Englishtown is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 2,349 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Englishtown is the 411th largest community in New Jersey.
Housing costs in Englishtown 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.
Also of interest is that Englishtown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Englishtown telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.21% 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.
One downside of living in Englishtown, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.08 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
In Englishtown, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Englishtown is a relatively small borough. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
The education level of Englishtown citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.55% of adults in Englishtown have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Englishtown in 2022 was $48,523, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $194,092 for a family of four. However, Englishtown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Englishtown is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Englishtown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Englishtown residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Englishtown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.51% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Englishtown include Italian, Irish, Polish, German, and Hungarian.
Englishtown also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 24.05%.
The most common language spoken in Englishtown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.