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Watchung borough, Somerset County, NJ

6,485 Population
6 square miles 1,078 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.1 ±7.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 41.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$89,210 ±$11,336 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Somerset County: $72,193 ±$1,184
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • about double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$173,672 ±$13,493 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Somerset County: $140,374 ±$3,294
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • more than double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.2% ±1.2% (77  ±75) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Somerset County: 5.4% † 18,637 (±0.6% / ±2,094)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.6 minutes ±9.6 (78,275  ±15,197) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 31.4 4,525,480 (±0.6 / ±120,315)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,357 ±168 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 130,802 ±435
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (6,273  ±21) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Somerset County: 2.6 345,878 (±0 / ±75)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,470 ±171 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 133,639 ±156
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$882,500 ±$24,644 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Somerset County: $552,100 ±$7,374
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.9% ±3.8% (448  ±246.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Somerset County: 9.1% 31,614 (±0.8% / ±2,716.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.6% ±10.2% (4,609  ±549.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 94% 233,031 (±1.4% / ±3,419.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
64% ±8.1% (3,087  ±425) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 57.8% 143,265 (±1% / ±2,551.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

22.4% ±4.8% (1,451  ±309) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 27.9% 97,494
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.8% ±1.9% (194  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 3.2% 8,875 (±0.3% / ±733)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
194 Total veterans ±99 166 Male ±90 28 Female ±43

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