It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Thorofare has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Thorofare has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Thorofare than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Thorofare may be for you.
Despite being a small town, Thorofare has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
In terms of college education, Thorofare is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.47% of adults in Thorofare have a college degree.
The per capita income in Thorofare in 2018 was $44,295, 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 $177,180 for a family of four. However, Thorofare contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Thorofare is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Thorofare home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Thorofare residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Thorofare include Italian, Irish, English, German, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Thorofare is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
