Long Valley is a very small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 1,909 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Long Valley is the 461st largest community in New Jersey.

Long Valley is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Long Valley is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Long Valley who work in management occupations (15.27%), office and administrative support jobs (11.14%), and sales jobs (9.61%).

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 9.96% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Long Valley 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, Long Valley 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, Long Valley really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Long Valley 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 Long Valley, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.90 minutes every day commuting to work.

Long Valley is a very car-oriented town. 98.16% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Long Valley is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Long Valley has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

As is often the case in a small town, Long Valley doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Long Valley Information and Demographics

The population of Long Valley is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 44.54% of adults in Long Valley have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Long Valley in 2000 was $36,711, 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 $146,844 for a family of four. However, Long Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Long Valley is English.