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South Hackensack, NJ

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Overview


South Hackensack is a very small township located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 2,676 people and just one neighborhood, South Hackensack is the 395th largest community in New Jersey.

Housing costs in South Hackensack 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.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some townships, South Hackensack isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in South Hackensack are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, South Hackensack is a township of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in South Hackensack who work in office and administrative support (16.85%), management occupations (13.95%), and sales jobs (7.14%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Despite being a small township, South Hackensack has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

Demographics

The percentage of people in South Hackensack who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.38% of adults in South Hackensack have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in South Hackensack in 2022 was $39,716, 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 $158,864 for a family of four. However, South Hackensack contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

South Hackensack is an extremely ethnically-diverse township. The people who call South Hackensack home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in South Hackensack, accounting for 54.04% of the township’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of South Hackensack residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in South Hackensack include Italian, Irish, German, Jamaican, and Turkish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of South Hackensack's cultural character, accounting for 37.70% of the township’s population.

The most common language spoken in South Hackensack is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.

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 South Hackensack, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

Corner bodegas, stores on the first floor and apartments above, former grand Victorian residences converted into apartments, three-deckers built shoulder-to-shoulder, duplexes. Such building types define the real estate of neighborhoods dominated by small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings. Many are in older core neighborhoods of Eastern and Midwestern cities, or historic town centers in their hinterlands. If you wax romantic about the look and feel of such neighborhoods, with fresh pizza, falafel and an independent florist at the corner, then you might find the neighborhood worth a close look. This neighborhood is an absolutely outstanding example of the dominance of small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings compared to neighborhoods across the nation, as they make up a substantial portion of this neighborhood's real estate stock. In fact, no less than 41.3% of the real estate here is made up of such dwellings, which is higher than 97.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more South American and Dominican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 23.4% of this neighborhood's residents have South American ancestry and 9.2% have Dominican ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Japanese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in South Hackensack are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 60.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 22.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.9% of U.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, 33.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 24.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (22.3%), and 19.7% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 47.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.

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 South Hackensack, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as South American (23.4%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (20.3%), and residents who report Dominican roots (9.2%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.1%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (5.2%), among others. In addition, 36.2% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (76.0%) 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 (10.6%) and 6.2% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. 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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