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Woodbridge, NJ
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Living in Woodbridge



Woodbridge is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 19,839 people and five associated neighborhoods, Woodbridge is the 101st largest community in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that Woodbridge 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 Woodbridge telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.41% 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.

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

The citizens of Woodbridge are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 36.13% of adults in Woodbridge have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Woodbridge in 2018 was $43,125, 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 $172,500 for a family of four. However, Woodbridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Woodbridge is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Woodbridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Woodbridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Woodbridge also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.33% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Woodbridge include Irish, Italian, German, Polish, and Hungarian.

In addition, Woodbridge has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (27.59%).

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