Woodbridge is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 18,496 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Woodbridge is the 109th largest community in New Jersey.

Woodbridge is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Woodbridge is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Woodbridge who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.68%), sales jobs (8.98%), and computer science and math (8.76%).

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

In addition, Woodbridge 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.

One of the nice things about Woodbridge is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

One downside of living in Woodbridge, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.65 minutes every day commuting to work.

Woodbridge Information and Demographics

The education level of Woodbridge citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 29.75% of adults in Woodbridge have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Woodbridge in 2000 was $26,728, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,912 for a family of four.

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

Woodbridge also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.08%.

The languages spoken by people in Woodbridge 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 Woodbridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Other Asian languages, and Hindi.