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Willingboro, NJ
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Willingboro profile


Living in Willingboro



Willingboro is a medium-sized township located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 32,015 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Willingboro is the 51st largest community in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that Willingboro 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: 9.00% 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.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the township are by private automobile, Willingboro is somewhat unusual for a township of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the train helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Willingboro area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

The overall education level of Willingboro is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.77% of adults 25 and older in the township have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Willingboro in 2022 was $36,940, 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 $147,760 for a family of four. However, Willingboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Willingboro is an extremely ethnically-diverse township. The people who call Willingboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Willingboro residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Willingboro also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.73% of the township’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Willingboro include Liberian, German, Italian, Jamaican, and Irish.

In addition, Willingboro has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.52%).

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