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Wallington, NJ
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Living in Wallington



Wallington is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 11,786 people and three associated neighborhoods, Wallington is the 164th largest community in New Jersey.

Housing costs in Wallington 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 Wallington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Despite being a small borough, Wallington 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.

The education level of Wallington citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.06% of adults in Wallington have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Wallington in 2022 was $42,203, 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 $168,812 for a family of four. However, Wallington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Wallington is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Wallington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wallington residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Wallington also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.54% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wallington include Polish, Irish, Italian, German, and Ukrainian.

Wallington also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 47.30%.

The most common language spoken in Wallington is Polish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Spanish.


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