About Allenhurst

Allenhurst is a very small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 1,891 people and just one neighborhood, Allenhurst is the 462nd largest community in New Jersey. Allenhurst has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Allenhurst is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 91.31% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Allenhurst is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Allenhurst who work in sales jobs (18.10%), management occupations (16.34%), and teaching (14.06%).

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

In addition, Allenhurst is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Allenhurst are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

In Allenhurst, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.04 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

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

Allenhurst Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Allenhurst is a pretty powerful place. 57.12% of the adults in Allenhurst have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Allenhurst in 2000 was $40,733, 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 $162,932 for a family of four. However, Allenhurst contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Allenhurst home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Allenhurst is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Allenhurst include Irish, Italian, German, English, Polish, Dutch, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Allenhurst is English.