Rockaway is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 6,592 people and five associated neighborhoods, Rockaway is the 269th largest community in New Jersey.Rockaway is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 87.50% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Rockaway is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rockaway who work in management occupations (14.01%), office and administrative support (10.12%), and sales jobs (10.02%). Of important note, Rockaway is also a borough of artists. Rockaway has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Rockaway’s character. Also of interest is that Rockaway 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: 14.08% 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. The overall crime rate in Rockaway is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.The education level of Rockaway ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Rockaway, 42.62% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Rockaway in 2022 was $51,856, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $207,424 for a family of four. However, Rockaway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rockaway is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Rockaway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rockaway residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Rockaway also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.43% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rockaway include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Scots-Irish. Foreign born people are also an important part of Rockaway's cultural character, accounting for 20.32% of the borough’s population. The most common language spoken in Rockaway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
