Jackson Township, New Jersey
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Demographics
As of the censusCensus
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of 2000, there were 42,816 people, 14,176 households, and 11,269 families residing in the township. The population density
Population density
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was 427.9 people per square mile (165.2/km²). There were 14,640 housing units at an average density of 146.3 per square mile (56.5/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 91.26% White, 3.90% African American, 0.13% Native American, 2.06% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.97% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 1.67% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.78% of the population.
There were 14,176 households out of which 44.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were married couples
Marriage
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living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.5% were non-families. 16.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.99 and the average family size was 3.38.
In the township the population was spread out with 29.7% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 34.2% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.1 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $65,218, and the median income for a family was $71,045. Males had a median income of $51,276 versus $33,882 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the township was $23,981. About 2.5% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.
Transportation
CR 527County Route 527 (New Jersey)
County Route 527 is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from Main Street in Toms River Township to Pompton Avenue in Cedar Grove. It is the second longest county highway in New Jersey after Route 519. It was first given the number 527 in 1954...
, CR 528
County Route 528 (New Jersey)
County Route 528 is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from Farnsworth Avenue in Bordentown to Ocean Avenue in Mantoloking.-Burlington County:...
, CR 547
County Route 547 (New Jersey)
County Route 547, abbreviated CR 547, is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from Route 70 in Lakehurst to Broad Street in Eatontown...
, CR 537
County Route 537 (New Jersey)
County Route 537, abbreviated CR 537, is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from Delaware Avenue in Camden to Myrtle Avenue in Long Branch.-Camden County:...
, CR 526
County Route 526 (New Jersey)
County Route 526 is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from Hightstown Road in West Windsor Township to Lanes Mill Road in Lakewood Township....
, and CR 571
County Route 571 (New Jersey)
County Route 571, abbreviated CR 571, is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from Route 37 in Toms River Township to Route 27 in the Borough of Princeton.-Ocean County:...
pass through the township. CR 539
County Route 539 (New Jersey)
County Route 539, abbreviated CR 539, is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from Main Street in Tuckerton to U.S. Route 130 in Cranbury Township. However, signage on CR 539 suggests that it crosses U.S...
also passes through the township, but in the southwest corner, for less than half a mile. Interstate 195
Interstate 195 (New Jersey)
Interstate 195 is an auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its western end is at I-295 and Route 29 just south of Trenton, New Jersey in Hamilton Township, Mercer County while its eastern end is at the Garden State Parkway, Route 34 and Route...
is a major artery that travels through the northern section of Jackson (it just so happens that Jackson is the only municipality in Ocean County
Ocean County, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 510,916 people, 200,402 households, and 137,876 families residing in the county. The population density was 803 people per square mile . There were 248,711 housing units at an average density of 151/km²...
that hosts any interstate). While the expressway travels into Howell
Howell Township, New Jersey
Howell is a Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 51,075.Howell Township was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 23, 1801, from portions of Shrewsbury Township...
and Millstone Township
Millstone Township, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 8,970 people, 2,708 households, and 2,426 families residing in the township. The population density was 244.0 people per square mile . There were 2,797 housing units at an average density of 76.1 per square mile...
s, it's also a vital link for Six Flags
Six Flags Great Adventure
Six Flags Great Adventure is a theme park in Jackson Township, New Jersey, owned by Six Flags Entertainment Corp., the world's largest amusement park corporation...
since it grants access to the Garden State Parkway
Garden State Parkway
The Garden State Parkway is a 172.4-mile limited-access toll parkway that stretches the length of New Jersey from the New York line at Montvale, New Jersey, to Cape May at New Jersey's southernmost tip. Its name refers to New Jersey's nickname, the "Garden State." Most New Jersey residents refer...
, Interstate 295
Interstate 295 (Delaware-New Jersey)
Interstate 295 in New Jersey and Delaware is an auxiliary Interstate Highway, designated as a bypass around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The route begins at a junction with Interstate 95 south of Wilmington, Delaware, and runs to another junction with I-95 north of Trenton, New Jersey...
and the New Jersey Turnpike
New Jersey Turnpike
The New Jersey Turnpike is a toll road in New Jersey, maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. According to the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, the Turnpike is the nation's sixth-busiest toll road and is among one of the most heavily traveled highways in the United...
(Interstate 95
Interstate 95 in New Jersey
Interstate 95 is a major Interstate Highway that traverses the full extent of the East Coast of the United States, from Florida to Maine...
).
New Jersey Transit
New Jersey Transit
The New Jersey Transit Corporation is a statewide public transportation system serving the United States state of New Jersey, and New York, Orange, and Rockland counties in New York State...
bus service is provided to the Port Authority Bus Terminal
Port Authority Bus Terminal
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in Midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
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. Philadelphia is served by the 317. Local service is available on the 311 bus line.
