Pennsville township, Salem County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (54% naturalized citizens)
| Pennsville township: | 3.2% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
70% of Pennsville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7766
- Northeast: 1764
- Midwest: 245
- South: 2766
- West: 142
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,900
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: 0.2% of all households
38 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
7 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,353
- One, attached: 45
- Two: 222
- 3 or 4: 152
- 5 to 9: 96
- 10 to 19: 184
- 20 to 49: 129
- 50 or more: 188
- Mobile homes: 250
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,000
Housing units in Pennsville township with a mortgage: 2,307 (242 second mortgage, 434 home equity loan, 27 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,392
- Chemicals (12%)
- Construction (10%)
- Utilities (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Plant and system operators (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Customer service representatives (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pennsville township:
- Irish (19.0%)
- German (18.1%)
- English (13.5%)
- Italian (13.2%)
- United States or American (9.0%)
- Polish (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (21%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (12%)
- Japan (7%)
- India (7%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Greece (6%)
- Dominican Republic (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,576 (87%)
- Carpooled: 563 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 14 (0%)
- Taxi: 18 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 16 (0%)
- Walked: 77 (1%)
- Other means: 43 (1%)
- Worked at home: 65 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (41%)
- Utility gas (41%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
38 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
7 people in religious group quarters
94.2% of residents of Pennsville township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (17% speak English very well, 52% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,198- In family households: 11,340 (3,137 male householders, 652 female householders)
2,934 spouses, 3,814 children (3,490 natural, 72 adopted, 252 stepchildren), 202 grandchildren, 57 brothers or sisters, 109 parents, 120 other relatives, 315 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,858 (586 male householders (480 living alone)), 1,061 female householders (959 living alone)), 211 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 47 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,706 2-persons, 907 3-persons, 749 4-persons, 289 5-persons, 104 6-persons, 34 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,439 1-person, 208 2-persons,
2,189 married couples with children.
593 single-parent households (164 men, 429 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 124
| Here: | 8.5% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 63
| Here: | 8.1% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 94
| Here: | 23.4% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |