Vincentown is a tiny town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 535 people and five associated neighborhoods, Vincentown is the 498th largest community in New Jersey. Vincentown has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Housing costs in Vincentown 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.
7.60% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Vincentown. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Retail and Construction industries respectively employ 27.89% and 18.33% of the civilian workforce.
Also of interest is that Vincentown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Because of many things, Vincentown is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Vincentown really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Vincentown perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Vincentown has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Vincentown has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Vincentown than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Vincentown may be for you.
In Vincentown, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.00 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Vincentown doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Vincentown citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.84% of adults in Vincentown have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Vincentown in 2022 was $58,964, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $235,856 for a family of four.
The people who call Vincentown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vincentown residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Vincentown include Italian, German, Irish, English, and Hungarian.
The most common language spoken in Vincentown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.