Bernards township, Somerset County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Land area: 24.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 24,575 (95% urban, 5% rural)
| Males: 11,945 |  (48.6%) |
| Females: 12,630 |  (51.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 23,829 (21,511 owner occupied, 2,318 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 10% |
| State: | 34% |
Races in Bernards township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 87.1%
- Black: 1.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.0%
- Asian: 7.8%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 2.6%
- Two or more races: 0.9%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 39.2
Median age of females: 39.5
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Average household size: 2.58
| Bernards township: | 2.6 people |
| New Jersey: | 2.7 people |
Average family size: 3.17
| Bernards township: | $97,219 |
| New Jersey: | $70,165 |
| Here: | $1,222 |
| State: | $1,035 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $400,900 (it was $222,400 in 2000)
| : | $400,900 |
| New Jersey: | $307,700 |
| Population density: 1024 people per square mile | (very high). |
| This township: | 5.5% |
| Whole state: | 8.5% |
| This township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Bernards township: Penn Brook Golf Course (A), Camp Sunshine (B), Ripple Hill Farm (C), Stone House (D), Liberty Corner First Aid Squad (E), Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Lyons Campus Fire Department (F), Basking Ridge Fire Company 1 and First Aid Squad (G), Liberty Corner Fire Company (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Bernards township include: Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church (A), Bishop Janes United Methodist Church (B), Saint Mark's Episcopal Church (C), Fellowship Deaconry (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Somerset Hills Cemetery (1), Holy Cross Cemetery (2), Millington Baptist Churchyard (3), Bishop Janes Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Osborn Pond (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Indian Grave Brook (A), Harrisons Brook (B), Spring Brook (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Bernards township include: Lord Sterling Park (1), Schmidt Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
66% of Bernards township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2754
- Northeast: 92
- Midwest: 363
- South: 118
- West: 147
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $118,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Bernards township, New Jersey:
- 261 people in nursing homes
- 219 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 68 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 61 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 51 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 31 people in wards in military hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 25 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 11 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 8 people in religious group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 5 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,321
- One, attached: 19
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 5
- 20 to 49: 20
- Mobile homes: 69
Median worth of mobile homes: $74,200
Housing units in Bernards township with a mortgage: 490 (0 second mortgage, 78 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 230
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (25%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (15%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (25%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (13%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Food processing workers (6%)
- Bus drivers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bernards township:
- English (18.8%)
- German (18.5%)
- Irish (14.3%)
- Dutch (10.5%)
- United States or American (8.6%)
- Polish (4.8%)
- European (4.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,355 (82%)
- Carpooled: 142 (9%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 132 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Wood (7%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Bernards township, New Jersey:
- 261 people in nursing homes
- 219 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 68 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 61 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 51 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 31 people in wards in military hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 25 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 11 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 8 people in religious group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 5 people in other nonhousehold living situations
97.8% of residents of Bernards township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,481- In family households: 3,162 (841 male householders, 143 female householders)
889 spouses, 1,118 children (920 natural, 34 adopted, 164 stepchildren), 61 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 53 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 319 (111 male householders (92 living alone)), 166 female householders (145 living alone)), 42 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 20 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 414 2-persons, 222 3-persons, 232 4-persons, 62 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 237 1-person, 40 2-persons,
6,100 married couples with children.
529 single-parent households (71 men, 458 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 48
| Here: | 11.2% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 24
| Here: | 11.6% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 11.6% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |