About Alpine

Alpine is a very small coastal borough (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 2,183 people and just one neighborhood, Alpine is the 449th largest community in New Jersey.

Alpine is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 92.18% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Alpine is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alpine who work in management occupations (22.48%), sales jobs (18.61%), and healthcare (11.58%).

Of important note, Alpine is also a borough of artists. Alpine has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Alpine's character.

In addition, Alpine is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Alpine is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Alpine really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Alpine perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

The borough is also nautical, which means that parts of Alpine are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

One downside of living in Alpine, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.80 minutes every day commuting to work.

Although Alpine is a relatively small borough, quite a few people get to and from work by way of the bus, often traveling to the central city in the area.

Alpine Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Alpine. 62.81% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Alpine in 2000 was $76,995, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $307,980 for a family of four. However, Alpine contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Alpine is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Alpine home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Alpine is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Alpine include Italian, Russian, German, Greek, Irish, Polish, and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Alpine's cultural character, accounting for 27.21% of the borough's population.

The languages spoken by people in Alpine are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Alpine is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean, Chinese, Greek, and Russian.