ZIP 08812 · Dunellen
Who lives in ZIP code 08812 (Dunellen, NJ): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Dunellen, NJ · Somerset County
uszips 2026
People14,224
Median age42.9
Household income$118,316
Home value$441,894
Median rent$1,866/mo
Poverty15.2%
College degree+40.6%
Commute31 min
Place
- Metro area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- Wider region
- New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA
- Metro division
- Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 1,081 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 4,730
Spans 3 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
14.8% are 65 or older; 79.5% are adults.
Household income
58.4% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $48,258.
Education (adults 25+)
54.4% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
34.5% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 49.6%
- Never married
- 36.3%
- Divorced
- 8.7%
- Widowed
- 5.4%
- Family size
- 3.44
- Dual-income families
- 69.9%
Housing
- Own their home
- 75.3%
- Rent burden
- 45.1%
- Men / women
- 57% / 43%
Work
- In labor force
- 69.9%
- Unemployment
- 5.6%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 3.9%
- With a disability
- 7.7%
- No health insurance
- 13.1%
- Limited English
- 7.6%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.