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New Brunswick, NJ

55,671 Population
5.2 square miles 10,638.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$21,963 ±$1,873 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $47,591 ±$202
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $46,691 ±$213
$49,338 ±$5,893 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $86,445 ±$389
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $89,703 ±$507

35.3% ±4.3% (16,540  ±2,078) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.3% 2,416,764 (±0.1% / ±25,888)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 883,896 (±0.1% / ±12,412)

27.5 minutes ±1 (571,275  ±44,118) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 36.7 313,743,650 (±0.1 / ±989,757)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 31.5 126,284,970 (±0.1 / ±619,819)

Families

15,464 ±819 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,248,123 ±11,251
  • New Jersey: 3,397,156 ±5,756
3 ±0.2 (46,844  ±1,256) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7 19,628,584
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 9,050,134

3% ±1% (546  ±179) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.8% 228,429 (±0.1% / ±4,502)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 5% 106,279 (±0.1% / ±2,560)

Housing

16,698 ±814 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,931,425 ±1,891
  • New Jersey: 3,738,342 ±433

$265,700 ±$10,159 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $483,500 ±$1,166
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $355,700 ±$986

18.7% ±2.1% (10,355  ±1,154.6) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.5% 1,875,996 (±0.1% / ±19,582.8)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 944,204 (±0.1% / ±13,068.6)

Social

65.9% ±2.5% (17,623  ±1,122.5) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 87.3% 12,223,803 (±0.2% / ±30,047.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 90.5% 5,802,729 (±0.3% / ±19,579.2)
24.6% ±2.1% (6,566  ±662.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 42% 5,887,025 (±0.1% / ±19,445)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 41.5% 2,660,853 (±0.2% / ±12,771.8)

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

32.1% ±2.1% (17,850  ±1,165) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.4% 5,882,532 (±0.1% / ±23,006)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 22.9% 2,115,061 (±0.2% / ±13,418)

1.3% ±0.4% (551  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.1% 481,279 (±0% / ±6,125)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 4.3% 309,642 (±0.1% / ±4,437)
551 Total veterans ±155 517 Male ±148 34 Female ±31

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