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Voorhees, NJ
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Voorhees profile


Living in Voorhees



Voorhees is a medium-sized township located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 31,025 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Voorhees is the 55th largest community in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that Voorhees 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: 12.76% 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.

One downside of living in Voorhees, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.56 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.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the township are by private automobile, Voorhees is somewhat unusual for a township of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the subway helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Voorhees area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Voorhees, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Voorhees is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 57.95% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Voorhees in 2018 was $59,529, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $238,116 for a family of four.

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

In addition, Voorhees has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (20.18%).

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