Cherry Hill is a larger medium-sized township located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 76,723 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Cherry Hill is the ninth largest community in New Jersey.Cherry Hill is a decidedly white-collar township, with fully 87.52% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Cherry Hill is a township of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cherry Hill who work in management occupations (12.31%), office and administrative support (10.10%), and healthcare (9.71%). Also of interest is that Cherry Hill 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 Cherry Hill telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 17.61% 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. Like elsewhere in America, most people in Cherry Hill use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Cherry Hill‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the subway. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.If knowledge is power, Cherry Hill is a pretty powerful place. 54.74% of the adults in Cherry Hill have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Cherry Hill in 2022 was $58,271, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $233,084 for a family of four. Cherry Hill is a very ethnically-diverse township. The people who call Cherry Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cherry Hill residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Cherry Hill include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish. Cherry Hill also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.77%. The most common language spoken in Cherry Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
