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Population (year 2000): 48,573. Estimated
population in July 2005: 50,156 (+3.3% change)
Males: 24,085 (49.6%), Females: 24,488 (50.4%)
Middlesex County
Zip codes: .
Median resident age: 23.6 years
Median household income: $36,080 (year 2000)
Median house value: $122,600 (year 2000)
Races in New Brunswick:
- Hispanic (39.0%)
- White Non-Hispanic (32.9%)
- Black (23.0%)
- Other race (18.1%)
- Two or more races (4.2%)
- Asian Indian (2.1%)
- American Indian (1.2%)
- Chinese (1.1%)
- Korean (0.9%)
- Filipino (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Italian (7.3%), Irish (7.0%), German
(5.3%), Polish (3.5%), Subsaharan African (2.1%), Hungarian
(2.0%).
Elevation: 80 feet
Land area: 5.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in New Brunswick
- High school or higher: 62.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.5%
- Unemployed: 10.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in New Brunswick city
- Never married: 56.5%
- Now married: 31.1%
- Separated: 3.0%
- Widowed: 3.2%
- Divorced: 6.1%
33.4% Foreign born (25.7% Latin America, 4.0%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +6,870 (+16.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers in New Brunswick:
- ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIV HOSP (ONE ROBERT
WOOD JOHNSON PL)
- ST PETERS MEDICAL CENTER (254 EASTON AVE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near New Brunswick:
- JOHN F KENNEDY MEDICAL CENTER (about 5 miles;
EDISON, NJ)
- UNIVERSITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE (about 5 miles;
PISCATAWAY, NJ)
- RARITAN BAY MEDICAL CENTER (about 13 miles; PERTH
AMBOY, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to New
Brunswick:
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 24 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
- TRENTON MERCER (about 29 miles; TRENTON, NJ; ID: TTN)
- LAKEHURST NAES /MAXFIELD FIELD (about 32 miles;
LAKEHURST, NJ; ID: NEL)
Other public-use airports nearest to New Brunswick:
- CENTRAL JERSEY REGIONAL (about 10 miles; MANVILLE,
NJ; ID: 47N)
- OLD BRIDGE (about 15 miles; OLD BRIDGE, NJ; ID: 3N6)
- PRINCETON (about 16 miles; PRINCETON/ROCKY HILL, NJ;
ID: 39N)
Amtrak station:
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.
Colleges/Universities in New Brunswick:
- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK (Full-time
enrollment: 30,649; Location: 83 SOMERSET ST; Public;
Offers Doctor's degree)
- NEW BRUNSWICK THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (FT
enrollment: 135; Location: 17 SEMINARY PL; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.nbts.edu; Offers Doctor's
degree)
- WORLDWIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC-MIDDLESEX OFF
(FT enrollment: 52; Location: 100 BAYARD ST; Private,
for-profit; Website: worldwideeducational.com)
- RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY CENTRAL OFFICE
(Location: 83 SOMERSET ST; Public; Website:
www.rutgers.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
New Brunswick:
- DEVRY INSTITUTE (about 4 miles; NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ;
Full-time enrollment: 2,897)
- MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE (about 5 miles; EDISON, NJ;
FT enrollment: 6,739)
- RARITAN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 14 miles;
SOMERVILLE, NJ; FT enrollment: 3,283)
- UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 16 miles; CRANFORD, NJ;
FT enrollment: 5,856)
- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (about 18 miles; PRINCETON, NJ;
FT enrollment: 6,481)
- MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 18 miles;
West Windsor, NJ; FT enrollment: 4,445)
- DREW UNIVERSITY (about 19 miles; MADISON, NJ; FT
enrollment: 2,133)
Public high schools in New Brunswick:
- NEW BRUNSWICK HIGH (Students: 1,206;
Location: 1125 LIVINGSTON AVENUE; Grades: 08 - 12)
- ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL (Students: 35; Location:
268 BALDWIN ST.; Grades: 08 - 12)
Private high school in New Brunswick:
- ST PETER HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 147;
Location: 175 SOMERSET STREET; Grades: 9 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in New Brunswick:
- A CHESTER REDSHAW (Students: 965; Location:
216 LIVINGSTON AVENUE; Grades: KG - 08)
- ROOSEVELT ELEM (Students: 829; Location: 83
LIVINGSTON AVE; Grades: KG - 08)
- MCKINLEY COMM (Students: 708; Location: 43
VAN DYKE AVE; Grades: KG - 08)
- LINCOLN (Students: 669; Location: 66 BARTLETT
STREET; Grades: PK - 08)
- LORD STIRLING (Students: 621; Location: 43
CARMAN ST; Grades: KG - 08)
- PAUL ROBESON COMM (Students: 521; Location:
199 COMMERCIAL AVE; Grades: KG - 08)
- WOODROW WILSON (Students: 502; Location: 133
TUNISON RD; Grades: PK - 08)
- LIVINGSTON (Students: 404; Location: 207
DELEVAN STREET; Grades: KG - 08)
- GREATER BRUNSWICK CS (Students: 141;
Location: 115 COMMERCIAL AVENUE; Grades: KG - 08)
- MDSEX CTY VOC N BRUNSWICK (Students: 54;
Location: 256 EASTON AVENUE; Grades: UG - UG)
Private primary/middle schools in New Brunswick:
- ST PETERS EL SCHOOL (Students: 325; Location:
165 SOMERSET ST; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST MARY OF MT VIRGIN SCHOOL (Students: 155;
Location: 192 SANDFORD STREET; Grades: KG - 8)
- GREATER NEW BRUNSWICK DAY CARE (Students: 90;
Location: P.O. BOX 1167; Grades: PK - KG)
- JOHNSON - JOHNSON CHILD CNTR (Students: 62;
Location: 1 J-J PLAZA; Grades: PK - KG)
- CHILDREN'S HOUSE MONTESSORI SC (Students: 52;
Location: 115 COMMERCIAL AVE; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in New Brunswick:
- NEW BRUNSWICK FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $1,396,331; Location: 60 LIVINGSTON AVENUE;
80,445 books; 425 audio materials; 1,200 video
materials; 188 serial subscriptions)
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