Voorhees is a medium-sized township located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 31,169 people and six associated neighborhoods, Voorhees is the 55th largest community in New Jersey.Voorhees is a decidedly white-collar township, with fully 90.86% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Voorhees is a township of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Voorhees who work in management occupations (12.81%), healthcare (11.88%), and business and financial occupations (10.55%). Also of interest is that Voorhees 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: 19.84% 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 Voorhees, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.62 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. For the size of the township, public transportation in Voorhees is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Voorhees, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Voorhees. 59.55% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%. The per capita income in Voorhees in 2022 was $63,624, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $254,496 for a family of four. Voorhees is an extremely ethnically-diverse township. The people who call Voorhees home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Voorhees residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Voorhees include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Polish. Voorhees also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.77%. The most common language spoken in Voorhees is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Spanish.
