Colonia is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 17,756 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Colonia is the 115th largest community in New Jersey.

Unlike some towns, Colonia isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Colonia are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Colonia is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Colonia who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.52%), sales jobs (11.81%), and management occupations (11.16%).

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

In addition, Colonia is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Colonia 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, Colonia really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Colonia 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.

Colonia Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Colonia is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 24.56% of adults in Colonia have a college degree.

The per capita income in Colonia in 2000 was $27,732, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,928 for a family of four. However, Colonia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

Foreign born people are also an important part of Colonia's cultural character, accounting for 15.18% of the town's population.

The languages spoken by people in Colonia 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 Colonia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, and Italian.