Green Brook Township
| Green Brook Township | |||
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Location in New Jersey
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | April 2, 1872 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | New Jersey | ||
| County : | Somerset County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 36 ′ N , 74 ° 29 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 6,854 (as of 2006) | ||
| Population density : | 576 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 11.9 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of which 11.9 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 75 m | ||
| Postal code : | 08812 | ||
| Area code : | +1 732, 908 | ||
| FIPS : | 34-27510 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0882172 | ||
| Website : | www.greenbrooktwp.org | ||
| Mayor : | Kenneth Herrmann | ||
Green Brook Township is a township in Somerset County , New Jersey , USA . In the census of 2000 had a total population of 5,654 was recorded.
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 11.9 km 2 , not including water bodies.
Demographics
As of the 2000 census, there are 5,654 people, 1,893 households and 1,508 families in the city. The population density is 476.6 people per km 2 . 88.43% of the population are White, 1.68% African American , 0.07% Native American , 7.99% Asian , 0.04% Pacific Islander , 0.71% Other Ethnicity, and 1.08% Mixed Race . 4.09% are Latinos of any race.
Of the 1,893 households, 37.0% have children under the age of 18. 69.0% of them are married couples living together, 7.9% are single mothers, 20.3% are not families, 15.9% are single households and 6.2% are people over 65. The average household size is 2 , 84, the average family size 3.20.
24.3% of the population are under 18 years old, 4.8% between 18 and 24, 30.5% between 25 and 44, 24.8% between 45 and 64, 15.6% older than 65. The average age is 40 years. The ratio of women to men is 100: 91.7, for people older than 18 the ratio is 100: 89.0.
The median income for a household is $ 80,644 and the median income for a family is $ 87,744. Males have a median income of $ 52,147 versus $ 46,434 for females. The per capita income for the city is $ 37,290. 2.4% of the population and 1.7% of families live below the poverty line, of which 0.9% are children or adolescents younger than 18 years and 5.5% of people are older than 65.