One downside of living in Rahway is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Rahway, the average commute to work is 31.85 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
Like elsewhere in America, most people in Rahway use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Rahway‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the train. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.
The population of Rahway is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.07% of adults in Rahway have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Rahway in 2022 was $43,300, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $173,200 for a family of four. However, Rahway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Rahway is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rahway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rahway residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Rahway also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.11% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rahway include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and Portuguese.
In addition, Rahway has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (20.73%).
The most common language spoken in Rahway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
