New Brunswick is a city of 56,345 people in New Jersey. The median age is 24.8, younger than the US median of 38.9. 21% of homes are owner-occupied. The foreign-born share is 40%. 32.0% of people here live below the federal poverty line. Density works out to 10,767 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $65,810, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 24.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 55%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about New Brunswick
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share18.6% → 54.6%(+36.0 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Black share27.5% → 11.6%(−15.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Homes owned by their occupants32.3% → 21.4%(−10.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
New Brunswick's population equals 6.5% of Middlesex County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 24% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 17% of the county's.
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)50.3%(392)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)11.7%(91)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era26.2%(204)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.9%(54)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 779 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
New Brunswick, decade by decade
New Brunswick 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
41,711
$67,896
$297,849
23.4%
80.5
2000
48,573
$65,725
$228,982
19.2%
86.7
2010
55,181
$64,078
$411,287
22.0%
81.7
2020
55,266
$53,245
$323,857
23.0%
77.3
2024
56,345
$65,810
$353,800
23.4%
78.6
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.
