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Population (year 2000): 13,999. Estimated
population in July 2005: 14,268 (+1.9% change)
Males: 6,758 (48.3%), Females: 7,241 (51.7%)
Median resident age: 34.7 years
Median household income: $53,250 (year 2000)
Median house value: $183,300 (year 2000)
Races in Highland Park:
- White Non-Hispanic (68.0%)
- Hispanic (8.2%)
- Black (7.9%)
- Chinese (5.2%)
- Asian Indian (4.7%)
- Other race (3.6%)
- Two or more races (2.6%)
- Korean (1.7%)
- Other Asian (0.8%)
- Filipino (0.6%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Italian (9.8%), Irish (9.1%), German
(8.1%), Russian (7.8%), Polish (7.5%), English (5.0%).
Land area: 1.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Highland Park
- High school or higher: 91.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 59.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 35.2%
- Unemployed: 3.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Highland Park borough
- Never married: 32.8%
- Now married: 51.2%
- Separated: 1.6%
- Widowed: 5.9%
- Divorced: 8.4%
29.2% Foreign born (13.3% Asia, 7.9% Europe,
5.5% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +714 (+5.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Highland Park:
- ST PETERS MEDICAL CENTER (about 2 miles; NEW
BRUNSWICK, NJ)
- ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIV HOSP (about 2 miles; NEW
BRUNSWICK, NJ)
- UNIVERSITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE (about 5 miles;
PISCATAWAY, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Highland Park:
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 22 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
- TRENTON MERCER (about 31 miles; TRENTON, NJ; ID:
TTN)
- PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 33 miles;
NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Highland Park:
- CENTRAL JERSEY REGIONAL (about 11 miles; MANVILLE,
NJ; ID: 47N)
- OLD BRIDGE (about 15 miles; OLD BRIDGE, NJ; ID: 3N6)
- LINDEN (about 16 miles; LINDEN, NJ; ID: LDJ)
Amtrak stations near Highland Park:
- 2 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.
- 9 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.
- 19 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
Highland Park:
- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK (about 2 miles; NEW
BRUNSWICK, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 30,649)
- MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE (about 5 miles; EDISON, NJ;
FT enrollment: 6,739)
- DEVRY INSTITUTE (about 6 miles; NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ;
FT enrollment: 2,897)
- UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 14 miles; CRANFORD, NJ;
FT enrollment: 5,856)
- RARITAN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 15 miles;
SOMERVILLE, NJ; FT enrollment: 3,283)
- KEAN UNIVERSITY (about 18 miles; UNION, NJ; FT
enrollment: 8,627)
- DREW UNIVERSITY (about 18 miles; MADISON, NJ; FT
enrollment: 2,133)
Public high school in Highland Park:
- HIGHLAND PARK HIGH (Students: 690; Location:
102 NORTH FIFTH AVENUE; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Highland Park:
- BARTLE SCHOOL (Students: 471; Location: 435
MANSFIELD STREET; Grades: 03 - 06)
- IRVING (Students: 428; Location: 121 SOUTH
ELEVENTH AVENUE; Grades: PK - 02)
Private primary/middle school in Highland Park:
- Y M Y W HEBREW ASSOCIATION (Students: 140;
Location: 2 SO ADELAIDE AVE; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Highland Park:
- HIGHLAND PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $737,251; Location: 31 NORTH 5TH AVENUE; 67,156
books; 2,127 audio materials; 236 video materials; 169
serial subscriptions)
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