Kingwood township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (74% naturalized citizens)
| Kingwood township: | 4.3% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
73% of Kingwood township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% 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: 2758
- Northeast: 693
- Midwest: 50
- South: 83
- West: 37
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $350,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,312
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 61
- 3 or 4: 32
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $187,500
Housing units in Kingwood township with a mortgage: 657 (106 second mortgage, 117 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 181
- Construction (17%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Art and design workers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Kingwood township:
- German (19.2%)
- Italian (16.6%)
- Irish (12.4%)
- Polish (10.6%)
- English (10.4%)
- United States or American (7.3%)
- Hungarian (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (41%)
- Yugoslavia (20%)
- Chile (13%)
- France (6%)
- Hungary (6%)
- Guatemala (6%)
- Other South America (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,510 (75%)
- Carpooled: 261 (13%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 27 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (0%)
- Worked at home: 188 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (63%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
94.3% of residents of Kingwood township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
4.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,782- In family households: 3,415 (896 male householders, 152 female householders)
957 spouses, 1,247 children (1,154 natural, 36 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 59 parents, 70 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 367 (151 male householders (97 living alone)), 146 female householders (138 living alone)), 70 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 389 2-persons, 235 3-persons, 262 4-persons, 104 5-persons, 44 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 235 1-person, 53 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
903 married couples with children.
85 single-parent households (15 men, 70 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 55
| Here: | 10.4% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 29
| Here: | 38.2% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |