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Census Tract 539.05, Somerset, NJ

6,959 Population
3.4 square miles 2,073.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Belle Mead: 35.2 † ±4.1
  • a little less than the figure in Somerset County: 41.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$76,758 ±$8,205 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Belle Mead: $72,795 † ±$8,864
  • a little higher than the amount in Somerset County: $72,193 ±$1,184
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$224,900 ±$12,337 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Belle Mead: $223,250 ±$10,864
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Somerset County: $140,374 ±$3,294
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

4.6% ±2.9% (323  ±205) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Belle Mead: 3.3% † 208 (±2.3% / ±151)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 5.4% † 18,637 (±0.6% / ±2,094)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

35.2 minutes ±3.7 (85,110  ±17,347) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Belle Mead: 37.7 † 82,810 (±14.6 / ±21,728)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 31.4 4,525,480 (±0.6 / ±120,315)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

2,270 ±188 Number of households
  • Belle Mead: 2,044 † ±280
  • Somerset County: 130,802 ±435
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
3.1 ±0.4 (6,959  ±542) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Belle Mead: 3.1 6,394 (±0.2 / ±962)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 2.6 345,878 (±0 / ±75)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

12.5% ±7.4% (226  ±137) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Belle Mead: 13.3% † 241 (±7.5% / ±141)
  • more than double the rate in Somerset County: 5.5% † 4,324 (±0.7% / ±533)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

2,270 ±188 Number of housing units
  • Belle Mead: 2,044 † ±280
  • Somerset County: 133,639 ±156
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$770,100 ±$67,676 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Belle Mead: $810,300 ±$50,803
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Somerset County: $552,100 ±$7,374
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

12.5% ±5.8% (863  ±403.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Belle Mead: 10.5% † 664 (±5.6% / ±368.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Somerset County: 9.1% 31,614 (±0.8% / ±2,716.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

98.8% ±8.1% (4,491  ±506.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Belle Mead: 96.2% † 3,849 (±18.5% / ±520.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Somerset County: 94% 233,031 (±1.4% / ±3,419.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
80.2% ±7.4% (3,646  ±436.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Belle Mead: 73.3% 2,934 (±1.7% / ±405.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Somerset County: 57.8% 143,265 (±1% / ±2,551.1)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

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

42.6% ±5.6% (2,961  ±453) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Belle Mead: 41.5% 2,656 (±0.3% / ±400)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Somerset County: 27.9% 97,494
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

2% ±1.3% (102  ±67) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Belle Mead: 2.7% † 120 (±3.2% / ±140)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Somerset County: 3.2% 8,875 (±0.3% / ±733)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
102 Total veterans ±67 102 Male ±67 N/A Female ±20

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