New Providence is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 11,907 people and two constituent neighborhoods, New Providence is the 175th largest community in New Jersey.

New Providence is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 91.50% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, New Providence is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Providence who work in management occupations (17.25%), office and administrative support jobs (13.25%), and sales jobs (10.81%).

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

In addition, New Providence 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.

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

New Providence Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, New Providence is a pretty powerful place. 58.07% of the adults in New Providence 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 New Providence in 2000 was $42,995, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $171,980 for a family of four. However, New Providence contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

In addition, New Providence has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.91%).

The languages spoken by people in New Providence are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in New Providence is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Chinese, and Italian.