Sussex is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 2,050 people and five associated neighborhoods, Sussex is the 424th largest community in New Jersey. Sussex has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.
Also of interest is that Sussex has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
In Sussex, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.02 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The percentage of people in Sussex who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.21% of adults in Sussex have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Sussex in 2022 was $49,853, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $199,412 for a family of four. However, Sussex contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sussex is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Sussex home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sussex residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Sussex also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.23% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sussex include German, Italian, Irish, Dutch, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Sussex is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.