Avenel is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 16,920 people and three associated neighborhoods, Avenel is the 117th largest community in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that Avenel 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: 8.95% 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.

In Avenel, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.66 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.

In Avenel, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Avenel is a relatively small town. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

The percentage of people in Avenel who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.92% of adults in Avenel have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Avenel in 2022 was $34,181, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,724 for a family of four. However, Avenel contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Avenel is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Avenel home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Avenel residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Avenel also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.05% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Avenel include Italian, Polish, Irish, German, and Haitian.

In addition, Avenel has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (29.94%).

The most common language spoken in Avenel is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.