Highland Lakes is a very small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 4,816 people and two associated neighborhoods, Highland Lakes is the 320th largest community in New Jersey.Highland Lakes is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Highland Lakes is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Highland Lakes who work in office and administrative support (17.64%), sales jobs (10.45%), and computer science and math (7.94%). Also of interest is that Highland Lakes 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: 18.76% 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. Because of many things, Highland Lakes is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Highland Lakes 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 town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Highland Lakes has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Highland Lakes’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family. In Highland Lakes, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 41.90 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The education level of Highland Lakes ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Highland Lakes, 43.14% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Highland Lakes in 2022 was $65,306, 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 $261,224 for a family of four. Highland Lakes is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Highland Lakes home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Highland Lakes residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Highland Lakes also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.83% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Highland Lakes include Irish, German, Italian, Polish, and Russian. The most common language spoken in Highland Lakes is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
