About Essex Fells

Essex Fells is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 2,162 people and just one neighborhood, Essex Fells is the 450th largest community in New Jersey.

Essex Fells is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 96.18% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Essex Fells is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Essex Fells who work in management occupations (23.65%), sales jobs (17.82%), and legal occupations (8.70%).

Of important note, Essex Fells is also a borough of artists. Essex Fells has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Essex Fells's character.

In addition, Essex Fells 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.

Because of many things, Essex Fells is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Essex Fells a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The borough's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Essex Fells has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Essex Fells's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Being a small borough, Essex Fells does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Essex Fells Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Essex Fells is a pretty powerful place. 72.39% of the adults in Essex Fells 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 Essex Fells in 2000 was $77,434, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $309,736 for a family of four. However, Essex Fells contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Essex Fells is English. Some people also speak Italian.