West Orange township, Essex County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 26 (57% naturalized citizens)
| West Orange township: | 25.6% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
63% of West Orange township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 23137
- Northeast: 7358
- Midwest: 528
- South: 1450
- West: 398
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $219,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in West Orange township, New Jersey:
- 932 people in nursing homes
- 94 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 73 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 22 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 22 people in religious group quarters
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 9,579
- One, attached: 1,644
- Two: 1,794
- 3 or 4: 1,243
- 5 to 9: 719
- 10 to 19: 400
- 20 to 49: 237
- 50 or more: 1,203
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $162,500
Housing units in West Orange township with a mortgage: 7,016 (592 second mortgage, 1,045 home equity loan, 23 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,934
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Construction (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (3%)
- Lawyers (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Orange township:
- Italian (17.0%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- Russian (5.3%)
- United States or American (4.9%)
- German (4.5%)
- Polish (4.5%)
- Haitian (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Haiti (10%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Peru (6%)
- India (6%)
- Jamaica (4%)
- Korea (4%)
- Italy (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 16,054 (75%)
- Carpooled: 2,105 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1,104 (5%)
- Subway or elevated: 325 (2%)
- Railroad: 602 (3%)
- Taxi: 36 (0%)
- Bicycle: 16 (0%)
- Walked: 393 (2%)
- Other means: 125 (1%)
- Worked at home: 736 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
People in group quarters in West Orange township, New Jersey:
- 932 people in nursing homes
- 94 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 73 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 22 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 22 people in religious group quarters
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
68.0% of residents of West Orange township speak English at home.
10.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
12.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
5.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak other language at home (85% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 43,699- In family households: 38,157 (8,800 male householders, 2,898 female householders)
9,570 spouses, 13,416 children (12,690 natural, 454 adopted, 272 stepchildren), 557 grandchildren, 562 brothers or sisters, 581 parents, 1,090 other relatives, 683 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,542 (1,663 male householders (1,320 living alone)), 3,027 female householders (2,710 living alone)), 852 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,153 (984 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,570 2-persons, 2,680 3-persons, 2,503 4-persons, 1,163 5-persons, 537 6-persons, 245 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 4,030 1-person, 582 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 19 5-persons,
8,016 married couples with children.
1,671 single-parent households (381 men, 1,290 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,029
| Here: | 21.6% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 463
| Here: | 20.4% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 677
| Here: | 37.3% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |