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East Brunswick township, Middlesex County, NJ

47,981 Population
21.8 square miles 2,202.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$48,101 ±$1,602 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $38,140 ±$377
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $40,895 ±$197
$109,081 ±$5,482 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $85,954 ±$1,082
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $79,363 ±$386

6.2% ±1.4% (2,961  ±675) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middlesex County: 8.5% 67,432 (±0.4% / ±3,290)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 10.4% 904,132 (±0.2% / ±13,835)

38.5 minutes ±1.1 (871,570  ±36,481) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 33.9 12,891,720 (±0.4 / ±161,569)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.8 130,635,610 (±0.1 / ±519,284)

Families

16,899 ±326 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 284,174 ±1,361
  • New Jersey: 3,213,362 ±6,651
2.8 ±0.1 (47,747  ±81) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Middlesex County: 2.8 796,038 (±0 / ±1,732)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,697,059 (±0)

3.7% ±1.4% (384  ±147) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.8% 9,641 (±0.3% / ±663)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 99,729 (±0.1% / ±2,120)

Housing

17,677 ±356 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 300,541 ±623
  • New Jersey: 3,605,401 ±471

$389,100 ±$6,759 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $336,200 ±$1,705
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $327,900 ±$841

6.7% ±1.3% (3,198  ±601.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Middlesex County: 9.8% 80,005 (±0.4% / ±3,160.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 10.1% 891,243 (±0.1% / ±10,510.3)

Social

94.1% ±2.7% (32,683  ±1,020.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 89.8% 509,335 (±0.8% / ±4,530.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 89.5% 5,488,429 (±0.3% / ±15,972)
54.3% ±2.1% (18,863  ±750.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 42.7% 242,021 (±0.5% / ±2,964.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 38.9% 2,384,056 (±0.2% / ±9,440.3)

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

33.2% ±1.8% (15,916  ±858) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 32.7% 270,276 (±0.4% / ±3,345)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 22.2% 1,968,060 (±0.1% / ±9,950)

3.6% ±0.6% (1,369  ±214) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Middlesex County: 3.8% 24,692 (±0.1% / ±927)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 333,835 (±0.1% / ±3,178)
1,369 Total veterans ±214 1,338 Male ±207 31 Female ±33

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