Overview Alloway is a very small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 1,296 people and just one neighborhood, Alloway is the largest community in New Jersey. Occupations and Workforce When you are in Alloway, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.59% of Alloway鈥檚 employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Alloway is a town of construction workers and builders, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alloway who work in office and administrative support (15.93%), legal occupations (9.19%), and management occupations (8.46%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.35% 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. Setting & Lifestyle Alloway is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town鈥檚 good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Alloway鈥檚 overall crime rate is lower than average for the country. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Alloway has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Alloway has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Alloway than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Alloway may be for you. One downside of living in Alloway is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Alloway, the average commute to work is 34.73 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Alloway is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day. Alloway Demographics The percentage of people in Alloway who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.76% of adults in Alloway have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Alloway in 2022 was $51,647, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $206,588 for a family of four. The people who call Alloway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alloway residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Alloway include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Alloway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.