Byram township, Sussex County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Byram township: | 6.1% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
70% of Byram township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5457
- Northeast: 1580
- Midwest: 285
- South: 254
- West: 110
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,961
- One, attached: 20
- Two: 37
- 3 or 4: 18
- 5 to 9: 16
- Mobile homes: 5
Housing units in Byram township with a mortgage: 2,111 (163 second mortgage, 421 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 367
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Business operations specialists (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Byram township:
- Italian (23.8%)
- Irish (16.7%)
- German (13.2%)
- Polish (8.0%)
- English (4.8%)
- United States or American (3.9%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Colombia (11%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Italy (7%)
- Romania (7%)
- Egypt (6%)
- Philippines (5%)
- Poland (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,792 (86%)
- Carpooled: 378 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 26 (1%)
- Railroad: 35 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 24 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (0%)
- Worked at home: 127 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (75%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
92.0% of residents of Byram township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 19% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (49% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,235- In family households: 7,570 (1,993 male householders, 337 female householders)
2,133 spouses, 2,850 children (2,651 natural, 93 adopted, 106 stepchildren), 75 grandchildren, 39 brothers or sisters, 37 parents, 80 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 665 (266 male householders (185 living alone)), 256 female householders (217 living alone)), 143 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 787 2-persons, 597 3-persons, 605 4-persons, 284 5-persons, 54 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 402 1-person, 104 2-persons, 16 3-persons,
2,054 married couples with children.
219 single-parent households (62 men, 157 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 111
| Here: | 10.2% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 38
| Here: | 6.3% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 74
| Here: | 27.2% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |