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.
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%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.18% 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.
Lakehurst is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Lakehurst citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.24% of adults 25 and older in Lakehurst have a college 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.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Lakehurst, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this 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.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
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.
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.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
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.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. 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.