Woodbury is a medium-sized city located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 10,138 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Woodbury is the 200th largest community in New Jersey.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Woodbury is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Woodbury is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Woodbury who work in sales jobs (14.49%), office and administrative support (12.93%), and management occupations (7.86%). Also of interest is that Woodbury 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: 14.38% 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. In Woodbury, a lot of people use a streetcar to get to work every day though Woodbury is a relatively small city. Those that ride a streetcar are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.The overall education level of Woodbury is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.05% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Woodbury in 2022 was $39,206, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $156,824 for a family of four. However, Woodbury contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Woodbury is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Woodbury home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Woodbury residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Woodbury also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.11% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Woodbury include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Woodbury is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
