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Netcong, NJ

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Overview


Netcong is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 3,661 people and just one neighborhood, Netcong is the 368th largest community in New Jersey.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Netcong is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Netcong is a borough of service providers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Netcong who work in food service (14.93%), business and financial occupations (14.16%), and office and administrative support (10.19%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.93% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

As is often the case in a small borough, Netcong doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The citizens of Netcong are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.19% of adults in Netcong have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Netcong in 2022 was $54,439, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $217,756 for a family of four. However, Netcong contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Netcong is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Netcong home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Netcong residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Netcong also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.05% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Netcong include German, Italian, Irish, Polish, and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Netcong's cultural character, accounting for 16.53% of the borough’s population.

The most common language spoken in Netcong is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Netcong, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Ukrainian and Italian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Ukrainian ancestry and 22.3% have Italian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Russian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Netcong are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 62.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.1% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 67.7% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 37.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 30.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (16.8%), and 14.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 81.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (12.8%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Netcong, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.9%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (22.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (16.9%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (12.3%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.2%), among others. In addition, 16.5% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (73.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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