Stanhope is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 3,560 people and just one neighborhood, Stanhope is the 367th largest community in New Jersey.
Stanhope is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 87.49% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Stanhope is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Stanhope who work in office and administrative support (11.90%), sales jobs (11.90%), and management occupations (11.24%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.57% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
Because of many things, Stanhope is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Stanhope a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The borough’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Stanhope has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Stanhope’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
In Stanhope, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.60 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Stanhope is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 40.67% of adults in Stanhope have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.
The per capita income in Stanhope in 2022 was $47,073, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $188,292 for a family of four.
Stanhope is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Stanhope home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stanhope residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Stanhope include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Stanhope is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
With a real estate vacancy rate of only 0.0%, the neighborhood has a lower vacancy rate than 100.0% of U.S. neighborhoods, a very elite group. Such a low vacancy rate may indicate very strong real estate demand in the neighborhood combined with some impediments to increasing supply, such as zoning or existing density of development, among other potential reasons.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Italian and Eastern European ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 32.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Italian ancestry and 2.5% have Eastern European ancestry.
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 Stanhope are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 88.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.5% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 80.1% of America'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, 42.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 32.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (13.2%), and 12.5% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.0%).
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 Stanhope, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (32.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (24.9%), and residents who report German roots (22.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.2%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (5.4%), among others.
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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (31.9% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (78.2%) 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 (9.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.