Yorketown, NJ Profile

Yorketown, NJ, population 6,712 , is located in New Jersey's Monmouth county, about 25.5 miles from Elizabeth and 30.8 miles from Newark.

In the 90's the population of Yorketown has grown by about 6%.

Yorketown Statistics Yorketown Gender Information

Males in Yorketown: 3,274 (49%)
Females in Yorketown: 3,438 (51%)

As % of Population in Yorketown in Yorketown    

Race Diversity in Yorketown

White: 94%
African American: 2%
Asian: 3%
Other/Mixed: 1%

As % of Population in Yorketown in Yorketown        

Age Diversity in Yorketown

Median Age in Yorketown: 36.7 (Males in Yorketown: 36.5, Females in Yorketown: 36.8)

Yorketown Males Under 20: 17%     Yorketown Females Under 20: 17% Yorketown Males 20 to 40: 11%     Yorketown Females 20 to 40: 12% Yorketown Males 40 to 60: 15%     Yorketown Females 40 to 60: 16% Yorketown Males Over 60: 6%     Yorketown Females Over 60: 7%

Economics in Yorketown in Yorketown

Yorketown Household Average Size: 3.4 people
Yorketown Median Household Income: $ 89,351
Yorketown Median Value of Homes: $ 225,500


Yorketown Location Information
Elevation: 100 feet above sea level. Land Area: 2.4 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Yorketown Englishtown 1.3 Miles Freehold 4.7 Miles East Freehold 4.9 Miles West Freehold 4.9 Miles Concordia 5.8 Miles Jamesburg 6.2 Miles Helmetta 6.6 Miles Spotswood 6.6 Miles Clearbrook Park 6.7 Miles Brownville 6.8 Miles Big Cities Nearest Yorketown (Population 100,000+) Elizabeth 25.5 Miles Newark 30.8 Miles Jersey City 32.1 Miles New York 33.1 Miles Paterson 43.0 Miles Yonkers 48.9 Miles Philadelphia 50.1 Miles Allentown 64.1 Miles Stamford 66.4 Miles Bridgeport 84.0 Miles


The listings in Yorketown, New Jersey and surrounding areas provide the following services:

(2) Mental Health Services
(19) Outpatient
(13) Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders
(11) Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
(10) Teens and Adolescents
(8) Females
(7) Males
(9) Clients With Legal Issues
(4) Spanish Speaking
(8) Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders
(3) Seniors/Older Adults
(5) Gay and Lesbian
(1) American Sign Language
(1) Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
(2) Halfway House
(1) Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
(1) Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
(2) Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
(1) Persons with HIV/AIDS



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If you or a loved one living in Yorketown has a drug or alcohol addiction problem, you may be overwhelmed and not know where to turn; but our mission is to support you and to let you know that you do not have to face this situation alone. We care about you and your loved ones in Yorketown, New Jersey; the good news is that you have identified that there is a drug or alcohol abuse problem, and are now looking for a positive solution. We will help you to assess the seriousness of your drug or alcohol abuse problem and to locate the Yorketown Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Program that will best be suited to your individual needs.

The different types of drug treatment in Yorketown, NJ. can include holistic drug and alcohol rehabilitation, Short-term Treatment Programs, Long-term Treatment Centers, Outpatient Treatment Facilities, Inpatient Treatment Centers, partial hospitalization, and sober living just to name a few. The type of Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Center that is needed will depend upon the degree of dependence, the individual's social situation, and the kind of substance which they have become addicted to.

The ultimate goal of all Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers should be to enable the individual from Yorketown, New Jersey to achieve lasting abstinence. Much research has indicated that in order for drug and alcohol addiction treatment to be effective, it must teach the individual how to change to their compulsive behaviors in order to remove the addiction and to be able to avoid a possible relapse. Overall, Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facilities need to address both the physical and psychological dependency of an addiction; the behavioral and social symptoms also need to be adequately addressed before an individual from Yorketown can have the tools that they will need to help sustain that recovery for the remainder of his or her life.

Drug detox is the first step in the Yorketown, NJ. rehabilitation treatment process toward recovery from a drug and alcohol addiction. The main goal in this component of the Yorketown Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program is to rid the body of toxins that accumulate over the course of a long term drug or alcohol addiction. It is very common to see individuals from Yorketown, NJ. in drug detox that has combined different drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or pain pills with alcohol.

When an individual from Yorketown has sustained the use of any of these various kinds of drugs, it causes adaptations within their body that lessen the drug's original effects over time; this is a phenomenon that is known as drug tolerance. At this point, the individual from Yorketown, New Jersey has developed a physical dependency on the substance and withdrawal symptoms will be experienced upon discontinuation. The reason that it is imperative that an individual from Yorketown have professional supervision during the detox process is because the staff at an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Facility can help to make this process much easier by administering elements of treatment that can help to alleviate some of the painful withdrawal symptoms.

Once the early stages of withdrawal have passed, an individual from Yorketown will then be able to begin a directed, Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Program that will begin to address aspects of the psychological dependency by teaching behavioral skills that will help them to function without the use of alcohol or drugs. This component in drug recovery treatment will usually involve some type of individual or group counseling. There may also be occupational and behavioral therapies that are utilized as components of treatment in order to help to teach the individual from Yorketown, NJ. life and social skills that may have been lost while they were under the influence of addiction.

