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Somerset County (Central)--Bridgewater, Somerville & North Plainfield PUMA, NJ

118,707 Population
44.9 square miles 2,644.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$52,431 ±$3,160 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$119,619 ±$9,152 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

8.9% ±3.1% (10,507  ±3,619) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

29.8 minutes ±3.1 (1,664,425  ±119,516) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 31.4 126,643,450 (±0.3 / ±1,324,142)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

44,494 ±2,086 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.2 (117,003  ±4,960) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,122,744
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.5% ±2.4% (1,522  ±687) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

45,482 ±2,078 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$465,400 ±$14,690 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.7% ±2.4% (11,448  ±2,888.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.4% ±3.7% (76,298  ±4,617.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
42.5% ±3.2% (35,872  ±3,122.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 43.8% 2,850,285 (±0.4% / ±26,559.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

41.5% ±1.8% (47,307  ±2,124.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 32.7% 2,855,114 (±0.2% / ±14,607.4)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

31.1% ±2.8% (36,961  ±3,638) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% 2,250,431
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

2.9% ±0.8% (2,712  ±771) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
2,712 Total veterans ±771 2,494 Male ±733 218 Female ±197

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