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Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, NJ

54,135 Population
33.9 square miles 1,597.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Somerset County: 41.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$68,407 ±$2,710 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Somerset County: $70,321 ±$1,383
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$157,123 ±$7,865 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Somerset County: $135,960 ±$2,875
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

4.5% ±1.1% (2,395  ±595) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 5.5% 18,851 (±0.5% / ±1,849)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

29.9 minutes ±1 (639,180  ±37,431) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Somerset County: 31.5 4,580,205 (±0.4 / ±100,261)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

19,597 ±414 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 129,459 ±472
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.7 ±0.1 (53,248  ±49) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Somerset County: 2.6 342,244 (±0 / ±69)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

5.8% ±1.6% (724  ±203) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 5.4% † 4,226 (±0.7% / ±540)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

20,127 ±455 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 132,831 ±90
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$560,500 ±$14,850 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Somerset County: $523,900 ±$8,197
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

6.9% ±1.2% (3,669  ±652.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Somerset County: 9.4% 32,186 (±0.7% / ±2,451.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

94.7% ±3% (36,134  ±1,259.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 93.9% 229,383 (±1.4% / ±3,382.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
58.6% ±2.4% (22,341  ±953.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 57.4% 140,175 (±1% / ±2,453.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

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

27% ±1.6% (14,612  ±883) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 27.5% 95,159
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

2.7% ±0.5% (1,129  ±203) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Somerset County: 3.5% 9,498 (±0.3% / ±674)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
1,129 Total veterans ±203 1,075 Male ±194 54 Female ±45

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