Glen Gardner is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 1,691 people and two associated neighborhoods, Glen Gardner is the 443rd largest community in New Jersey.Glen Gardner is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Glen Gardner is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Glen Gardner who work in management occupations (15.49%), office and administrative support (11.09%), and community and social services (9.94%). Also of interest is that Glen Gardner 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: 14.12% 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. Because of many things, Glen Gardner is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Glen Gardner really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Glen Gardner perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. One downside of living in Glen Gardner, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 38.96 minutes every day commuting to work. The citizens of Glen Gardner are among the most well-educated in the nation: 42.81% of adults in Glen Gardner have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Glen Gardner in 2022 was $59,733, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $238,932 for a family of four. Glen Gardner is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Glen Gardner home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glen Gardner residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Glen Gardner also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.78% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Glen Gardner include Irish, Italian, German, Polish, and Ukrainian. The most common language spoken in Glen Gardner is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
