old Bridge township:
- Italian (23.3%)
- Irish (14.3%)
- Polish (7.2%)
- German (6.7%)
- United States or American (3.1%)
- Russian (3.1%)
- English (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (17%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Pakistan (6%)
- Egypt (6%)
- Poland (5%)
- Russia (4%)
- Italy (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 22,106 (75%)
- Carpooled: 2,781 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2,852 (10%)
- Subway or elevated: 16 (0%)
- Railroad: 484 (2%)
- Ferryboat: 7 (0%)
- Taxi: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 45 (0%)
- Walked: 366 (1%)
- Other means: 164 (1%)
- Worked at home: 635 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Old Bridge township, New Jersey:
- 384 people in nursing homes
- 113 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 10 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 7 people in religious group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
74.3% of residents of Old Bridge township speak English at home.
6.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
12.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
4.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 59,931- In family households: 53,537 (12,735 male householders, 3,409 female householders)
13,616 spouses, 20,147 children (19,158 natural, 420 adopted, 569 stepchildren), 678 grandchildren, 439 brothers or sisters, 839 parents, 987 other relatives, 687 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 6,394 (2,603 male householders (2,079 living alone)), 2,760 female householders (2,445 living alone)), 1,031 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 525 (386 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,321 2-persons, 3,969 3-persons, 4,097 4-persons, 1,858 5-persons, 677 6-persons, 222 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 4,524 1-person, 745 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
12,668 married couples with children.
1,978 single-parent households (494 men, 1,484 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 944
| Here: | 13.5% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 388
| Here: | 11.5% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 723
| Here: | 28.7% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |