Spring Lake Heights is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 4,865 people and two associated neighborhoods, Spring Lake Heights is the 316th largest community in New Jersey. Housing costs in Spring Lake Heights 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.Spring Lake Heights is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 91.52% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Spring Lake Heights is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Spring Lake Heights who work in sales jobs (17.71%), management occupations (11.71%), and office and administrative support (11.63%). A relatively large number of people in Spring Lake Heights telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 18.28% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Overall, Spring Lake Heights’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. Despite being a small borough, Spring Lake Heights has a lot of people using taxis to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on taxis are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Spring Lake Heights, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Spring Lake Heights is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 57.65% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Spring Lake Heights in 2022 was $67,332, 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 $269,328 for a family of four. The people who call Spring Lake Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Spring Lake Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Spring Lake Heights include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Spring Lake Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