Before an addict is finally willing to surrender to the Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Center process, they may have already made repeated promises to their loved ones in Yorketown who have been experiencing the negative effects from the individual's drug or alcohol abuse; because of the way that these substances chemically alter the person's brain, these empty promises cannot be fulfilled. If loved ones in Yorketown, New Jersey continue to believe these empty promises, it could possible mean that the addicted person will then have time to overdose on drugs or have a serious car accident while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

In a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Program, the individual from Yorketown will become educated about the ways that drugs and alcohol affect the various functions of the brain; they will learn that it was these physiological changes that made it almost impossible for them to stop using on their own, and not personal integrity. As an individual from Yorketown, NJ. learns more about how to deal with drug triggers and as they master to the tools that they will need to use in order to stay sober when they return home to Yorketown, they will become confident in their ability to do so.

Getting Help

Because we will hold your hand and guide you through this process, getting help is easy - just dial toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378); you can speak to a registered addiction specialist or just fill out the Yorketown, New Jersey Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Center request form and we will contact you at the soonest available opportunity.

There are no listings in Yorketown, NJ. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Yorketown, New Jersey:

Jersey Shore Medical Center Neptune, NJ 4.6 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Freehold Community Counseling Services Freehold, NJ 5.2 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Program
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
New Hope Foundation Inc Freehold, NJ 5.2 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Agnes I Durham PhD Morganville, NJ 6.5 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Howell Township Youth and Howell, NJ 8.1 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Community YMCA Family Services Matawan, NJ 8.7 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Extracare Health Services Matawan, NJ 8.7 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Family and Children Services of East Brunswick, NJ 9.3 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Elaine Hopkins LCSW Colts Neck, NJ 9.3 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance
JFK Center for Behavioral Health Edison, NJ 9.4 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Victoria J Laszlo South River, NJ 9.7 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Gay and Lesbian, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
J Victoria Laszlo South River, NJ 9.8 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Discovery Institute for Marlboro, NJ 10.7 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Gay and Lesbian, Halfway House, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Seniors/Older Adults, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Mattie House Marlboro, NJ 10.7 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program
Services Offered: Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Trautz Associates Milltown, NJ 11.2 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Fresh Start South Amboy, NJ 11.2 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Stevens Inc South Amboy, NJ 11.2 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
180 Turning Lives Around Inc Hazlet, NJ 11.6 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Daniel Struble LCSW CADC Hazlet, NJ 11.6 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Daniel Struble LCSW LCADC Hazlet, NJ 11.6 miles from Yorketown
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)

Did You Know? ...
Interesting Facts and Statistics:

Crime and heroin addiction have long been associated together. This is due to many reasons such as the fact that heroin importation and distribution are illegal. Also, heroin and crime are synonymous because many addicted people turn to theft and prostitution to obtain money to buy the drug. Violent competition between drug dealers has resulted in many murders and the deaths of innocent bystanders. From 1979 through 1990 arrests for heroin manufacture, sale, or possession in the United States held steady, but in the 1990s arrests rose as the drug's popularity began to increase once more.

Among persons aged 12 or older, boys were nearly twice as likely as girls (17.1 vs. 9.2 percent) to drive under the influence of alcohol in the past year.

Having MDE in the past year was associated with past year substance dependence or abuse. In 2007, adults aged 18 or older with past year MDE had higher rates of past year illegal drug use than those without MDE (27.4 vs. 12.8 percent). Adults with past year MDE were more likely than those without MDE to be dependent on or abuse illegal drugs (8.8 vs. 2.1 percent) and alcohol (17.0 vs. 7.0 percent).

Sobriety means the moderation in or abstinence from consumption of alcoholic liquor or use of drugs. When an individual with an addiction problem enters drug rehabilitation, their main goal is to attain long term sobriety.

As of 2009, 830,000 12 to 17 year-olds high school students displayed the characteristics of marijuana dependence or abuse in the past year.

In 2005, among persons who received their last or current substance use treatment at a specialty facility in the past year, 45.3 percent reported using their "own savings or earnings" as a source of payment for their most recent specialty treatment. In addition, 31.9 percent reported using private health insurance, 27.9 percent reported using public assistance other than Medicaid, 24.3 percent reported using Medicaid, 23.4 percent reported relying on family members, and 20.8 percent reported using Medicare. (Note that persons could report more than one source of payment.)


The following survey was completed by residents of Yorketown, New Jersey as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Yorketown, New Jersey. We cannot guarantee complete accuracy, but our monitoring team uses the highest standards for survey compilation.
You do not have to answer all of the survey questions, you should only answer questions that are relevant to your thoughts and experiences.
Survey results as of February 1, 2012
Perception of marijuana in Yorketown, New Jersey.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
83%
8%
9%
Marijuana use in Yorketown, New Jersey.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
80%
20%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
76%
24%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
98%
2%
Perception of Alcohol in Yorketown, New Jersey.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
13%
2%
85%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
90%
10%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
1%
84%
15%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
1%
33%
40%
26%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Yorketown, New Jersey?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
10%
30%
0%
0%
5%
0%
35%
10%
0%
10%
Most common first drug experience in Yorketown, New Jersey?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
19%
4%
3%
7%
3%
2%
12%
4%
8%
4%
24%
10%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Yorketown, New Jersey schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Yorketown, New Jersey under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
95%
5%
Have you ever gone to school in Yorketown, New Jersey under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
98%
2%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Yorketown, New Jersey?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
19%
6%
2%
6%
2%
5%
11%
3%
7%
7%
24%
8%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
0%
19%
56%
25%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
71%
29%
Surveys updated monthly.

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