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Middlesex County (Central)--New Brunswick & Highland Park PUMA, NJ

151,728 Population
31 square miles 4,887.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$39,730 ±$2,313 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $51,272 ±$483
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$100,671 ±$7,486 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $96,346 ±$1,114
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

14.2% ±3.1% (19,087  ±4,270) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 882,045 (±0.4% / ±33,909)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

27 minutes ±1.3 (1,944,375  ±178,236) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.3 116,394,656 (±0.3 / ±1,285,030)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

49,441 ±2,772 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,516,978 ±9,044
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.7 ±0.2 (134,764  ±6,631) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,092,231
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.3% ±2% (1,814  ±823) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5% 105,942 (±0.3% / ±6,352)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

51,324 ±2,801 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,785,097 ±490
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$441,200 ±$18,354 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $428,900 ±$2,759
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.8% ±2.3% (19,292  ±3,549.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 885,133 (±0.3% / ±28,013.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

87% ±1.9% (78,971  ±5,043.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,880,219 (±0.6% / ±38,924.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
42.2% ±2.8% (38,321  ±3,442.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 43.5% 2,821,608 (±0.4% / ±26,260.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

46.3% ±2% (68,087  ±3,068.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 32.2% 2,806,254 (±0.2% / ±13,940.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

35.9% ±3.3% (54,390  ±5,529) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 23.6% 2,181,082
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

3.2% ±1.1% (3,968  ±1,348) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 3.9% 279,664 (±0.1% / ±8,986)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
3,968 Total veterans ±1,348 3,482 Male ±1,224 486 Female ±552

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