In Avenel, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.66 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 Avenel, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Avenel is a relatively small town. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
The overall education level of Avenel is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.92% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Avenel in 2022 was $34,181, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,724 for a family of four. However, Avenel contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Avenel is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Avenel home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Avenel residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Avenel also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.05% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Avenel include Italian, Polish, Irish, German, and Haitian.
In addition, Avenel has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (29.94%).
The most common language spoken in Avenel is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
