Green Brook township, Somerset County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 13 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Green Brook township: | 13.1% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
61% of Green Brook township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3521
- Northeast: 986
- Midwest: 104
- South: 181
- West: 64
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
People in group quarters in Green Brook township, New Jersey:
- 172 people in nursing homes
- 111 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,623
- One, attached: 96
- Two: 39
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 73
- 10 to 19: 76
- 20 to 49: 3
Housing units in Green Brook township with a mortgage: 1,195 (124 second mortgage, 161 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 359
- Construction (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Green Brook township:
- Italian (21.7%)
- German (14.6%)
- Irish (13.6%)
- Polish (7.4%)
- English (4.6%)
- United States or American (3.2%)
- Russian (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (20%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Germany (7%)
- Pakistan (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Cuba (6%)
- Italy (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,319 (83%)
- Carpooled: 226 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Railroad: 95 (3%)
- Bicycle: 15 (1%)
- Walked: 33 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 100 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Electricity (5%)
People in group quarters in Green Brook township, New Jersey:
- 172 people in nursing homes
- 111 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
81.1% of residents of Green Brook township speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
10.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
4.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (53% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,368- In family households: 4,908 (1,185 male householders, 330 female householders)
1,327 spouses, 1,744 children (1,609 natural, 86 adopted, 49 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 56 brothers or sisters, 96 parents, 70 other relatives, 68 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 460 (151 male householders (95 living alone)), 224 female householders (206 living alone)), 85 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 286 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 605 2-persons, 329 3-persons, 356 4-persons, 151 5-persons, 67 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 301 1-person, 64 2-persons, 7 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
1,166 married couples with children.
135 single-parent households (44 men, 91 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 1.7% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
| Here: | 8.6% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 44
| Here: | 25.9% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |