Leonia is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 8,914 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Leonia is the 229th largest community in New Jersey. Much of the housing stock in Leonia was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Leonia is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 88.43% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Leonia is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Leonia who work in management occupations (14.13%), sales jobs (14.00%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.45%).

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

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

For a small borough, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Leonia. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Leonia.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Leonia is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. 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.

One downside of living in Leonia, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.88 minutes every day commuting to work.

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

Leonia Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Leonia, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Leonia is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 49.90% 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 Leonia in 2000 was $35,352, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,408 for a family of four. However, Leonia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Leonia is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Leonia home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Leonia is White, followed by Asian. Leonia also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.69% of the borough's residents. Important ancestries of people in Leonia include Italian, Irish, German, Russian, and Polish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Leonia's cultural character, accounting for 35.84% of the borough's population.

The languages spoken by people in Leonia 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 Leonia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean, Spanish, and Chinese.