Rahway is a medium-sized city located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 29,693 people and six associated neighborhoods, Rahway is the 60th largest community in New Jersey.
Also of interest is that Rahway 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 Rahway telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.50% 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 Rahway, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.85 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.
Like elsewhere in America, most people in Rahway use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Rahway‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the train. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.
The population of Rahway is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.07% of adults in Rahway have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Rahway in 2022 was $43,300, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $173,200 for a family of four. However, Rahway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Rahway is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rahway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rahway residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Rahway also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.11% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rahway include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and Portuguese.
Rahway also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.73%.
The most common language spoken in Rahway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.