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Rutgers University-Busch Campus, NJ

5,747 Population
1.2 square miles 4,698.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

19.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about half the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about half the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$11,780 ±$1,735 Per capita income
  • about one-fifth of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $54,510 ±$245
  • about one-fifth of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$118,750 ±$82,258 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $97,334 ±$454
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

17.8% ±27.2% (37  ±59) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.4% 2,416,274 (±0.1% / ±24,918)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

19.7 minutes ±5.4 (34,920  ±10,871) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36 290,532,500 (±0.1 / ±1,085,869)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

69 ±28 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,362,500 ±10,268
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
3.2 ±0.7 (222  ±101) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,350,254
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

0.4% ±0.5% (12  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,816 (±0.1% / ±4,495)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

103 ±45 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,991,914 ±1,323
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

28.9% ±4.8% (1,655  ±281.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.4% 1,837,795 (±0.1% / ±17,907.6)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

98.8% ±40.1% (511  ±133.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,182,060 (±0.2% / ±31,146.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
88.4% ±36.6% (457  ±124.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 43.5% 6,051,126 (±0.2% / ±21,441.6)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

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

22.2% ±3.4% (1,276  ±201) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 29.8% 5,892,182
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

0.1% ±0.4% (8  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.8% 432,659 (±0% / ±6,334)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
8 Total veterans ±20 3 Male ±17 5 Female ±9

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