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Middlesex County (Southwest) PUMA, NJ

112,807 Population
82.9 square miles 1,360 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$56,021 ±$2,061 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $44,153 ±$191
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$116,926 ±$3,569 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $85,245 ±$402
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

4.3% ±0.9% (4,790  ±952) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 842,704 (±0.2% / ±14,941)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

37.8 minutes ±1.7 (1,933,140  ±60,214) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 32 128,475,610 (±0.1 / ±610,129)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

41,701 ±792 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,272,054 ±6,029
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.7 ±0.1 (111,616  ±1,478) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,702,841
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

3.5% ±0.9% (926  ±240) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 4.9% 100,782 (±0.1% / ±2,335)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

44,009 ±859 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,628,732 ±505
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$448,000 ±$10,510 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $343,500 ±$980
  • about double the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

12.6% ±1.4% (14,148  ±1,554.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 906,217 (±0.1% / ±11,955.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

96% ±2% (77,296  ±2,024.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.3% 5,568,740 (±0.3% / ±18,363.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
68% ±1.7% (54,777  ±1,593.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 40.7% 2,513,062 (±0.2% / ±11,733.9)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

47.9% ±2.4% (51,285  ±2,651.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 31.6% 2,644,457 (±0.2% / ±13,048.7)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

41.2% ±1.4% (46,476  ±1,682) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 22.7% 2,012,872 (±0.1% / ±12,390)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

3.4% ±0.6% (2,934  ±526) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 4.5% 313,928 (±0.1% / ±3,306)
  • about half the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
2,934 Total veterans ±526 2,670 Male ±510 264 Female ±133

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