Willingboro is a medium-sized township located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 32,015 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Willingboro is the 51st largest community in New Jersey.
Also of interest is that Willingboro has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.00% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
For the size of the township, public transportation in Willingboro is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the train. For Willingboro, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.
The overall education level of Willingboro is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.77% of adults 25 and older in the township have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Willingboro in 2022 was $36,940, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,760 for a family of four. However, Willingboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Willingboro is an extremely ethnically-diverse township. The people who call Willingboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Willingboro residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Willingboro also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.73% of the township’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Willingboro include Liberian, German, Italian, Jamaican, and Irish.
Willingboro also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.52%.
The most common language spoken in Willingboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.