Woodbridge is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 19,839 people and five associated neighborhoods, Woodbridge is the 101st largest community in New Jersey.
Also of interest is that Woodbridge has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.45% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
In Woodbridge, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.79 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.
In Woodbridge, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Woodbridge is a relatively small town. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
The citizens of Woodbridge are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.29% of adults in Woodbridge have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Woodbridge in 2022 was $44,442, 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 $177,768 for a family of four. However, Woodbridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Woodbridge is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Woodbridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Woodbridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Woodbridge also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.01% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Woodbridge include Irish, Italian, Polish, German, and Hungarian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Woodbridge's cultural character, accounting for 28.19% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Woodbridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.