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East Greenwich township, Gloucester County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 0 (38% naturalized citizens)

East Greenwich township:

0.4%
Whole state:

17.5%

62% of East Greenwich township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in New Jersey.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 777
  • Northeast: 30
  • Midwest: 108
  • South: 25
  • West: 33

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

People in group quarters in East Greenwich township, New Jersey:

  • 119 people in nursing homes
  • 22 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 10 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
  • 8 people in homes for the mentally ill
  • 7 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
East Greenwich township, NJ map East Greenwich township, New Jersey satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $38,800


Housing units in East Greenwich township with a mortgage: 104 (2 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 134

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 38
  • 1995 to 1998: 79
  • 1990 to 1994: 79
  • 1980 to 1989: 97
  • 1970 to 1979: 142
  • 1960 to 1969: 88
  • 1950 to 1959: 95
  • 1940 to 1949: 62
  • 1939 or earlier: 395

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in East Greenwich township, New Jersey:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 2
  • 3 rooms: 5
  • 4 rooms: 49
  • 5 rooms: 99
  • 6 rooms: 73
  • 7 rooms: 38
  • 8 rooms: 38
  • 9 or more rooms: 36

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in East Greenwich township, New Jersey:

  • 1 room: 2
  • 2 rooms: 4
  • 3 rooms: 6
  • 4 rooms: 24
  • 5 rooms: 18
  • 6 rooms: 8
  • 7 rooms: 8
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9 or more rooms: 5

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in East Greenwich township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 7
  • 2 bedrooms: 81
  • 3 bedrooms: 196
  • 4 bedrooms: 47
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 9

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in East Greenwich township:

  • no bedroom: 2
  • 1 bedroom: 8
  • 2 bedrooms: 36
  • 3 bedrooms: 25
  • 4 bedrooms: 4
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in East Greenwich township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 2
  • 1 vehicle: 90
  • 2 vehicles: 177
  • 3 vehicles: 60
  • 4 vehicles: 9
  • 5 or more vehicles: 2

Cars and other vehicles available in East Greenwich township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 4
  • 1 vehicle: 34
  • 2 vehicles: 30
  • 3 vehicles: 3
  • 4 vehicles: 2
  • 5 or more vehicles: 2

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (22%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (8%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Machinery (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (17%)
  • Educational services (15%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Carpenters (9%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Top executives (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in East Greenwich township:

  • German (23.2%)
  • English (12.2%)
  • Irish (9.7%)
  • United States or American (9.3%)
  • Norwegian (6.4%)
  • Polish (6.1%)
  • Scottish (4.9%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Poland (48%)
  • France (19%)
  • Germany (10%)
  • Korea (10%)
  • Canada (10%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
  • Utility gas (35%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
  • Wood (7%)
  • Electricity (6%)

People in group quarters in East Greenwich township, New Jersey:

  • 119 people in nursing homes
  • 22 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 10 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
  • 8 people in homes for the mentally ill
  • 7 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms

96.6% of residents of East Greenwich township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 48% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 998

Size of family households: 166 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 9 6-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 102 1-person, 5 2-persons, 3 3-persons,

1,120 married couples with children.
135 single-parent households (40 men, 95 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here:

2.0%
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: 0
Here:

0.0%
New Jersey:

30.1%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in East Greenwich township:

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