Long Valley is a very small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 1,827 people and three associated neighborhoods, Long Valley is the 432nd largest community in New Jersey. Housing costs in Long Valley 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.Long Valley is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.15% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Long Valley is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Long Valley who work in management occupations (18.18%), office and administrative support (13.06%), and teaching (9.73%). A relatively large number of people in Long Valley telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 22.54% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. In addition, Long Valley is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre. Because of many things, Long Valley 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, Long Valley really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Long Valley 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 Long Valley is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Long Valley, the average commute to work is 35.38 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Long Valley is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Long Valley, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Long Valley is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 59.49% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Long Valley in 2022 was $74,383, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $297,532 for a family of four. Long Valley is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Long Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Long Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Long Valley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.51% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Long Valley include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Long Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
