Wyckoff, NJ real estate and demographic information

About Wyckoff

Wyckoff is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 16,805 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Wyckoff is the 116th largest community in New Jersey.

Wyckoff home prices are not only among the most expensive in New Jersey, but Wyckoff real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Wyckoff is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.38% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Wyckoff is a town of managers, sales and office workers and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Wyckoff who work in management occupations (20.82%), sales jobs (14.79%) and office and administrative support (11.55%).

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

In addition, Wyckoff is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Wyckoff 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, Wyckoff really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Wyckoff perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, 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.

Despite being a small town, Wyckoff has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

Wyckoff Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Wyckoff, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Wyckoff is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 61.85% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Wyckoff in 2010 was $64,367, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $257,468 for a family of four.

The people who call Wyckoff home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wyckoff residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Wyckoff include Italian, Irish, German, English, Polish and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Wyckoff is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.