Englishtown is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 2,349 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Englishtown is the 411th largest community in New Jersey. Housing costs in Englishtown 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.Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Englishtown is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Englishtown is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Englishtown who work in sales jobs (13.74%), management occupations (12.99%), and office and administrative support (11.59%). Also of interest is that Englishtown 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: 10.21% 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. In Englishtown, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.08 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. Even though Englishtown is a smaller borough, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.The education level of Englishtown citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.55% of adults in Englishtown have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Englishtown in 2022 was $48,523, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $194,092 for a family of four. However, Englishtown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Englishtown is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Englishtown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Englishtown residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Englishtown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.51% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Englishtown include Italian, Irish, Polish, German, and Hungarian. In addition, Englishtown has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (24.05%). The most common language spoken in Englishtown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
