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. One downside of living in Tinton Falls is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Tinton Falls, the average commute to work is 30.70 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the borough, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. Despite being a small borough, Tinton Falls has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.If knowledge is power, Tinton Falls is a pretty powerful place. 53.61% of the adults in Tinton Falls have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. 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.
