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Mays Landing, NJ
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Mays Landing profile


Living in Mays Landing



Mays Landing is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 5,603 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Mays Landing is the 295th largest community in New Jersey.

In Mays Landing, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.54 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

The population of Mays Landing 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: 34.72% of adults in Mays Landing have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Mays Landing in 2018 was $38,913, 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 $155,652 for a family of four. However, Mays Landing contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mays Landing is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mays Landing home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mays Landing residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mays Landing also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.79% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mays Landing include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Nigerian.

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