Mantua township, Gloucester County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (61% naturalized citizens)
| Mantua township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
79% of Mantua township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1512
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 40
- South: 75
- West: 18
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Mantua township, New Jersey:
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 10 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 2 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 542
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 82
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,200
Housing units in Mantua township with a mortgage: 220 (14 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 170
- Construction (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (17%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Computer specialists (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mantua township:
- German (53.1%)
- United States or American (11.9%)
- Polish (8.0%)
- Irish (4.4%)
- Italian (4.0%)
- English (3.4%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (39%)
- Vietnam (33%)
- Korea (11%)
- Philippines (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 687 (84%)
- Carpooled: 77 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 26 (3%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 26 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (64%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Coal or coke (13%)
- Wood (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Mantua township, New Jersey:
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 10 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 2 people in nursing homes
97.6% of residents of Mantua township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (20% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,693- In family households: 1,520 (429 male householders, 65 female householders)
422 spouses, 540 children (503 natural, 17 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 10 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 173 (66 male householders (47 living alone)), 79 female householders (75 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 210 2-persons, 120 3-persons, 101 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 122 1-person, 21 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
2,992 married couples with children.
533 single-parent households (146 men, 387 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 6.6% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 2.3% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 11.4% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |