Branchburg township, Somerset County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 11 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Branchburg township: | 10.7% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
62% of Branchburg township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8606
- Northeast: 2717
- Midwest: 538
- South: 682
- West: 335
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $269,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
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: 3,940
- One, attached: 715
- Two: 46
- 3 or 4: 86
- 5 to 9: 96
- 10 to 19: 213
- 20 to 49: 174
- 50 or more: 28
- Mobile homes: 152
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,600
Housing units in Branchburg township with a mortgage: 3,408 (274 second mortgage, 476 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 682
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Construction (8%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Life and physical scientists (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Branchburg township:
- Italian (19.9%)
- Irish (14.3%)
- German (12.0%)
- Polish (7.7%)
- English (6.6%)
- United States or American (3.4%)
- Ukrainian (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (20%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Taiwan (6%)
- Cuba (6%)
- Korea (5%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
- Germany (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,910 (89%)
- Carpooled: 287 (4%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 57 (1%)
- Railroad: 115 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 55 (1%)
- Other means: 54 (1%)
- Worked at home: 243 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
87.4% of residents of Branchburg township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).
7.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 14,562- In family households: 13,071 (3,555 male householders, 499 female householders)
3,690 spouses, 4,939 children (4,717 natural, 91 adopted, 131 stepchildren), 57 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 113 parents, 121 other relatives, 84 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,491 (505 male householders (420 living alone)), 752 female householders (633 living alone)), 234 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 1,407 2-persons, 915 3-persons, 1,193 4-persons, 430 5-persons, 43 6-persons, 66 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,053 1-person, 196 2-persons, 8 5-persons,
3,588 married couples with children.
303 single-parent households (60 men, 243 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 222
| Here: | 12.1% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 133
| Here: | 20.6% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 139
| Here: | 29.3% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |