Vincentown is a tiny town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 535 people and five associated neighborhoods, Vincentown is the 498th largest community in New Jersey. Vincentown has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Housing costs in Vincentown are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New Jersey.
7.24% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Vincentown. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Retail and Construction industries respectively employ 19.34% and 18.61% of the civilian workforce.
Also of interest is that Vincentown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Because of many things, Vincentown is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Vincentown really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Vincentown perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Vincentown is worth considering.
Vincentown is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Vincentown isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.55% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
Vincentown is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Vincentown are among the most well-educated in the nation: 42.97% of adults in Vincentown have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Vincentown in 2022 was $51,790, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $207,160 for a family of four. However, Vincentown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Vincentown is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Vincentown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vincentown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vincentown include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Hungarian.
The most common language spoken in Vincentown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.