Bloomsbury is a tiny borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 796 people and just one neighborhood, Bloomsbury is the 484th largest community in New Jersey. Bloomsbury has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.
Housing costs in Bloomsbury 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.
Unlike some boroughs, Bloomsbury isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Bloomsbury are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bloomsbury is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bloomsbury who work in sales jobs (9.13%), office and administrative support (8.48%), and community and social services (8.48%).
Also of interest is that Bloomsbury 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 Bloomsbury telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.85% 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.
Bloomsbury’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One downside of living in Bloomsbury is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Bloomsbury, the average commute to work is 33.69 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The education level of Bloomsbury ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Bloomsbury, 44.86% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Bloomsbury in 2022 was $40,879, 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 $163,516 for a family of four.
The people who call Bloomsbury home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bloomsbury residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bloomsbury include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Bloomsbury is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
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 Bloomsbury, 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 Dutch and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 1.5% have Swiss ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Bloomsbury 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, 7.4% 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 57.6% 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, 55.9% 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 16.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (14.2%), and 13.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.5%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Bloomsbury, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (20.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (18.2%), and residents who report Italian roots (18.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.6%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (7.0%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (30.6% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (78.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.