Glen Rock is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 12,039 people and two associated neighborhoods, Glen Rock is the 158th largest community in New Jersey. Glen Rock home prices are not only among the most expensive in New Jersey, but Glen Rock real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Glen Rock is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 91.98% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Glen Rock is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Glen Rock who work in management occupations (21.33%), sales jobs (11.14%), and healthcare (9.38%). Of important note, Glen Rock is also a borough of artists. Glen Rock has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Glen Rock’s character. Also of interest is that Glen Rock 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: 32.37% 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 addition, Glen Rock is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums. Because of many things, Glen Rock is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Glen Rock a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The borough’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Glen Rock has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Glen Rock’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country. In Glen Rock, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.82 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. In Glen Rock, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Glen Rock is a relatively small borough. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.If knowledge is power, Glen Rock is a pretty powerful place. 74.45% of the adults in Glen Rock 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 Glen Rock in 2022 was $74,312, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $297,248 for a family of four. Glen Rock is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Glen Rock home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glen Rock residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Glen Rock include Italian, Irish, Eastern European, German, and Polish. Glen Rock also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.19%. The most common language spoken in Glen Rock is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.
