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Blairstown, NJ

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Overview


Blairstown is a tiny town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 493 people and just one neighborhood, Blairstown is the 500th largest community in New Jersey. Blairstown has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Housing costs in Blairstown are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New Jersey.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Blairstown isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Blairstown are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Blairstown is a town of managers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Blairstown who work in management occupations (47.67%), healthcare (16.28%), and farm management occupations (8.72%).

Another important characteristic of Blairstown is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

A relatively large number of people in Blairstown telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.37% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Blairstown is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

One downside of living in Blairstown, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.06 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Blairstown doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The population of Blairstown is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.96% of adults in Blairstown have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Blairstown in 2018 was $63,055, 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 $252,220 for a family of four. However, Blairstown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Blairstown is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Blairstown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Blairstown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Blairstown include Italian, German, Norwegian, Polish, and Irish.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.

In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Blairstown is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in NJ, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 86.2% of the neighborhoods in New Jersey. If you are considering retiring to New Jersey, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Irish and Italian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 28.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry and 24.7% have Italian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Blairstown are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 90.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 40.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 29.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (16.4%), and 12.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.6% of households. Some people also speak Polish (9.1%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Blairstown, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (28.5%), and residents who report Italian roots (24.7%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (9.3%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (77.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (5.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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