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Branchburg township, Somerset County, NJ

14,882 Population
20.1 square miles 741.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 42 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$72,786 ±$7,405 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Somerset County: $67,554 ±$1,278
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$163,800 ±$15,609 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Somerset County: $131,948 ±$3,280
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

2.8% ±1.4% (411  ±202) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Somerset County: 5.3% 18,097 (±0.5% / ±1,649)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

32.1 minutes ±2.6 (225,855  ±24,291) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Somerset County: 31.3 4,630,220 (±0.6 / ±117,033)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

5,560 ±228 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 127,566 ±631
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.7 ±0.1 (14,846  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Somerset County: 2.7 341,088 (±0 / ±76)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

3% ±1.9% (83  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Somerset County: 5% † 3,859 (±0.7% / ±506)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

5,624 ±233 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 131,989 ±110
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$557,300 ±$22,787 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Somerset County: $489,500 ±$4,913
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

10.8% ±3.5% (1,599  ±,523.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 10% 34,274 (±0.8% / ±2,707.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

97.4% ±5.6% (10,088  ±,659.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Somerset County: 94% 228,104 (±1.4% / ±3,268.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
63.9% ±4.7% (6,624  ±,525.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 57.3% 138,929 (±1% / ±2,386.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14.2% ±2.6% (2,111  ±393) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Somerset County: 26.9% 92,631
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

4.4% ±1.5% (526  ±181) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 3.7% 10,043 (±0.3% / ±753)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
526 Total veterans ±181 480 Male ±171 46 Female ±45

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