Colts Neck is a somewhat small township located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 9,906 people and three associated neighborhoods, Colts Neck is the 201st largest community in New Jersey. Colts Neck home prices are not only among the most expensive in New Jersey, but Colts Neck real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Colts Neck is a decidedly white-collar township, with fully 90.38% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Colts Neck is a township of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Colts Neck who work in management occupations (23.17%), sales jobs (11.96%), and healthcare (9.30%). Also of interest is that Colts Neck 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: 23.07% 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. Because of many things, Colts Neck is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Colts Neck really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Colts Neck perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. One downside of living in Colts Neck is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Colts Neck, the average commute to work is 30.71 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the township, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. Despite being a small township, Colts Neck has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.If knowledge is power, Colts Neck is a pretty powerful place. 65.99% of the adults in Colts Neck 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 Colts Neck in 2022 was $90,780, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $363,120 for a family of four. Colts Neck is a somewhat ethnically-diverse township. The people who call Colts Neck home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Colts Neck residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Colts Neck include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Colts Neck is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
