Lakewood is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 36,141 people and nine constituent neighborhoods, Lakewood is the 46th largest community in New Jersey.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lakewood is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lakewood is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lakewood who work in teaching (14.96%), office and administrative support jobs (13.93%), and sales jobs (9.37%).

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

For the size of the town, public transportation in Lakewood is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Lakewood, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

Lakewood Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Lakewood is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 21.41% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lakewood in 2000 was $11,802, which is low income relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $47,208 for a family of four.

Lakewood is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lakewood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lakewood is White, followed by African-American. Lakewood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.27% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Lakewood include Polish, Italian, German, Hungarian, and Irish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Lakewood's cultural character, accounting for 15.64% of the town's population.

The languages spoken by people in Lakewood 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 Lakewood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Yiddish, and Hebrew.