Holmdel Township, New Jersey
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Holmdel Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 15,781.
In 1964, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson of Bell Labs discovered the cosmic microwave background radiation while working on the Horn Antenna in this town.
The PNC Bank Arts Center (formerly the Garden State Arts Center), a popular outdoor amphitheatre concert venue, is located in Holmdel.
VoIP provider Vonage Holdings, Inc., moved its world headquarters from Edison, New Jersey, to Holmdel in November of 2005, occupying the building that formerly housed Prudential Property Casualty & Insurance.
Geography
Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 15,781 people, 4,948 households, and 4,328 families residing in the township. The population density was 339.1/km² (878.4/mi²). There were 5,137 housing units at an average density of 110.4/km² (285.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the township was 80.20% White, 0.65% African American, 0.03% Native American, 17.45% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.52% from other races, and 1.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.45% of the population.There were 4,947 households out of which 47.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.1% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.5% were non-families. 11.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.09 and the average family size was 3.35.
In the township the population was spread out with 28.5% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 29.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.6 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $112,879, and the median income for a family was $122,785. Males had a median income of $94,825 versus $54,625 for females. The per capita income for the township was $47,898. About 2.7% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.
Government
Local government
Holmdel operates under the Township form of municipal government. The Township Committee, which is the Governing Body, consists of 5 members elected at large for 3-year staggered terms. The Township Committee at its annual reorganization meeting selects one of its own to serve as Mayor.The Township Committee exercises control over the conduct of municipal business by means of legislation through ordinances or resolutions, approval and adoption of the annual budget and the formulation of policy to be carried out by the staff.
Members of the Holmdel Township Council are Mayor Serena DiMaso, Deputy Mayor Rocco Pascucci, Alan Bateman, Larry Fink and Terence M. Wall[Your 2006 Township Committee], accessed July 17, 2006.
Federal, state and county representation
Homdel Township is in the Twelfth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 13th Legislative District.New Jersey's Twelfth Congressional District, covering all of Hunterdon County and portions of Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Morris County, and Somerset County, is represented by Rush D. Holt Jr. (D). New Jersey is represented in the Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Robert Menendez (D, Union City).
The 13th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Joseph M. Kyrillos (R, Middletown Township) and in the Assembly by Amy Handlin (R, Middletown Township) and Samuel D. Thompson (R, Old Bridge Township). The Governor of New Jersey is Jon Corzine (D, Hoboken).
Monmouth County is governed by a five-member Board of Chosen Freeholders. Monmouth County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director William C. Barham, Freeholder Deputy Director Robert D. Clifton, Lillian G. Burry, Anna C. Little and Theodore J. Narozanick.
Education
The Holmdel Township Public Schools serve students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district are [Village Elementary School] (K-3), [Indian Hill School] (4-6), [William R. Satz School] (7&8) and Holmdel High School for grades 9-12.External links
- [Holmdel Township's official website]
- [Holmdel Township Public Schools]
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- [National Center for Education Statistics data for the Holmdel Township Public Schools]
- [Holmdel Police Department]
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