Brick is a larger medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 76,119 people and 14 constituent neighborhoods, Brick is the tenth largest community in New Jersey.

Brick is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Brick is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brick who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.20%), sales jobs (13.78%), and management occupations (8.68%).

Also of interest is that Brick has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Brick is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Brick 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 town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Brick has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Brick's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Brick are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in Brick, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.25 minutes every day commuting to work.

"If you live in Brick, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most Brick residents do (96.6%). Brick is primarily built for cars, and driving around town will bare this out. Shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets are what you'll find. Sidewalks? Sure. But not everywhere, and walking to most places can be downright scary.

Brick Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Brick who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 19.39% of adults in Brick have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Brick in 2000 was $24,462, 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 $97,848 for a family of four.

The people who call Brick home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Brick is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brick include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Brick is English. Some people also speak Spanish.