Local government
Until 2006, Jackson Township as governed under the TownshipTownship (New Jersey)
A township, in the context of New Jersey local government, refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government. As a political entity, a township is a full-fledged municipality, on par with any town, city, borough, or village, collecting property taxes and providing...
form of government with a five-member Township Committee, whose members were elected directly by the voters in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for election each year. As of July 1, 2006, Jackson Township adopted the Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)
Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)
The Faulkner Act, or Optional Municipal Charter Law, provides for New Jersey municipalities to adopt a Mayor-Council government.This form of government provides for election of a mayor and five, seven, or nine council members...
form of government, with a Mayor and five-member Township Council elected at-large in nonpartisan
Nonpartisan
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elections. The Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. Council members serve four-year terms on a staggered basis, with two or three seats coming up for election in even years. The Council selects a President and a Vice President from among its members.
, the Mayor of Jackson Township is Michael Reina (2014). Township Council members are Council President Scott Martin (2014), Council Vice President Kenneth Bressi (2012), Michael Kafton (2012), Roberta "Bobbie" Rivere (2012) and Ann M. Updegrave (2014).
Public Safety Departments
Police DepartmentJackson Township has its own Police Department which operates out of the Municipal Justice Complex. Chief of Police Matthew D. Kunz.
Fire Department
Jackson Township currently has four fire companies and an industrial fire brigade:
- Station 54 - Jackson Mills Fire Co./Jackson Fire District No. 4 (Combination Volunteer/Career) Chief Robert Haskins
- Station 55 - Jackson Township Fire Co. No. 1/Jackson Twp Fire District No. 3 (Combination Volunteer/Career) Captain Edward Moore/Chief Timothy Carson
- Station 56 - Cassville Fire Co./Jackson Fire District No. 2 (Combination Volunteer/Career) Chief John Alchevsky
- Station 57 - Whitesville Fire Co./Jackson Fire District No. 1 (Combination Volunteer/Career [contract for personnel from Fire District No. 3]) Chief Scott Rauch
- Station 58 - Six Flags Great Adventure Fire Department Chief Edward Zakar (Career)
Fire Bureau
Jackson Township has two Fire Bureaus that enforce the NJ Uniform Fire Safety Act:
Jackson Bureau of Fire Prevention District 4 Fire Official John Burmiester Jr.
Jackson Bureau of Fire Safety Fire Districts 1, 2 and 3 Fire Official Frank McDonnell
Emergency Medical Services
Currently emergency medical services are provided by a combination of an independent volunteer first aid squad and a private third party contractor.
- Quality Medical Transport (units 103,159,155) covers EMS calls from 5AM-6PM - Manager Sal Murante
- Jackson Township First Aid Squad (Squad 22) covers EMS calls from 6PM-5AM - Captain Al Couceiro
- Six Flags Great Adventure EMS (Squad 80) covers EMS calls within the park during park operating hours.
Advanced life support E.M.S., (i.e., paramedics or "Mobile Intensive Care Units"), is provided by hospital providers under a statewide system mandated by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey.New Jersey's State Board of Health was established in 1877. Its administrative functions were vested in the Department of Health, which was created in 1947. In 1996, the latter was...
. Jackson Township is served primarily by MONOC paramedic units.
Federal, state and county representation
Jackson Township is in the 4th Congressional district.Jackson is in the
Politics
On the national and state levels, Jackson leans strongly toward the Republican PartyRepublican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
. In the 2004 Presidential Election
United States presidential election, 2004
The United States presidential election of 2004 was the United States' 55th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Republican Party candidate and incumbent President George W. Bush defeated Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, the then-junior U.S. Senator...
, Republican George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
received 59% of the vote, defeating Democrat John Kerry
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior U.S. Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, but lost to former President George W...
, who received around 40%. In the 2008 Presidential Election
United States presidential election, 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama, then the junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. Obama received 365...
, Republican John McCain
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....
received 55% of the vote, defeating Democrat Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
, who received around 43%. In the 2009 Gubernatorial Election
New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009
The New Jersey gubernatorial election of 2009 took place on November 3, 2009. Democratic Governor Jon Corzine was running for a second term and was being challenged by Republican Chris Christie, Independent Christopher Daggett and nine others, in addition to several write-in candidates...
, Republican Chris Christie received 67% of the vote, defeating Democrat Jon Corzine
Jon Corzine
Jon Stevens Corzine is the former CEO of Goldman Sachs and of MF Global, and a one time American politician, who served as the 54th Governor of New Jersey from 2006 to 2010. A Democrat, Corzine served five years of a six-year U.S. Senate term representing New Jersey before being elected Governor...
, who received around 27%.
Education
The Jackson School District serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...
) are six elementary school serving grades K-5 —
Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School (821 students),
Elms Elementary School (945),
Lucy N. Holman Elementary School (657),
Howard C. Johnson Elementary School (618),
Sylvia Rosenauer Elementary School (427) and
Switlik Elementary School (937) —
(Carl W. Goetz Middle School (1,300) and
Christa McAuliffe Middle School (1,020) for grades 6-8, along with
Jackson Liberty High School
Jackson Liberty High School
Jackson Liberty High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Jackson Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, operating as part of the Jackson School District...
and
Jackson Memorial High School
Jackson Memorial High School
Jackson Memorial High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Jackson Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, opened in 1964 as part of the Jackson School District...
