Fairfield township, Essex County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 13 (78% naturalized citizens)
| Fairfield township: | 12.6% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
70% of Fairfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5125
- Northeast: 827
- Midwest: 32
- South: 106
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $350,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
87 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,212
- One, attached: 59
- Two: 24
- 3 or 4: 23
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $225,000
Housing units in Fairfield township with a mortgage: 1,358 (40 second mortgage, 244 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 722
- Construction (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Chemicals (2%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (3%)
- Engineers (3%)
- Accountants and auditors (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fairfield township:
- Italian (43.7%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- German (7.3%)
- Polish (5.3%)
- United States or American (3.3%)
- English (2.3%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (15%)
- Poland (9%)
- Greece (7%)
- Canada (6%)
- Germany (5%)
- Brazil (5%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,995 (85%)
- Carpooled: 261 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 61 (2%)
- Railroad: 46 (1%)
- Walked: 35 (1%)
- Other means: 22 (1%)
- Worked at home: 88 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Electricity (7%)
87 people in nursing homes
80.7% of residents of Fairfield township speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
12.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,975- In family households: 6,589 (1,594 male householders, 394 female householders)
1,795 spouses, 2,359 children (2,272 natural, 81 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 117 grandchildren, 36 brothers or sisters, 127 parents, 151 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 386 (143 male householders (102 living alone)), 172 female householders (150 living alone)), 71 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 88 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 673 2-persons, 483 3-persons, 499 4-persons, 216 5-persons, 84 6-persons, 33 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 252 1-person, 49 2-persons, 14 3-persons,
1,348 married couples with children.
91 single-parent households (14 men, 77 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 35
| Here: | 5.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 4.3% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 167
| Here: | 51.7% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |