South Harrison township, Gloucester County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (40% naturalized citizens)
South Harrison township: | 4.6% |
Whole state: | 17.5% |
61% of South Harrison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1515
- Northeast: 598
- Midwest: 24
- South: 95
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $196,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
63 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 750
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 60
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in South Harrison township with a mortgage: 455 (51 second mortgage, 67 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 147
- Construction (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Harrison township:
- Italian (21.9%)
- German (17.8%)
- Irish (17.2%)
- English (11.4%)
- Polish (6.0%)
- United States or American (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (37%)
- Italy (15%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Germany (6%)
- Poland (5%)
- Colombia (5%)
- Canada (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 909 (78%)
- Carpooled: 131 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 2 (0%)
- Railroad: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 93 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
63 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
2 people in religious group quarters
93.1% of residents of South Harrison township speak English at home.
4.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (29% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 39% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,354- In family households: 2,184 (566 male householders, 109 female householders)
559 spouses, 815 children (748 natural, 34 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 45 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 170 (75 male householders (56 living alone)), 59 female householders (50 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 63 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 233 2-persons, 172 3-persons, 161 4-persons, 70 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 106 1-person, 24 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
538 married couples with children.
72 single-parent households (29 men, 43 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 35
Here: | 10.7% |
New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
Here: | 16.4% |
New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
Here: | 12.0% |
New Jersey: | 30.1% |