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Cherry Hill, NJ
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Cherry Hill profile


Living in Cherry Hill



Cherry Hill is a larger medium-sized township located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 76,723 people and 16 constituent neighborhoods, Cherry Hill is the ninth largest community in New Jersey.

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

A relatively large number of people in Cherry Hill telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.59% 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.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the township are by private automobile, Cherry Hill is somewhat unusual for a township of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the subway helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Cherry Hill area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

If knowledge is power, Cherry Hill is a pretty powerful place. 54.31% of the adults in Cherry Hill have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Cherry Hill in 2018 was $53,053, 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 $212,212 for a family of four.

Cherry Hill is a very ethnically-diverse township. The people who call Cherry Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cherry Hill residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Cherry Hill include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.

Cherry Hill also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.65%.

The most common language spoken in Cherry Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.