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Lakehurst, NJ

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Overview


Lakehurst is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 2,696 people and just one neighborhood, Lakehurst is the 397th largest community in New Jersey.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lakehurst is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lakehurst is a borough of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Lakehurst who work in office and administrative support (24.29%), maintenance occupations (8.97%), and sales jobs (8.37%).

A relatively large number of people in Lakehurst telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.18% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

As is often the case in a small borough, Lakehurst doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Lakehurst is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.24% of adults 25 and older in Lakehurst have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lakehurst in 2022 was $31,394, 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 $125,576 for a family of four. However, Lakehurst contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lakehurst is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Lakehurst home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lakehurst residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lakehurst also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.13% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lakehurst include Italian, German, Irish, Polish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Lakehurst is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Italian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 19.5% have Italian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Tagalog, which is the first language of the Philippine region, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Lakehurst are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 57.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 29.1% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 28.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (25.0%), and 17.1% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 84.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region) and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Lakehurst, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (19.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (16.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (15.4%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (10.7%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (8.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (78.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (11.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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