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Population (year 2000): 1,825. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,050 (+12.3% change)
Males: 905 (49.6%), Females: 920 (50.4%)
Middlesex County
Median resident age: 35.8 years
Median household income: $60,125 (year 2000)
Median house value: $148,300 (year 2000)
Races in Helmetta:
- White Non-Hispanic (89.4%)
- Hispanic (5.3%)
- Black (2.4%)
- Other race (0.9%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
- Chinese (0.7%)
- Asian Indian (0.7%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Irish (22.4%), Italian (19.9%),
German (18.0%), Polish (17.2%), Hungarian (6.6%), English
(5.8%).
Elevation: 44 feet
Land area: 0.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Helmetta
- High school or higher: 88.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.2%
- Unemployed: 3.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 33.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Helmetta borough
- Never married: 24.0%
- Now married: 57.7%
- Separated: 1.4%
- Widowed: 3.9%
- Divorced: 12.9%
9.1% Foreign born (3.2% Europe, 2.8% Latin
America, 2.1% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +629 (+52.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Helmetta:
- JOHN F KENNEDY MEDICAL CENTER (about 4 miles;
EDISON, NJ)
- ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIV HOSP (about 8 miles; NEW
BRUNSWICK, NJ)
- ST PETERS MEDICAL CENTER (about 10 miles; NEW
BRUNSWICK, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Helmetta:
- LAKEHURST NAES /MAXFIELD FIELD (about 25 miles;
LAKEHURST, NJ; ID: NEL)
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 28 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
- TRENTON MERCER (about 28 miles; TRENTON, NJ; ID:
TTN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Helmetta:
- OLD BRIDGE (about 8 miles; OLD BRIDGE, NJ; ID: 3N6)
- CENTRAL JERSEY REGIONAL (about 15 miles; MANVILLE,
NJ; ID: 47N)
- PRINCETON (about 16 miles; PRINCETON/ROCKY HILL, NJ;
ID: 39N)
Amtrak stations near Helmetta:
- 9 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.
- 15 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
Helmetta:
- MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE (about 4 miles; EDISON, NJ;
Full-time enrollment: 6,739)
- DEVRY INSTITUTE (about 7 miles; NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ;
FT enrollment: 2,897)
- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK (about 8 miles; NEW
BRUNSWICK, NJ; FT enrollment: 30,649)
- MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 15 miles;
West Windsor, NJ; FT enrollment: 4,445)
- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (about 17 miles; PRINCETON, NJ;
FT enrollment: 6,481)
- RARITAN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 19 miles;
SOMERVILLE, NJ; FT enrollment: 3,283)
- UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 21 miles; CRANFORD, NJ;
FT enrollment: 5,856)
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