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Laurel Springs, NJ

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Overview


Laurel Springs is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 1,976 people and just one neighborhood, Laurel Springs is the 425th largest community in New Jersey. Laurel Springs has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Laurel Springs is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Laurel Springs is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Laurel Springs who work in office and administrative support (16.95%), management occupations (11.84%), and sales jobs (9.47%).

A relatively large number of people in Laurel Springs telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.48% 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

Laurel Springs is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The borough’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Laurel Springs’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Even though Laurel Springs is a smaller borough, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the subway for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

Demographics

The education level of Laurel Springs citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.80% of adults in Laurel Springs have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Laurel Springs in 2018 was $42,094, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $168,376 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Laurel Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Tagalog.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

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, 34.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry and 24.8% have Italian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Russian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Laurel Springs are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 83.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.7% 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 68.8% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 45.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 19.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.8%), and 16.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.3% of households.

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 Laurel Springs, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (34.4%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (24.8%), and residents who report English roots (22.3%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (17.5%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (4.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (76.0%) 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 (6.8%) . 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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