Metuchen vs Middlesex

A side-by-side comparison of Metuchen and Middlesex: population, income, housing, and more.

Metuchen and Middlesex are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Metuchen has the higher population (14,982 vs 14,518 in Middlesex). Metuchen has the higher median household income ($157,779 vs $107,063 in Middlesex). Metuchen has the higher median home value ($565,400 vs $414,600 in Middlesex).

Population, income & housing

	Metuchen	Middlesex
Population	14,982	14,518
Median age	39.4 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$157,779	$107,063
Median home value	$565,400	$414,600
Median gross rent	$2,019	$1,493
Housing units	5,621	5,703
Homeownership rate	74.6%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.8%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Metuchen	Middlesex
Population	14,048 → 14,982 (+6.6%)	13,662 → 14,518 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$128,619 → $157,779 (+22.7%)	$75,460 → $107,063 (+41.9%)
Median home value	$437,400 → $565,400 (+29.3%)	$307,000 → $414,600 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,541 → $2,019 (+31.0%)	$1,416 → $1,493 (+5.4%)

Metuchen

Population

14,04814,982

Median household income

$128,619$157,779

Median home value

$437,400$565,400

Median gross rent

$1,541$2,019

Middlesex

Population

13,66214,518

Median household income

$75,460$107,063

Median home value

$307,000$414,600

Median gross rent

$1,416$1,493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Metuchen	Middlesex
Under 5	6.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	17.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.6%	15.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.6%
75 and over	4.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Metuchen	Middlesex
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	54.2%
Black or African American	5.0%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	16.8%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	26.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Metuchen	Middlesex
No high school diploma	3.3%	9.1%
High school graduate	11.3%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	31.9%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Metuchen	Middlesex
Drove alone	51.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	5.2%	6.5%
Public transit	17.6%	1.6%
Walked	1.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.3%	9.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Metuchen	Middlesex
1-unit, detached	65.2%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	5.0%
20 or more units	8.9%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Metuchen	Middlesex
Poverty rate	4.4%	8.0%
Average household size	2.76	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	38	26
Median year structure built	1962	1964