Kendall Park is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 9,989 people and four associated neighborhoods, Kendall Park is the 198th largest community in New Jersey.
Housing costs in Kendall 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.
Also of interest is that Kendall Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Kendall Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 18.97% 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.
Because of many things, Kendall Park 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, Kendall Park really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Kendall Park 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.
In Kendall Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.16 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Despite being a small town, Kendall Park has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Kendall Park, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Kendall Park is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 55.92% 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 Kendall Park in 2022 was $64,129, 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 $256,516 for a family of four.
Kendall Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kendall Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kendall Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Kendall Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.44% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kendall Park include Italian, German, Irish, Polish, and French.
Kendall Park also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 28.93%.
The most common language spoken in Kendall Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.