Port Norris is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 1,111 people and just one neighborhood, Port Norris is the 468th largest community in New Jersey. Much of the housing stock in Port Norris was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, Port Norris isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Port Norris are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Port Norris is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Port Norris who work in sales jobs (14.02%), healthcare suport services (8.49%), and maintenance occupations (8.36%).
Also of interest is that Port Norris has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Port Norris has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Port Norris a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Port Norris is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.
One downside of living in Port Norris is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Port Norris, the average commute to work is 30.85 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Port Norris does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Port Norris ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 4.36% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Port Norris in 2022 was $39,461, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $157,844 for a family of four. However, Port Norris contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Port Norris is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Port Norris home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Port Norris residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Port Norris include German, Scottish, Italian, Irish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Port Norris is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Do you like a coastal setting? If so, this neighborhood may be to your liking. The neighborhood is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet. Often such coastal places have amenities and recreational activities on the waterfront that are attractive to residents and visitors alike. In addition to being coastal, is a very nautical neighborhood, meaning that it is somewhat historic, walkable, densely populated and on the water. This gives the neighborhood a very nautical feel, with some seaside and shipping feel, which some may really enjoy the sights and sounds of.
Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (22.0%) than in 95.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh and Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry and 0.9% have Belgian ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Port Norris are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 72.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 37.2% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 33.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.5%), and 10.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Port Norris, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (22.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (17.2%), and residents who report English roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.1%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (5.8%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (74.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (22.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.