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South Brunswick township, Middlesex County, NJ

45,517 Population
40.6 square miles 1,120.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 39 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$54,709 ±$3,363 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Middlesex County: $40,933 ±$502
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $44,153 ±$191
$124,070 ±$6,244 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Middlesex County: $91,731 ±$1,116
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $85,245 ±$402

2.9% ±1% (1,324  ±432) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Middlesex County: 8.7% 69,102 (±0.5% / ±4,185)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 842,704 (±0.2% / ±14,941)

38.7 minutes ±1 (797,605  ±46,885) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 34.3 12,636,065 (±0.2 / ±148,294)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 32 128,475,610 (±0.1 / ±610,129)

Families

15,981 ±466 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 287,971 ±1,033
  • New Jersey: 3,272,054 ±6,029
2.8 ±0.1 (45,444  ±76) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.8 796,774 (±0 / ±1,398)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,702,841

3.6% ±1.4% (389  ±157) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.8% 9,452 (±0.4% / ±838)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 4.9% 100,782 (±0.1% / ±2,335)

Housing

16,727 ±492 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 302,650 ±494
  • New Jersey: 3,628,732 ±505

$443,900 ±$14,681 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $351,400 ±$2,203
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $343,500 ±$980

9.1% ±1.9% (4,118  ±852.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 10.7% 87,623 (±0.4% / ±3,392)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 906,217 (±0.1% / ±11,955.1)

Social

96.4% ±3.6% (30,689  ±1,264.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 89.9% 511,381 (±0.9% / ±5,243.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.3% 5,568,740 (±0.3% / ±18,363.3)
69.2% ±3% (22,035  ±1,010) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 44.4% 252,313 (±0.6% / ±3,426.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 40.7% 2,513,062 (±0.2% / ±11,733.9)

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

42.7% ±2% (19,440  ±920) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Middlesex County: 32.9% 271,412 (±0.5% / ±3,935)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 22.7% 2,012,872 (±0.1% / ±12,390)

3.2% ±1% (1,098  ±358) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 3.8% 24,204 (±0.2% / ±1,103)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 4.5% 313,928 (±0.1% / ±3,306)
1,098 Total veterans ±358 1,025 Male ±349 73 Female ±61

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