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Population (year 2000): 10,155. Estimated
population in July 2005: 10,168 (+0.1% change)
Males: 5,251 (51.7%), Females: 4,904 (48.3%)
Somerset County
Median resident age: 34.2 years
Median household income: $46,858 (year 2000)
Median house value: $157,600 (year 2000)
Races in Bound Brook:
- White Non-Hispanic (58.7%)
- Hispanic (34.9%)
- Other race (8.7%)
- Two or more races (3.0%)
- Black (2.5%)
- Asian Indian (1.3%)
- Chinese (0.6%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Italian (18.7%), Irish (11.9%),
German (10.0%), Polish (8.3%), English (3.9%), United States
(2.6%).
Elevation: 48 feet
Land area: 1.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Bound Brook
- High school or higher: 75.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.5%
- Unemployed: 4.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Bound Brook borough
- Never married: 30.6%
- Now married: 51.3%
- Separated: 2.4%
- Widowed: 7.6%
- Divorced: 8.1%
36.0% Foreign born (28.2% Latin America, 4.1%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +634 (+6.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Bound Brook:
- UNIVERSITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE (about 6 miles;
PISCATAWAY, NJ)
- SOMERSET MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles; SOMERVILLE,
NJ)
- ST PETERS MEDICAL CENTER (about 8 miles; NEW
BRUNSWICK, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Bound Brook:
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 28 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
- TRENTON MERCER (about 28 miles; TRENTON, NJ; ID: TTN)
- PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 39 miles;
NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bound Brook:
- CENTRAL JERSEY REGIONAL (about 5 miles; MANVILLE,
NJ; ID: 47N)
- SOMERSET (about 10 miles; SOMERVILLE, NJ; ID: SMQ)
- SOLBERG-HUNTERDON (about 14 miles; READINGTON, NJ;
ID: N51)
Amtrak stations near Bound Brook:
- 8 miles: NEW BRUNSWICK (FRENCH & ALBANY STS.).
Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible,
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public
payphones, snack bar, ATM, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi
stand, public transit connection.
- 15 miles: METROPARK (ISELIN, 100 MIDDLESEX-ESSEX TPK.).
Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible,
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public
payphones, paid short-term parking, call for car rental
service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
- 18 miles: PRINCETON JUNCTION (WALLACE RD.).
Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible,
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, snack bar, paid
short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car
rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Bound Brook:
- RARITAN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 7 miles;
SOMERVILLE, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 3,283)
- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK (about 9 miles; NEW
BRUNSWICK, NJ; FT enrollment: 30,649)
- DEVRY INSTITUTE (about 9 miles; NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ;
FT enrollment: 2,897)
- MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE (about 13 miles; EDISON,
NJ; FT enrollment: 6,739)
- DREW UNIVERSITY (about 16 miles; MADISON, NJ; FT
enrollment: 2,133)
- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (about 17 miles; PRINCETON, NJ;
FT enrollment: 6,481)
- UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 18 miles; CRANFORD, NJ;
FT enrollment: 5,856)
Public high school in Bound Brook:
- BOUND BROOK HIGH (Students: 750; Location:
WEST UNION AVE.; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Bound Brook:
- SMALLEY (Students: 464; Location: CHERRY AVE;
Grades: 03 - 06)
- LAFAYETTE (Students: 413; Location: 50 WEST
HIGH STREET; Grades: PK - 02)
Private primary/middle schools in Bound Brook:
- HOLY FAMILY ACADEMY (Students: 392; Location:
330 WEST SECOND STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
- HOLY FAMILY ACAD-ST JOSEPH CAM (Students:
192; Location: 120 EAST SECOND ST.; Grades: PK - 8)
- WEE PEOPLE PRE-SCHOOL & KGN (Students: 118;
Location: 150 WEST UNION AVE; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Bound Brook:
- BOUND BROOK MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Operating
income: $496,077; Location: 402 E. HIGH STREET; 82,165
books; 1,643 audio materials; 2,040 video materials; 166
serial subscriptions)
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