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Population (year 2000): 13,717. Estimated
population in July 2005: 13,938 (+1.6% change)
Males: 6,682 (48.7%), Females: 7,035 (51.3%)
Middlesex County
Median resident age: 38.0 years
Median household income: $60,723 (year 2000)
Median house value: $164,200 (year 2000)
Races in Middlesex:
- White Non-Hispanic (82.4%)
- Hispanic (9.0%)
- Black (3.4%)
- Other race (3.2%)
- Two or more races (1.9%)
- Asian Indian (1.3%)
- Vietnamese (0.9%)
- Filipino (0.8%)
- Chinese (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Italian (26.0%), Irish (20.3%),
German (19.4%), Polish (14.5%), English (6.0%), Hungarian
(2.3%).
Elevation: 61 feet
Land area: 3.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Middlesex
- High school or higher: 85.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.3%
- Unemployed: 2.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Middlesex borough
- Never married: 23.8%
- Now married: 57.0%
- Separated: 1.5%
- Widowed: 8.9%
- Divorced: 8.8%
12.7% Foreign born (4.5% Latin America, 4.0%
Europe, 3.6% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +576 (+4.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Middlesex:
- UNIVERSITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE (about 4 miles;
PISCATAWAY, NJ)
- ST PETERS MEDICAL CENTER (about 6 miles; NEW
BRUNSWICK, NJ)
- ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIV HOSP (about 8 miles; NEW
BRUNSWICK, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Middlesex:
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 25 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
- TRENTON MERCER (about 30 miles; TRENTON, NJ; ID:
TTN)
- PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 36 miles;
NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Middlesex:
- CENTRAL JERSEY REGIONAL (about 7 miles; MANVILLE,
NJ; ID: 47N)
- SOMERSET (about 12 miles; SOMERVILLE, NJ; ID: SMQ)
- MORRISTOWN MUNI (about 16 miles; MORRISTOWN, NJ; ID:
MMU)
Amtrak stations near Middlesex:
- 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.
- 13 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.
- 20 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
Middlesex:
- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK (about 8 miles; NEW
BRUNSWICK, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 30,649)
- DEVRY INSTITUTE (about 9 miles; NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ;
FT enrollment: 2,897)
- RARITAN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 10 miles;
SOMERVILLE, NJ; FT enrollment: 3,283)
- MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE (about 12 miles; EDISON,
NJ; FT enrollment: 6,739)
- DREW UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles; MADISON, NJ; FT
enrollment: 2,133)
- UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 15 miles; CRANFORD, NJ;
FT enrollment: 5,856)
- KEAN UNIVERSITY (about 19 miles; UNION, NJ; FT
enrollment: 8,627)
Public high school in Middlesex:
- MIDDLESEX HIGH (Students: 632; Location: 300
KENNEDY DR; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Middlesex:
- VON E MAUGER MIDDLE (Students: 868; Location:
FISHER AVENUE; Grades: 04 - 08)
- WATCHUNG (Students: 223; Location: FISHER
AVENUE; Grades: KG - 03)
- PARKER (Students: 208; Location: SOUTH
LINCOLN AVENUE; Grades: KG - 03)
- HAZELWOOD (Students: 202; Location: HAZELWOOD
AVENUE; Grades: KG - 03)
Private primary/middle schools in Middlesex:
- OUR LADY OF MT VIRGIN SCHOOL (Students: 276;
Location: 450 DRAKE AVE; Grades: PK - 8)
- SOMERSET HILLS SCHOOL (Students: 107;
Location: 1275 BOUND BROOK RD SUITE 1; Grades: UG - UG;
Boys only)
Library in Middlesex:
- MIDDLESEX PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$406,452; Location: 1300 MOUNTAIN AVENUE; 66,211 books;
250 audio materials; 453 video materials; 156 serial
subscriptions)
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