Sussex is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 2,048 people and five associated neighborhoods, Sussex is the 424th largest community in New Jersey. Sussex has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.Sussex is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Sussex is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sussex who work in office and administrative support (12.45%), food service (10.51%), and sales jobs (9.63%). Of important note, Sussex is also a borough of artists. Sussex has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Sussex’s character. Also of interest is that Sussex has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One downside of living in Sussex, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.20 minutes every day commuting to work. The population of Sussex overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Sussex, 24.61% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Sussex in 2022 was $54,646, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $218,584 for a family of four. However, Sussex contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Sussex is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Sussex home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sussex residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Sussex include German, Italian, Irish, Dutch, and English. The most common language spoken in Sussex is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
