Population

57,133

US Census estimate, July 2025

Median home value

$353,800

Owner-occupied units

New Brunswick, NJ

New Jersey · 40.487° N, 74.444° W · 5 sq mi

New Brunswick is a city in New Jersey, with a population of 57,133 and about 10,918 residents per square mile. The median household earns $65,810 a year, and the median home is worth $353,800.

Conditions

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Local time

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Size & density

Land area

5 sq mi

Water excluded

Population density

10,918

People per square mile

Rank by population

#779

Of cities on this site

Rank by area

#876

Of cities on this site

Money & housing

Median household income

$65,810

US median ≈ $78,538

Median gross rent

$1,814

Per month

Homeownership

21.4%

US ≈ 65%

Average commute

23.3 min

One way

People

Median age

24.8

US median 39.1

Bachelor's degree +

23.4%

Age 25 and over

Foreign born

39.9%

Households

15,676

3.13 people each

What people here do for work

Education & health care 21.8^%

Professional & business services 12.9^%

Retail trade 11^%

Arts, food & hospitality 10.4^%

Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024

Wealthiest person in New Jersey

Name

John Overdeck

Forbes, Apr 2025

Net worth

$7.4B

As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live

Lives in

Millburn

Source of wealth

Hedge funds

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

Largest employer in New Jersey · private sector

Employer

RWJBarnabas Health

Sector

Healthcare

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified. Government employers are excluded.

Largest public company in New Jersey

Company

Johnson & Johnson

Revenue

$88.8B

Fiscal year 2024

Headquarters

New Brunswick

Ticker

JNJ

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

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State of New Jersey

State bird

Eastern Goldfinch

State flower

Common Violet

State capital

Trenton

Nickname

The Garden State

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Cities near New Brunswick

Plainfield, NJ9 mi · 57,141
Perth Amboy, NJ9 mi · 56,739
Elizabeth, NJ18 mi · 141,675
Bayonne, NJ21 mi · 74,744
Newark, NJ22 mi · 323,808
East Orange, NJ23 mi · 72,159
Jersey City, NJ25 mi · 302,013
Trenton, NJ25 mi · 91,506