Woodbridge is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 19,839 people and five associated neighborhoods, Woodbridge is the 101st largest community in New Jersey.
Also of interest is that Woodbridge has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.41% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
Despite being a small town, Woodbridge has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The education level of Woodbridge citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.13% of adults in Woodbridge have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Woodbridge in 2022 was $43,125, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $172,500 for a family of four. However, Woodbridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Woodbridge is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Woodbridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Woodbridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Woodbridge also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.33% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Woodbridge include Irish, Italian, German, Polish, and Hungarian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Woodbridge's cultural character, accounting for 27.59% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Woodbridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.