Harding township, Morris County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Land area: 20.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 3,180 (20% urban, 80% rural)
| Males: 1,540 |  (48.4%) |
| Females: 1,640 |  (51.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 3,178 (2,972 owner occupied, 206 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 6% |
| State: | 34% |
Races in Harding township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.5%
- Black: 0.4%
- Asian: 1.1%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.8%
- Two or more races: 1.0%
- Some other race: 0.2%
Median age of males: 44.5
Median age of females: 45.3
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Average household size: 2.69
| Harding township: | 2.7 people |
| New Jersey: | 2.7 people |
Average family size: 3.03
| Harding township: | $100,176 |
| New Jersey: | $70,165 |
| Here: | $1,183 |
| State: | $1,035 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $414,000 (it was $250,400 in 2000)
| : | $414,000 |
| New Jersey: | $307,700 |
| Population density: 156 people per square mile | (average). |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Harding township: Wightman's Farm (A), Harding Township Fire Department (B), New Vernon Volunteer Fire Department (C), Wick House (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: New Vernon Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoirs: Mount Kemble Lake (A), Van Dorans Mill Pond (B), Silver Lake (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Great Brook (A), Primrose Brook (B), Loantaka Brook (C), Penns Brook (D), Silver Brook (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Harding township include: Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (1), Bayne Park (2), Morristown National Historical Park (3), Lewis Morris Park (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
100% of Harding township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 50
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 0
- South: 0
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 25
- Mobile homes: 1
Housing units in Harding township with a mortgage: 2 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Metal and metal products (13%)
- Construction (7%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harding township:
- Norwegian (48.0%)
- German (22.0%)
- Northern European (10.0%)
- Icelander (6.0%)
- Irish (4.0%)
- Scottish (4.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 13 (50%)
- Carpooled: 3 (12%)
- Walked: 4 (15%)
- Worked at home: 6 (23%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (32%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
2 people in religious group quarters
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 50- In family households: 44 (13 male householders, 0 female householders)
14 spouses, 17 children (14 natural, 3 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 6 (4 male householders (4 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 5 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 6 1-person,
719 married couples with children.
64 single-parent households (14 men, 50 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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% |