Wharton is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 7,346 people and just one neighborhood, Wharton is the 257th largest community in New Jersey.
Unlike some boroughs, Wharton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wharton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wharton is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wharton who work in sales jobs (12.90%), maintenance occupations (10.92%), and office and administrative support (7.87%).
One downside of living in Wharton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.37 minutes every day commuting to work.
The overall education level of Wharton is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.65% of adults 25 and older in the borough have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Wharton in 2022 was $44,620, 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 $178,480 for a family of four. However, Wharton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Wharton is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Wharton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Wharton, accounting for 50.03% of the borough’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Wharton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Wharton include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Wharton's cultural character, accounting for 33.56% of the borough’s population.
The most common language spoken in Wharton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
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 Wharton, 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 South American and Dominican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 26.7% of this neighborhood's residents have South American ancestry and 6.9% have Dominican ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Vietnamese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Wharton are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 69.9% of the neighborhoods in America. With 27.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 78.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 34.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.1%), and 10.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support 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 48.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Langs. of India and Vietnamese.
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 Wharton, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as South American (26.7%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (13.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.7%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (7.3%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (7.3%), among others. In addition, 33.6% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (79.7%) 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 (12.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.