One downside of living in Bogota is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Bogota, the average commute to work is 30.90 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. In addition, it is also a pedestrian-friendly borough. Many of Bogota’s neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
Despite being a small borough, Bogota 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.
The education level of Bogota citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.42% of adults in Bogota have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bogota in 2022 was $48,011, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $192,044 for a family of four. However, Bogota contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bogota is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Bogota home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Bogota, accounting for 50.31% of the borough’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Bogota residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bogota include Irish, Italian, German, Jamaican, and English.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Bogota's cultural character, accounting for 34.16% of the borough’s population.
The most common language spoken in Bogota is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
