Haddonfield is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 11,660 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Haddonfield is the 181st largest community in New Jersey. Haddonfield has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Haddonfield is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 94.29% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Haddonfield is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Haddonfield who work in management occupations (16.35%), sales jobs (11.66%), and teaching (10.57%).

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

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

In addition, Haddonfield 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, Haddonfield 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, Haddonfield really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Haddonfield 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.

Haddonfield is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Haddonfield Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Haddonfield. 64.85% 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 Haddonfield in 2000 was $43,170, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $172,680 for a family of four. However, Haddonfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Haddonfield is English.