Stanhope is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 3,575 people and just one neighborhood, Stanhope is the 367th largest community in New Jersey.
Stanhope is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 87.88% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Stanhope is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Stanhope who work in management occupations (14.40%), office and administrative support (10.72%), and sales jobs (10.58%).
Also of interest is that Stanhope 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 Stanhope telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.90% 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.
Because of many things, Stanhope is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Stanhope a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The borough’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Stanhope has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Stanhope’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
One downside of living in Stanhope is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Stanhope, the average commute to work is 35.45 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The citizens of Stanhope are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.06% of adults in Stanhope have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Stanhope in 2022 was $50,430, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $201,720 for a family of four.
Stanhope is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Stanhope home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stanhope residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Stanhope also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.77% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Stanhope include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Stanhope is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Stanhope, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Italian and Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 32.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Italian ancestry and 26.4% have Irish ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Stanhope are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 89.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.6% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 72.6% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 48.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (12.3%), and 12.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.7%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Stanhope, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (32.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (26.4%), and residents who report German roots (21.6%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (11.8%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (5.4%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (37.5% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (75.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (9.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.