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Woodbury, NJ
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Living in Woodbury



Woodbury is a somewhat small city located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 10,048 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Woodbury is the 200th largest community in New Jersey.

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.88% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Even though Woodbury is a smaller city, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly a streetcar for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

The overall education level of Woodbury is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.79% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Woodbury in 2018 was $35,705, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,820 for a family of four. However, Woodbury contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Woodbury is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Woodbury home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Woodbury residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Woodbury also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.89% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Woodbury include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Woodbury is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.