Neptune is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 24,937 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Neptune is the 75th largest community in New Jersey.Neptune is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Neptune is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Neptune who work in healthcare (11.63%), office and administrative support (10.39%), and teaching (8.87%). Also of interest is that Neptune 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 Neptune telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.15% 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. The education level of Neptune citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.45% of adults in Neptune have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Neptune in 2022 was $46,220, 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 $184,880 for a family of four. However, Neptune contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Neptune is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Neptune home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Neptune residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Neptune also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.63% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Neptune include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Haitian. Neptune also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.33%. The most common language spoken in Neptune is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
