Hardyston township, Sussex County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Hardyston township: | 4.8% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
67% of Hardyston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4388
- Northeast: 1026
- Midwest: 138
- South: 140
- West: 115
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $122,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,002
- One, attached: 340
- Two: 33
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 109
- 10 to 19: 169
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Hardyston township with a mortgage: 1,323 (192 second mortgage, 181 home equity loan, 19 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 421
- Construction (15%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hardyston township:
- Italian (21.9%)
- German (14.9%)
- Irish (14.5%)
- English (7.2%)
- Polish (5.4%)
- United States or American (5.3%)
- Dutch (4.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (17%)
- Italy (11%)
- India (7%)
- Russia (7%)
- Philippines (5%)
- Colombia (5%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,699 (86%)
- Carpooled: 284 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 34 (1%)
- Railroad: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 30 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 62 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (51%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (4%)
14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
92.3% of residents of Hardyston township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
4.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,130- In family households: 5,425 (1,366 male householders, 331 female householders)
1,429 spouses, 1,973 children (1,843 natural, 40 adopted, 90 stepchildren), 91 grandchildren, 30 brothers or sisters, 36 parents, 105 other relatives, 64 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 705 (290 male householders (230 living alone)), 305 female householders (256 living alone)), 110 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 14 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 642 2-persons, 405 3-persons, 413 4-persons, 173 5-persons, 42 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 486 1-person, 99 2-persons, 10 4-persons,
1,316 married couples with children.
170 single-parent households (60 men, 110 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
| Here: | 3.4% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 2.7% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 42
| Here: | 18.3% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |