Bethlehem township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (66% naturalized citizens)
| Bethlehem township: | 4.9% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
62% of Bethlehem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2363
- Northeast: 759
- Midwest: 245
- South: 202
- West: 52
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $515,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,277
- Two: 19
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $75,000
Housing units in Bethlehem township with a mortgage: 886 (97 second mortgage, 164 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 197
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Construction (12%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Health care (9%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bethlehem township:
- German (25.2%)
- Italian (14.7%)
- Irish (14.4%)
- Polish (9.2%)
- English (7.6%)
- United States or American (6.1%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (22%)
- Germany (18%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Austria (9%)
- Russia (7%)
- Poland (5%)
- Netherlands (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,588 (80%)
- Carpooled: 183 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 28 (1%)
- Railroad: 13 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 17 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 134 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Wood (1%)
95.6% of residents of Bethlehem township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English not well).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,820- In family households: 3,615 (930 male householders, 171 female householders)
1,022 spouses, 1,370 children (1,226 natural, 69 adopted, 75 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 13 other relatives, 52 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 205 (80 male householders (51 living alone)), 92 female householders (79 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 399 2-persons, 224 3-persons, 314 4-persons, 122 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 130 1-person, 42 2-persons,
1,018 married couples with children.
64 single-parent households (15 men, 49 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 3.1% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 6.8% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
| Here: | 18.9% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |