Helmetta is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 2,437 people and just one neighborhood, Helmetta is the 404th largest community in New Jersey.
Unlike some boroughs, Helmetta isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Helmetta are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Helmetta is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Helmetta who work in management occupations (14.39%), office and administrative support (13.94%), and business and financial occupations (8.11%).
Also of interest is that Helmetta 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 Helmetta telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.82% 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.
One downside of living in Helmetta is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Helmetta, the average commute to work is 31.93 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The education level of Helmetta citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.74% of adults in Helmetta have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Helmetta in 2022 was $50,000, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $200,000 for a family of four.
Helmetta is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Helmetta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Helmetta residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Helmetta also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.21% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Helmetta include Irish, German, Italian, Polish, and Egyptian.
In addition, Helmetta has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.77%).
The most common language spoken in Helmetta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Ukrainian and Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Ukrainian ancestry and 3.3% have Hungarian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Korean at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Helmetta are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 78.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.9% 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 71.7% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 45.4% 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 19.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (18.6%), and 16.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 76.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Korean, Arabic and Polish.
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 Helmetta, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (19.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (17.1%), and residents who report Italian roots (15.6%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (13.2%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (10.3%), among others. In addition, 15.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (83.8%) 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.