Elizabeth is a larger medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 134,283 people and 31 associated neighborhoods, Elizabeth is the fourth largest community in New Jersey.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Elizabeth is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.23% of the Elizabeth workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Elizabeth is a city of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elizabeth who work in office and administrative support (11.45%), sales jobs (7.64%), and maintenance occupations (6.08%). Elizabeth is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. For the size of the city, public transportation in Elizabeth is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking taxis. For Elizabeth, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.The citizens of Elizabeth are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.08% of adults in Elizabeth have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Elizabeth in 2022 was $26,633, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,532 for a family of four. However, Elizabeth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Elizabeth is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth, accounting for 65.56% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Elizabeth residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Elizabeth include Portuguese, Haitian, Italian, Brazilian, and Irish. In addition, Elizabeth has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (49.24%). The most common language spoken in Elizabeth is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Portuguese.
