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Population (year 2000): 12,840. Estimated
population in July 2005: 13,383 (+4.2% change)
Males: 6,137 (47.8%), Females: 6,703 (52.2%)
Middlesex County
Median resident age: 39.5 years
Median household income: $75,546 (year 2000)
Median house value: $194,900 (year 2000)
Races in Metuchen:
- White Non-Hispanic (81.6%)
- Black (5.3%)
- Hispanic (4.0%)
- Asian Indian (2.5%)
- Two or more races (1.9%)
- Chinese (1.7%)
- Filipino (1.1%)
- Other race (1.1%)
- Other Asian (0.6%)
- Vietnamese (0.6%)
- Korean (0.6%)
Ancestries: Irish (22.4%), Italian (17.2%),
German (14.5%), Polish (8.7%), English (7.7%), Russian (5.8%).
Elevation: 117 feet
Land area: 2.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Metuchen
- High school or higher: 92.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 49.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 19.8%
- Unemployed: 4.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 31.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Metuchen borough
- Never married: 25.0%
- Now married: 59.2%
- Separated: 1.4%
- Widowed: 7.2%
- Divorced: 7.3%
14.2% Foreign born (6.5% Asia, 4.4% Europe, 2.3%
Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -8 (-0.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Metuchen:
- RARITAN BAY MEDICAL CENTER (about 6 miles; PERTH
AMBOY, NJ)
- ST PETERS MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles; NEW
BRUNSWICK, NJ)
- UNIVERSITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE (about 7 miles;
PISCATAWAY, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Metuchen:
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 17 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
- PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 28 miles;
NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
- TETERBORO (about 31 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Metuchen:
- LINDEN (about 11 miles; LINDEN, NJ; ID: LDJ)
- CENTRAL JERSEY REGIONAL (about 16 miles; MANVILLE,
NJ; ID: 47N)
- OLD BRIDGE (about 16 miles; OLD BRIDGE, NJ; ID: 3N6)
Amtrak stations near Metuchen:
- 3 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.
- 7 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.
- 16 miles: NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NEWARK, ).
Services: ticket office, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Metuchen:
- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK (about 8 miles; NEW
BRUNSWICK, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 30,649)
- MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE (about 9 miles; EDISON, NJ;
FT enrollment: 6,739)
- UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 9 miles; CRANFORD, NJ;
FT enrollment: 5,856)
- DEVRY INSTITUTE (about 11 miles; NORTH BRUNSWICK,
NJ; FT enrollment: 2,897)
- KEAN UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; UNION, NJ; FT
enrollment: 8,627)
- DREW UNIVERSITY (about 16 miles; MADISON, NJ; FT
enrollment: 2,133)
- CUNY COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND (about 16 miles;
STATEN ISLAND, NY; FT enrollment: 8,135)
Public high school in Metuchen:
- METUCHEN HIGH (Students: 541; Location: 400
GROVE AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Metuchen:
- ST JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 790;
Location: 145 PLAINFIELD AVE; Grades: 9 - 12; Boys only)
Public primary/middle schools in Metuchen:
- EDGAR (Students: 606; Location: BRUNSWICK
AVE; Grades: 05 - 08)
- CAMPBELL (Students: 578; Location: DURHAM
AVENUE; Grades: 01 - 04)
- MENLO PARK TERR (Students: 383; Location:
MARYKNOLL ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
- MILDRED B. MOSS (Students: 134; Location:
SIMPSON PL; Grades: KG - KG)
Private primary/middle schools in Metuchen:
- ST FRANCIS CATHEDRAL (Students: 439;
Location: 528 MAIN STREET; Grades: KG - 8)
- METUCHEN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 256;
Location: 130 WHITMAN AVE; Grades: PK - 8)
- A B Z ACADEMY (Students: 145; Location: 30
HILLSIDE AVENUE; Grades: PK - 1)
- METUCHEN EDISON COMM DAY (Students: 78;
Location: 200 HILLSIDE AVENUE; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Metuchen:
- METUCHEN PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$612,909; Location: 480 MIDDLESEX AVENUE; 75,170 books;
2,569 audio materials; 58 video materials; 181 serial
subscriptions)
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