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Rockaway, NJ
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Rockaway profile


Living in Rockaway



Rockaway is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 6,592 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Rockaway is the 269th largest community in New Jersey.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.37% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Rockaway’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

The citizens of Rockaway are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.06% of adults in Rockaway have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Rockaway in 2018 was $45,901, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $183,604 for a family of four. However, Rockaway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Rockaway is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Rockaway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rockaway residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Rockaway also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.84% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rockaway include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.

Rockaway also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.75%.

The most common language spoken in Rockaway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.