West Deptford township, Gloucester County, New Jersey (NJ)

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Land area: 15.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.9 sq. mi.
Population: 19,368 (99% urban, 1% rural)

Males: 9,354	(48.3%)
Females: 10,014	(51.7%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 19,203 (14,699 owner occupied, 4,504 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	23%
State:	34%

Races in West Deptford township:

White Non-Hispanic: 91.1%
Black: 5.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
Asian: 1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 1.8%
Two or more races: 0.7%
Some other race: 0.0%

Median age of males: 37.5
Median age of females: 38.6

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Average household size: 2.49

West Deptford township:	2.5 people
New Jersey:	2.7 people

Average family size: 3.07

Estimated median household income in 2007: $66,061 ($50,583 in 1999)

This township:	$66,061
New Jersey:	$67,035

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $838 (lower quartile is $744, upper quartile is $914)

Here:	$838
State:	$905

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $230,522 (it was $115,800 in 2000)

West Deptford township:	$230,522
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $178,318 - $332,537

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $273,466
Here: $273,466
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $177,282
Here: $177,282
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $173,254
Here: $173,254
State: $429,538

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $126,937
Here: $126,937
State: $371,779

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $96,474
Here: $96,474
State: $309,003

Mobile homes: $34,682
Here: $34,682
State: $53,584

Population density: 1218 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	5.3%
Whole state:	8.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	2.6%
Whole state:	4.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 373 (62% naturalized citizens)

West Deptford township:	1.9%
State:	17.5%

66% of West Deptford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in New Jersey.

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

This state: 11857
Northeast: 5569
Midwest: 393
South: 918
West: 127

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $122,900

West Deptford township, New Jersey satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

People in group quarters in West Deptford township, New Jersey

129 people in nursing homes
18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
10 people in religious group quarters
8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,864
One, attached: 576
Two: 106
3 or 4: 358
5 to 9: 504
10 to 19: 620
20 to 49: 437
50 or more: 211
Mobile homes: 312
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11

Median worth of mobile homes: $19,000

Housing units in West Deptford township with a mortgage: 3,502 (460 second mortgage, 665 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,298

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 103
1995 to 1998: 183
1990 to 1994: 542
1980 to 1989: 1,086
1970 to 1979: 2,034
1960 to 1969: 1,494
1950 to 1959: 1,416
1940 to 1949: 353
1939 or earlier: 788

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in West Deptford township, New Jersey:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 21 3 rooms: 104 4 rooms: 405 5 rooms: 853 6 rooms: 1,011 7 rooms: 1,051 8 rooms: 1,019 9 or more rooms: 932

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in West Deptford township, New Jersey:
	1 room: 114 2 rooms: 150 3 rooms: 825 4 rooms: 492 5 rooms: 470 6 rooms: 145 7 rooms: 94 8 rooms: 27 9 or more rooms: 6

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in West Deptford township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 115 2 bedrooms: 965 3 bedrooms: 2,596 4 bedrooms: 1,458 5 or more bedrooms: 262

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in West Deptford township:
	no bedroom: 129 1 bedroom: 1,128 2 bedrooms: 773 3 bedrooms: 267 4 bedrooms: 20 5 or more bedrooms: 6

Cars and other vehicles available in West Deptford township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 234 1 vehicle: 1,556 2 vehicles: 2,522 3 vehicles: 887 4 vehicles: 153 5 or more vehicles: 44

Cars and other vehicles available in West Deptford township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 256 1 vehicle: 1,386 2 vehicles: 587 3 vehicles: 84 4 vehicles: 0 5 or more vehicles: 10

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (11%)
Educational services (6%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Public administration (5%)
Health care (4%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (17%)
Educational services (15%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Public administration (4%)
Personal and laundry services (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in West Deptford township:

Irish (23.2%)
Italian (21.3%)
German (19.7%)
English (9.2%)
Polish (5.2%)
United States or American (3.1%)
French (except Basque) (1.5%)

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

Korea (20%)
Mexico (12%)
Germany (10%)
Ireland (10%)
Ecuador (8%)
Canada (5%)
India (4%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 8,446 (83%)
Carpooled: 1,041 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 139 (1%)
Subway or elevated: 65 (1%)
Railroad: 24 (0%)
Taxi: 25 (0%)
Motorcycle: 18 (0%)
Bicycle: 34 (0%)
Walked: 160 (2%)
Other means: 52 (1%)
Worked at home: 149 (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (59%) Electricity (21%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Other fuel (1%)

People in group quarters in West Deptford township, New Jersey

129 people in nursing homes
18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
10 people in religious group quarters
8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse

95.3% of residents of West Deptford township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 19,202

In family households: 16,096 (4,062 male householders, 1,092 female householders)
4,088 spouses, 5,752 children (5,347 natural, 147 adopted, 258 stepchildren), 312 grandchildren, 84 brothers or sisters, 139 parents, 230 other relatives, 337 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,106 (1,160 male householders (947 living alone)), 1,408 female householders (1,167 living alone)), 538 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 166 (130 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,020 2-persons, 1,281 3-persons, 1,131 4-persons, 529 5-persons, 164 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,114 1-person, 419 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 5 6-persons.

3,349 married couples with children.
829 single-parent households (240 men, 589 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 221

Here:	10.3%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 98

Here:	8.4%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 129

Here:	16.9%
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 West Deptford township:

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