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Rahway, NJ
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Rahway profile


Living in Rahway



Rahway is a medium-sized city located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 29,813 people and six associated neighborhoods, Rahway is the 60th largest community in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that Rahway 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: 14.74% 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.

One downside of living in Rahway is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Rahway, the average commute to work is 31.89 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

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: 35.59% of adults in Rahway have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Rahway in 2022 was $43,613, 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 $174,452 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 Black or African-American, followed by White. Rahway also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.17% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rahway include Italian, Irish, Polish, German, and Haitian.

Rahway also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 22.45%.

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