Maplewood township, Essex County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (36% naturalized citizens)
| Maplewood township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 17.5% |
52% of Maplewood township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 93% lived in New Jersey.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2961
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 47
- South: 69
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $83,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
People in group quarters in Maplewood township, New Jersey:
- 85 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 8 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 683
- One, attached: 31
- Two: 28
- 3 or 4: 51
- 5 to 9: 14
- 10 to 19: 6
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 171
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,700
Housing units in Maplewood township with a mortgage: 299 (50 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 231
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Health care (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Lawyers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Maplewood township:
- German (31.7%)
- United States or American (16.0%)
- Polish (9.6%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- French (except Basque) (5.7%)
- English (4.7%)
- Scottish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (19%)
- India (13%)
- Taiwan (11%)
- Canada (11%)
- Other Eastern Africa (10%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Other Western Europe (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,377 (76%)
- Carpooled: 115 (6%)
- Taxi: 10 (1%)
- Walked: 268 (15%)
- Other means: 40 (2%)
- Worked at home: 12 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Maplewood township, New Jersey:
- 85 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 8 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in religious group quarters
94.5% of residents of Maplewood township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 39% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (44% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (47% speak English very well, 53% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,355- In family households: 1,855 (487 male householders, 127 female householders)
498 spouses, 657 children (599 natural, 23 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 16 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 500 (158 male householders (120 living alone)), 177 female householders (122 living alone)), 165 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 886 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 278 2-persons, 146 3-persons, 121 4-persons, 65 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 242 1-person, 51 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 32 4-persons,
5,070 married couples with children.
1,139 single-parent households (196 men, 943 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 51
| Here: | 20.8% |
| New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 13.2% |
| New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
| Here: | 1.5% |
| New Jersey: | 30.1% |