With 15,144 people, Metuchen is a city in New Jersey. This is an unusually credentialed place: 67% of adults have a four-year degree. Households take in $158,052 a year at the median, 92% more than the country as a whole. Households here earn about 53% more than in New Jersey as a whole. Few US cities rank higher on income. The typical home is worth $604,300, having roughly tripled since 2000.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $158,052, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.1
US median: 38.9
More educated
67% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 70%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Metuchen
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree37.6% → 67.1%(+29.6 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Asian share4.4% → 17.9%(+13.4 pts)US over the same years: +3.1 pts
White share86.7% → 58.7%(−28.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)32.7%(87)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19.5%(52)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era22.2%(59)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War12.4%(33)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II3%(8)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 266 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Metuchen, decade by decade
Metuchen population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
12,804
$127,746
$426,732
37.6%
30.2
2000
12,840
$137,619
$355,769
49.2%
40.5
2010
13,574
$135,815
$579,600
56.1%
54.9
2020
15,049
$164,918
$560,204
62.2%
71.3
2024
15,144
$158,052
$604,300
67.1%
75.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
