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Piscataway township, Middlesex County, NJ

60,447 Population
18.8 square miles 3,216.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$41,467 ±$1,807 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Middlesex County: $47,196 ±$566
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$122,965 ±$5,960 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $105,206 ±$1,538
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

5.5% ±1.4% (2,844  ±697) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Middlesex County: 8.4% 69,626 (±0.5% / ±3,783)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

28.9 minutes ±0.3 (768,040  ±36,650) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 33 11,943,760 (±0.4 / ±191,974)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

17,160 ±612 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 301,967 ±997
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
3 ±0.1 (51,395  ±201) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.8 833,616 (±0 / ±518)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

2.7% ±1.7% (462  ±289) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.4% 9,044 (±0.4% / ±904)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

17,809 ±606 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 314,752 ±176
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$403,100 ±$10,716 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Middlesex County: $411,900 ±$3,355
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

14.4% ±1.7% (8,631  ±1,002.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Middlesex County: 10.6% 90,231 (±0.5% / ±3,905.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

92.1% ±3.5% (33,963  ±1,482.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 89.7% 530,313 (±0.9% / ±5,323.9)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
49.6% ±2.6% (18,297  ±1,045.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 45.1% 266,768 (±0.6% / ±3,705.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

36.4% ±2.1% (21,970  ±1,265) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 34.1% 293,352
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

2.5% ±0.7% (1,236  ±334) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middlesex County: 3.4% 22,600 (±0.2% / ±1,233)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
1,236 Total veterans ±334 1,014 Male ±266 222 Female ±147

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