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Weehawken, NJ
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Weehawken profile


Living in Weehawken



Weehawken is a medium-sized township located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 17,215 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Weehawken is the 114th largest community in New Jersey. Weehawken has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic townships in the country.

Weehawken home prices are not only among the most expensive in New Jersey, but Weehawken real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Of important note, Weehawken is also a township of artists. Weehawken has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Weehawken’s character.

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.15% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Weehawken, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the township.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Weehawken is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

In Weehawken, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.53 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In addition, the township is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.

Even though Weehawken is a smaller township, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

If knowledge is power, Weehawken is a pretty powerful place. 61.53% of the adults in Weehawken have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Weehawken in 2018 was $70,216, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $280,864 for a family of four. However, Weehawken contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Weehawken is an extremely ethnically-diverse township. The people who call Weehawken home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Weehawken residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Weehawken also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 35.33% of the township’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Weehawken include Italian, Irish, German, Russian, and English.

Weehawken also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 40.08%.

The most common language spoken in Weehawken is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.


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