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Middlesex County (Southwest) PUMA, NJ

116,582 Population
83 square miles 1,404.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$66,211 ±$5,034 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$141,697 ±$14,129 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

5.3% ±2.6% (6,157  ±3,058) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

36.5 minutes ±1.1 (1,790,590  ±185,288) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.9 131,588,270 (±0.2 / ±1,265,689)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

41,823 ±2,146 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.2 (115,238  ±4,607) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3% ±2.1% (905  ±636) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

42,285 ±2,103 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$633,600 ±$26,902 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.5% ±3.3% (14,502  ±3,911.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.9% ±4.2% (76,436  ±4,875.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
67.4% ±3.7% (56,086  ±3,961.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

51% ±2.3% (57,075  ±2,620.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 33.1% 2,922,137 (±0.2% / ±15,881.3)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

45.7% ±3.6% (53,237  ±4,670) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.6% ±0.7% (1,491  ±616) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,491 Total veterans ±616 1,386 Male ±597 105 Female ±175

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