In Rahway, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.85 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.
For the size of the city, public transportation in Rahway is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the train. For Rahway, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.
The population of Rahway is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.07% of adults in Rahway have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Rahway in 2022 was $43,300, 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 $173,200 for a family of four. However, Rahway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Rahway is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rahway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rahway residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Rahway also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.11% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rahway include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and Portuguese.
Rahway also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.73%.
The most common language spoken in Rahway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
