Mays Landing is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 5,603 people and four associated neighborhoods, Mays Landing is the 295th largest community in New Jersey. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Mays Landing, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Mays Landing, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Mays Landing’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Mays Landing does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $83,056.00.

Also of interest is that Mays Landing 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 Mays Landing telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.61% 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.

In Mays Landing, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.84 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Mays Landing doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The percentage of people in Mays Landing who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.93% of adults in Mays Landing have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Mays Landing in 2022 was $41,239, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $164,956 for a family of four. However, Mays Landing contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mays Landing is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mays Landing home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mays Landing residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mays Landing also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.00% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mays Landing include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Mays Landing is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.