Union township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 5.6% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
54% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3636
- Northeast: 1379
- Midwest: 248
- South: 381
- West: 94
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $212,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Union township, New Jersey:
- 1,098 people in state prisons
- 635 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 59 people in other types of correctional institutions
- 10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,143
- One, attached: 146
- Two: 40
- 3 or 4: 53
- 5 to 9: 52
- 10 to 19: 238
- 20 to 49: 28
- 50 or more: 7
- Mobile homes: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,400
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 840 (59 second mortgage, 178 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 236
- Construction (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Lawyers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- Italian (19.3%)
- German (16.5%)
- Irish (13.2%)
- English (9.1%)
- Polish (6.3%)
- United States or American (3.4%)
- Scottish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Germany (10%)
- Poland (9%)
- Dominican Republic (7%)
- India (6%)
- Italy (6%)
- Ireland (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,921 (84%)
- Carpooled: 133 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 22 (1%)
- Railroad: 12 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 51 (2%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 131 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (40%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Union township, New Jersey:
- 1,098 people in state prisons
- 635 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 59 people in other types of correctional institutions
- 10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
90.3% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
4.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
3.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 47% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,361- In family households: 3,742 (1,059 male householders, 115 female householders)
1,054 spouses, 1,347 children (1,291 natural, 29 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 56 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 619 (264 male householders (213 living alone)), 232 female householders (192 living alone)), 123 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,799 (1,767 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 445 2-persons, 234 3-persons, 333 4-persons, 124 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 405 1-person, 85 2-persons, 6 5-persons,
1,035 married couples with children.
104 single-parent households (39 men, 65 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 95
| Here: | 15.4% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31
| Here: | 9.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 5.0% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |