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Middlesex County, NJ

861,418 Population
309.2 square miles 2,785.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$47,221 ±$1,245 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $51,272 ±$483
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$102,400 ±$3,311 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $96,346 ±$1,114
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

8.4% ±0.8% (70,062  ±6,780) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 882,045 (±0.4% / ±33,909)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

30.8 minutes ±0.7 (11,036,475  ±343,228) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 30.3 116,394,656 (±0.3 / ±1,285,030)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

306,950 ±2,259 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,516,978 ±9,044
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.7 ±0 (836,449  ±910) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,092,231
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.6% ±0.9% (9,516  ±1,890) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5% 105,942 (±0.3% / ±6,352)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

317,277 ±357 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,785,097 ±490
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$440,000 ±$7,270 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $428,900 ±$2,759
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

9.4% ±0.9% (80,236  ±8,061) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 885,133 (±0.3% / ±28,013.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

89.4% ±2% (532,719  ±11,782.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,880,219 (±0.6% / ±38,924.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
45% ±1.3% (268,145  ±7,965) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 43.5% 2,821,608 (±0.4% / ±26,260.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

46.3% ±1.4% (377,290  ±11,556.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 32.3% 2,826,722 (±0.3% / ±25,052.9)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±,203,206.2)

35.6% (306,479  ±9,828) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 23.6% 2,181,082
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

3.1% ±0.4% (21,007  ±2,752) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 3.9% 279,664 (±0.1% / ±8,986)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
21,007 Total veterans ±2,752 19,554 Male ±2,625 1,453 Female ±759

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