Shiloh is a tiny borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 439 people and just one neighborhood, Shiloh is the 505th largest community in New Jersey. Much of the housing stock in Shiloh was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.
Shiloh is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Shiloh is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Shiloh who work in office and administrative support (17.93%), healthcare (12.41%), and management occupations (8.97%).
The borough is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Shiloh has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Shiloh a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Shiloh, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Shiloh is a relatively small borough. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
In terms of college education, Shiloh is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.37% of adults 25 and older in Shiloh have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Shiloh in 2022 was $36,910, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,640 for a family of four. However, Shiloh contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Shiloh is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Shiloh home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Shiloh residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Shiloh include English, German, Irish, Italian, and British.
The most common language spoken in Shiloh is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Significantly, 18.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% 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 Shiloh are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 67.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.2% 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 67.4% 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, 38.7% 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 25.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (18.2%), and 17.1% 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 89.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 Shiloh, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.1%), and residents who report English roots (13.0%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (11.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (6.1%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (84.1%) 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.