Tinton Falls is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 19,354 people and four associated neighborhoods, Tinton Falls is the 105th largest community in New Jersey. Housing costs in Tinton Falls 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.Tinton Falls is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 90.69% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Tinton Falls is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tinton Falls who work in sales jobs (16.74%), management occupations (16.03%), and business and financial occupations (9.77%). Also of interest is that Tinton Falls has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.48% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 Tinton Falls, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.70 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. Even though Tinton Falls is a smaller borough, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Tinton Falls. 53.61% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%. The per capita income in Tinton Falls in 2022 was $71,823, 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 $287,292 for a family of four. However, Tinton Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tinton Falls is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Tinton Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tinton Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tinton Falls include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Tinton Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
