About Glen Ridge

Glen Ridge is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 7,271 people and just one neighborhood, Glen Ridge is the 269th largest community in New Jersey. Much of the housing stock in Glen Ridge was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Glen Ridge is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 94.24% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Glen Ridge is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Glen Ridge who work in management occupations (18.10%), sales jobs (16.30%), and teaching (11.29%).

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

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

In addition, Glen Ridge is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

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

One downside of living in Glen Ridge, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.11 minutes every day commuting to work.

Glen Ridge Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Glen Ridge, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Glen Ridge is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 65.81% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Glen Ridge in 2000 was $48,456, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $193,824 for a family of four. However, Glen Ridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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