Upper township, Cape May County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Upper township: | 2.6% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
72% of Upper township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% 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: 6957
- Northeast: 3802
- Midwest: 256
- South: 566
- West: 169
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $177,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
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
6 people in religious group quarters
2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,612
- One, attached: 72
- Two: 129
- 3 or 4: 36
- 5 to 9: 7
- 50 or more: 5
- Mobile homes: 611
Median worth of mobile homes: $61,800
Housing units in Upper township with a mortgage: 2,540 (266 second mortgage, 627 home equity loan, 18 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 935
- Construction (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Upper township:
- Irish (23.8%)
- German (18.4%)
- Italian (17.7%)
- English (10.1%)
- United States or American (3.8%)
- Polish (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (16%)
- Germany (13%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Poland (8%)
- Canada (7%)
- India (7%)
- Jamaica (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,096 (86%)
- Carpooled: 524 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 43 (1%)
- Bicycle: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 45 (1%)
- Other means: 12 (0%)
- Worked at home: 227 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (35%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (3%)
6 people in religious group quarters
2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
96.6% of residents of Upper township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,107- In family households: 10,999 (2,815 male householders, 562 female householders)
2,991 spouses, 4,108 children (3,868 natural, 74 adopted, 166 stepchildren), 141 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 107 parents, 108 other relatives, 143 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,108 (378 male householders (259 living alone)), 521 female householders (491 living alone)), 209 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,318 2-persons, 675 3-persons, 822 4-persons, 383 5-persons, 115 6-persons, 64 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 750 1-person, 102 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 13 4-persons,
2,865 married couples with children.
422 single-parent households (102 men, 320 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 129
| Here: | 7.4% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 68
| Here: | 7.8% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 110
| Here: | 27.2% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |