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Brick, NJ
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Brick profile


Living in Brick



Brick is a larger medium-sized coastal township (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 75,651 people and 17 associated neighborhoods, Brick is the tenth largest community in New Jersey.

A relatively large number of people in Brick telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.42% 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 of the nice things about Brick is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

The education level of Brick citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.26% of adults in Brick have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Brick in 2018 was $48,103, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $192,412 for a family of four. However, Brick contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Brick is a somewhat ethnically-diverse township. The people who call Brick home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brick residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Brick also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.57% of the township’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Brick include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Brick is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.