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Palisades Park, NJ
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Palisades Park is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 20,106 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Palisades Park is the 96th largest community in New Jersey. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Palisades Park, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Palisades Park, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Palisades Park’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Palisades Park does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $76,297.00.

Palisades Park home prices are not only among the most expensive in New Jersey, but Palisades Park real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Also of interest is that Palisades Park 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 Palisades Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.25% 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.

Palisades Park, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the borough.

One downside of living in Palisades Park, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.71 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Palisades Park use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Palisades Park‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

If knowledge is power, Palisades Park is a pretty powerful place. 50.42% of the adults in Palisades Park 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 Palisades Park in 2018 was $36,064, 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 $144,256 for a family of four. However, Palisades Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Palisades Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Palisades Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Palisades Park residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Palisades Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.24% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Palisades Park include Italian, Irish, German, French, and Dutch.

Palisades Park also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 60.19%.

The most common language spoken in Palisades Park is Korean. Other important languages spoken here include English and Spanish.


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