Cherry Hill is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 69,965 people and 12 constituent neighborhoods, Cherry Hill is the 11th largest community in New Jersey.

Cherry Hill is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.80% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Cherry Hill is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cherry Hill who work in sales jobs (14.79%), office and administrative support jobs (13.60%), and management occupations (12.93%).

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

In addition, Cherry Hill 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, Cherry Hill is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Cherry Hill 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, Cherry Hill has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Cherry Hill's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Cherry Hill is a decent-sized town, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the town has no real transit system.

Cherry Hill Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Cherry Hill is a pretty powerful place. 46.22% of the adults in Cherry Hill have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Cherry Hill in 2000 was $32,658, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,632 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Cherry Hill is English. Some people also speak Chinese.