About Interlaken

Interlaken is a tiny borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 900 people and just one neighborhood, Interlaken is the 496th largest community in New Jersey. Much of the housing stock in Interlaken was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Interlaken is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 90.47% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Interlaken is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Interlaken who work in sales jobs (19.07%), management occupations (13.08%), and business and financial occupations (9.98%).

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

In addition, Interlaken 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.

One downside of living in Interlaken is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Interlaken, the average commute to work is 33.27 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small borough, Interlaken does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Interlaken Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Interlaken. 53.48% 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 Interlaken in 2000 was $47,307, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $189,228 for a family of four. However, Interlaken contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Interlaken is English.