ZIP 08854 · Piscataway
Who lives in ZIP code 08854 (Piscataway, NJ): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Piscataway, NJ · Middlesex County
uszips 2026
People61,088
Median age33.4
Household income$127,806
Home value$450,040
Median rent$2,019/mo
Poverty3.9%
College degree+48.8%
Commute26 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
- 1,246 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 17,600
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
13.5% are 65 or older; 83.3% are adults.
Household income
61.4% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $41,179.
Education (adults 25+)
59.7% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
15.1% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 43.5%
- Never married
- 45.0%
- Divorced
- 8.0%
- Widowed
- 3.6%
- Family size
- 3.42
- Dual-income families
- 69.8%
Housing
- Own their home
- 64.0%
- Rent burden
- 25.5%
- Men / women
- 50% / 50%
Work
- In labor force
- 66.8%
- Unemployment
- 8.0%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 2.7%
- With a disability
- 8.3%
- No health insurance
- 5.0%
- Limited English
- 6.6%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.