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Califon is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 1,018 people and just one neighborhood, Califon is the 475th largest community in New Jersey. Much of the housing stock in Califon was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.
Housing costs in Califon are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New Jersey.
Occupations and Workforce
Califon is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 85.26% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Califon is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Califon who work in management occupations (12.81%), office and administrative support (12.11%), and healthcare (10.35%).
Also of interest is that Califon has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Of important note, Califon is also a borough of artists. Califon has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Califon’s character.
A relatively large number of people in Califon telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.61% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Setting & Lifestyle
Because of many things, Califon is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Califon a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The borough’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Califon has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Califon’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
One downside of living in Califon is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Califon, the average commute to work is 34.56 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Demographics
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Califon, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Califon is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 56.48% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Califon in 2022 was $59,168, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $236,672 for a family of four.
The people who call Califon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Califon residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Califon include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Califon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Ukrainian and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Ukrainian ancestry and 2.2% have Slovak ancestry.
The Neighbors
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Califon are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 89.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.7% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 76.2% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 56.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 16.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (16.3%), and 10.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.0%).
Ethnicity / Ancestry
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Califon, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (21.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (20.5%), and residents who report Italian roots (12.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (10.9%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (10.3%), among others.
Getting to Work
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (27.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (70.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (6.2%) and 5.4% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
