East Brunswick, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for East Brunswick, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 46,298. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet EAST-BRUNSWICK-NJ · East Brunswick, NJ 1 ZIPs · 46,298 pop · #1035/25278 · Middlesex County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $143,586
  • RANK-TOP #1035/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Plainsboro
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 80% owners
  • POP-SMALL 46,298
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $522,700

Nearest income peer: Plainsboro, NJ ( $5,979 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around East Brunswick

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest East Brunswick on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, East Brunswick, NJ sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 4%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
46,298
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$143,586
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $143,586 and home value $522,700 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 58.4%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating East Brunswick as a pure owner town.

Within New Jersey, Rutherford is the closest lower-income city and Teaneck the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for East Brunswick.

Population concentration

East Brunswick reads through its lone ZIP, 08816

46,298 ACS residents, one ZIP: 08816 is not the leading code inside East Brunswick, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into East Brunswick's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 1,670 establishments, 27,237 employees , annual payroll $1,772,173k (~36 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 08816 (1,670 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (335) · also Health care and social assistance · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in East Brunswick, NJ

These ZIP codes sit in Middlesex County, which covers 35 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in East Brunswick. See the Middlesex County roll-up →

No other city sharing Middlesex County reports a higher average ZIP median income than East Brunswick. Edison, Piscataway and New Brunswick sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Perth Amboy marks the far end of that range at $64,491, 55% below East Brunswick.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
08816 46,298 $143,586 1,670 868

East Brunswick roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving East Brunswick, .