(2,910) for grades 9-12.
Notable residents
(B) denotes that the person was born there.- Parker Bohn IIIParker Bohn IIIParker Morse Bohn III is a left-handed American professional bowler and has been a member of the Professional Bowlers Association since 1984. He currently ranks sixth all-time with 32 career PBA titles, and has earned over $2.7 million in PBA events—good for fourth on the all-time list...
(born 1963), professional bowler. - Melvin CottrellMelvin CottrellMelvin Cottrell was an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1992 until his death...
(1929–2002), former mayor of Jackson Township who served in the New Jersey General AssemblyNew Jersey General AssemblyThe New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.Since the election of 1967 , the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for a term of two years, each representing districts with average...
from 1992 until his death. - Scotty CranmerScotty CranmerScotty Cranmer is a BMX rider from Jackson Township, New Jersey, USA. Nicknamed "the Bulldozer", he is sponsored by Vans Shoes, Felt Bikes, Fox Clothing, Pro-tec Helmets, Monster Energy Drink, and Staff Mail Order...
(born 1987), BMX rider. - Rich GaspariRich GaspariRich Gaspari is an American former professional bodybuilder from 1980s and early 1990s. Gaspari was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame in 2004....
(born 1963), former professional bodybuilder and CEO of Gaspari Nutrition. - Frank B. HolmanFrank B. HolmanGeneral Frank B. Holman was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey.-Biography:He was born on August 17, 1930. He served as Mayor of Jackson, New Jersey, as Ocean County Administrator, as Executive Director of the New Jersey Republican State Committee, and as the Chairman of the...
(c. 1930-2005), former mayor of Jackson Township and New Jersey Republican State Chairman. - Rob JohnsonRob Johnson (soccer)Rob Johnson is an American former professional soccer player who is now an assistant coach with the Temple University's men's soccer team....
(born 1973), former professional soccer player who played for the MetroStars. - Kris LewisKris LewisKris Lewis is an American Contemporary Realist Artist from Jackson Township, New Jersey. His primary medium is oil paints. His work has been seen in the publications Juxtapoz and Modern Painters....
(born 1978), painter. - Vini LopezVini LopezVini "Mad Dog" Lopez is an American drummer. Between 1968 and 1974 Lopez backed Bruce Springsteen in several bands, including Steel Mill and the E Street Band. He also played on Springsteen’s first two albums, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle...
, drummer who played with the E Street BandE Street BandThe E Street Band has been rock musician Bruce Springsteen's primary backing band since 1972.The band has also recorded with a wide range of other artists including Bob Dylan, Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Air Supply, Dire Straits, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Nicks, Tom Morello, Sting, Ian...
. - Gina LynnGina LynnGina Lynn is a Puerto Rican pornographic actress.- Biography :Lynn was born to Puerto Rican and Italian parents in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, and grew up in Jackson Township, New Jersey; she currently resides and operates Gina Lynn Productions in Reading, Pennsylvania...
(born 1974), pornographic actress. - Steve NilesSteve NilesSteve Niles is an American comic book author and novelist, known for works such as 30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre, Simon Dark, Mystery Society and Batman: Gotham County Line....
(born 1965), writer of 30 Days of Night30 Days of Night30 Days of Night is a three-issue horror comic book mini-series written by Steve Niles, illustrated by Ben Templesmith, and published by IDW Publishing in 2002. All three parties co-own the property....
. (B) - Stanley SwitlikStanley SwitlikStanley Switlik was a parachute pioneer. Born in 1890 in Galicia, now part of Poland, he immigrated to the United States at 17 years of age. Originally, his company made heavy sewn items such as golf bags and mailbags.-Parachute tower:...
(1890–1981), parachuting pioneer who donated the land that is the site of Switlik Elementary School. - Zakk WyldeZakk WyldeZachary Phillip Wylde , best known by the stage name Zakk Wylde, is an American musician, songwriter, and occasional actor who is best known as the former guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and founder of the heavy metal band Black Label Society. He was the lead guitarist and vocalist in Pride & Glory,...
(born 1967 as Jeffrey Phillip Wiedlandt), guitarist for Ozzy OsbourneOzzy OsbourneJohn Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...
and Black Label SocietyBlack Label SocietyBlack Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with nine studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, one EP, and three video albums released since formation of the band.-Formation and Sonic Brew :...
.
External links
- Township of Jackson, NJ
- Jackson Township Police
- Jackson Township Fire Co #1
- Cassville Fire Co
- Jackson Mills Fire Co
- Whitesville Fire Company
- Jackson School District
- Data for the Jackson School District, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...
- Jackson Branch of Ocean County Library
- Map of Jackson, NJ
- Jackson, NJ Community Pages