Washington township, Gloucester County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (68% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 4.8% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
69% of Washington 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, 53% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 20835
- Northeast: 20497
- Midwest: 892
- South: 1874
- West: 481
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $128,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
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
People in group quarters in Washington township, New Jersey:
- 125 people in nursing homes
- 87 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 36 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 11,925
- One, attached: 1,617
- Two: 127
- 3 or 4: 309
- 5 to 9: 1,039
- 10 to 19: 335
- 20 to 49: 278
- 50 or more: 268
- Mobile homes: 116
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,200
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 10,341 (1,247 second mortgage, 1,842 home equity loan, 50 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,100
- Construction (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Cashiers (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- Italian (32.2%)
- Irish (20.2%)
- German (12.9%)
- English (5.5%)
- Polish (5.1%)
- United States or American (2.4%)
- Russian (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (20%)
- Italy (12%)
- India (10%)
- Germany (9%)
- Korea (4%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 19,710 (83%)
- Carpooled: 2,275 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 247 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 246 (1%)
- Railroad: 247 (1%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 182 (1%)
- Other means: 98 (0%)
- Worked at home: 743 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Washington township, New Jersey:
- 125 people in nursing homes
- 87 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 36 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in religious group quarters
92.2% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 46,858- In family households: 43,234 (10,401 male householders, 2,247 female householders)
10,993 spouses, 17,612 children (16,658 natural, 444 adopted, 510 stepchildren), 433 grandchildren, 231 brothers or sisters, 405 parents, 541 other relatives, 371 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,624 (1,186 male householders (918 living alone)), 1,739 female householders (1,492 living alone)), 699 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 256 (129 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,782 2-persons, 2,965 3-persons, 3,462 4-persons, 1,716 5-persons, 629 6-persons, 94 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,410 1-person, 428 2-persons, 61 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
11,169 married couples with children.
1,689 single-parent households (325 men, 1,364 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 666
| Here: | 10.1% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 560
| Here: | 17.0% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 546
| Here: | 20.6% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |
