ZIP 08901 · New Brunswick
Who lives in ZIP code 08901 (New Brunswick, NJ): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
New Brunswick, NJ · Middlesex County
uszips 2026
People57,263
Median age24.4
Household income$65,810
Home value$353,664
Median rent$1,814/mo
Poverty32.0%
College degree+23.5%
Commute23 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
- 3,528 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 15,676
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
6.3% are 65 or older; 78.8% are adults.
Household income
35.3% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $23,897.
Education (adults 25+)
56.9% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
53.9% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 21.7%
- Never married
- 67.8%
- Divorced
- 8.5%
- Widowed
- 1.9%
- Family size
- 3.59
- Dual-income families
- 57.2%
Housing
- Own their home
- 21.4%
- Rent burden
- 42.1%
- Men / women
- 52% / 48%
Work
- In labor force
- 65.8%
- Unemployment
- 8.0%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 1.7%
- With a disability
- 9.2%
- No health insurance
- 22.3%
- Limited English
- 18.7%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.