Census Reporter

New Brunswick, NJ

55,960 Population
5.2 square miles 10,694.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New Jersey: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,482 ±$1,068 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $43,409 ±$187
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $42,745 ±$199
$43,783 ±$2,580 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $78,773 ±$390
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $82,545 ±$400

34.4% ±3.2% (16,180  ±1,540) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.8% 2,435,057 (±0.1% / ±20,831)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 10% 869,081 (±0.2% / ±15,206)

27.1 minutes ±1.1 (576,725  ±37,922) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 37.2 331,098,380 (±0.1 / ±1,030,288)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 32.2 133,166,730 (±0.1 / ±581,610)

Families

15,328 ±651 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 6,997,001 ±13,462
  • New Jersey: 3,231,874 ±7,167
3.1 ±0.2 (47,093  ±1,067) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7 18,911,705 (±0 / ±3,046)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,694,933 (±0)

3.9% ±1.1% (738  ±216) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.7% 220,851 (±0.1% / ±3,694)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 99,738 (±0.1% / ±2,285)

Housing

16,894 ±695 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,717,242 ±1,436
  • New Jersey: 3,616,614 ±596

$251,100 ±$16,730 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $450,900 ±$823
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $335,600 ±$797

15.7% ±1.9% (8,661  ±1,048.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.4% 1,791,022 (±0.1% / ±15,198.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 898,984 (±0.1% / ±11,270.3)

Social

64.2% ±2.6% (16,838  ±963) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 86.5% 11,639,867 (±0.2% / ±26,504.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 89.8% 5,520,448 (±0.3% / ±16,297.9)
22.6% ±2% (5,927  ±582) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 40.4% 5,430,506 (±0.1% / ±16,568.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 39.7% 2,440,951 (±0.2% / ±9,872.7)

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

31.5% ±1.8% (17,634  ±1,007) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.5% 5,684,190 (±0.1% / ±21,520)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 22.4% 1,992,027 (±0.1% / ±11,424)

1.5% ±0.4% (632  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.4% 509,343 (±0% / ±4,689)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 4.7% 321,991 (±0.1% / ±3,253)
632 Total veterans ±182 611 Male ±177 21 Female ±24

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