Franklin township, Gloucester County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
77% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% 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: 10307
- Northeast: 3529
- Midwest: 279
- South: 689
- West: 92
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Franklin township, New Jersey:
- 47 people in religious group quarters
- 37 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,999
- One, attached: 32
- Two: 71
- 3 or 4: 33
- 10 to 19: 32
- 20 to 49: 8
- 50 or more: 10
- Mobile homes: 276
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,400
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 3,087 (291 second mortgage, 588 home equity loan, 20 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,033
- Construction (19%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Health care (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Bus drivers (4%)
- Cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- Italian (24.0%)
- German (17.0%)
- Irish (16.3%)
- English (7.6%)
- Polish (6.2%)
- United States or American (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (15%)
- Italy (14%)
- Mexico (10%)
- India (8%)
- Canada (8%)
- Portugal (7%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,922 (82%)
- Carpooled: 811 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 109 (2%)
- Subway or elevated: 13 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 140 (2%)
- Other means: 73 (1%)
- Worked at home: 171 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (46%)
- Utility gas (34%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Franklin township, New Jersey:
- 47 people in religious group quarters
- 37 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
94.7% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 15,376- In family households: 14,073 (3,284 male householders, 907 female householders)
3,268 spouses, 5,560 children (5,195 natural, 114 adopted, 251 stepchildren), 401 grandchildren, 53 brothers or sisters, 102 parents, 196 other relatives, 302 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,303 (544 male householders (437 living alone)), 493 female householders (400 living alone)), 266 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 90 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,347 2-persons, 1,080 3-persons, 1,052 4-persons, 485 5-persons, 141 6-persons, 86 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 837 1-person, 175 2-persons, 17 3-persons, 5 5-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
3,100 married couples with children.
733 single-parent households (240 men, 493 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 142
| Here: | 7.2% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 56
| Here: | 4.6% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 193
| Here: | 25.3% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |