Highland Park is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 15,386 people and three associated neighborhoods, Highland Park is the 128th largest community in New Jersey. Housing costs in Highland Park are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New Jersey.Highland Park is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 89.64% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Highland Park is a borough of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Highland Park who work in teaching (14.13%), management occupations (12.59%), and business and financial occupations (12.33%). Also of interest is that Highland Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Highland Park has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 26.45% 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. Despite being a small borough, Highland Park has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Highland Park. 69.84% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%. The per capita income in Highland Park in 2022 was $58,731, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $234,924 for a family of four. Highland Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Highland Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Highland Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Highland Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.77% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Highland Park include Irish, Polish, Italian, Russian, and German. Highland Park also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 34.29%. The most common language spoken in Highland Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
