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. Mays Landing has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Mays Landing, where 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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.61% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 Mays Landing is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Mays Landing, the average commute to work is 31.84 minutes, which is quite a bit 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.