In Rahway, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.85 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.
Like elsewhere in America, most people in Rahway use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Rahway‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the train. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.
The education level of Rahway citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.07% of adults in Rahway have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Rahway in 2022 was $43,300, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $173,200 for a family of four. However, Rahway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Rahway is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rahway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rahway residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Rahway also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.11% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rahway include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and Portuguese.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Rahway's cultural character, accounting for 20.73% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Rahway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
