Haddon Heights is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 7,484 people and three associated neighborhoods, Haddon Heights is the 251st largest community in New Jersey.Haddon Heights is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 88.68% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Haddon Heights is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Haddon Heights who work in management occupations (14.55%), office and administrative support (10.36%), and healthcare (10.21%). Also of interest is that Haddon Heights 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: 20.30% 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, Haddon Heights is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre. Because of many things, Haddon Heights is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Haddon Heights really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Haddon Heights perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. Despite being a small borough, Haddon Heights has a lot of people using the subway to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the subway are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Haddon Heights. 53.50% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%. The per capita income in Haddon Heights in 2022 was $59,798, 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 $239,192 for a family of four. The people who call Haddon Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Haddon Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Haddon Heights include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Haddon Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
