Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
North Brunswick Township grades B− overall, ranked 311th of 466 in New Jersey, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $121K and it is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns. On the other side, homes are expensive, about $544K for a typical one and 5.5 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. North Brunswick Township is home to Chamberlain University-New Jersey. North Brunswick Township’s median rent is $2,117 a month, above both the New Jersey town median ($1,778 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). North Brunswick Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 91% of U.S. towns.
Where North Brunswick Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far North Brunswick Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,312 in 1790, a low of 847 in 1900, 43,905 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1917 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around North Brunswick Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw35 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw34 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw28 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw35 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a yearMadison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in North Brunswick Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in North Brunswick Township.
North Brunswick Township trades workers with New Brunswick and other neighbors, is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey.
8.9 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. North Brunswick Community Park, at 88 acres with 1.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| North Brunswick Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 10% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. North Brunswick Community Park | 1.4 mi | 88 |
| 2. David B. Crabiel Park | 0.8 mi | 23 |
| 3. North Brunswick Veterans Park | 0.6 mi | 20 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the North Brunswick Township School District. Two of its 10 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linwood SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–6 | Grades 5–6 | 761 | C |
| North Brunswick Township High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,876 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 70% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Against the 5,642 U.S. towns with household incomes like North Brunswick Township’s, it is less healthy than 59%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
North Brunswick Township beats the New Jersey average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 13% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in North Brunswick Township.
| North Brunswick Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | North Brunswick Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.4% | 7.5% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.7% | 5.6% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 17.4% | 14.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
North Brunswick Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 23° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
North Brunswick Township has about as many jobs (19,030) as working residents, but only 1,656 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave North Brunswick Township for work: only 7% work in town. Since 2013, North Brunswick Township has lost 1,216 jobs, to 19,030 in 2023. North Brunswick Township’s average trip to work is 29 minutes.
| North Brunswick Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $121,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 18% | 16% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 20 flood insurance claims have been paid out in North Brunswick Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
People 65 and older are 13% of residents (17% statewide). The median age in North Brunswick Township is 37.3 years. North Brunswick Township has grown 2.8% since 2020, to 45,097 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| North Brunswick Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 37.3 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 45% | 45% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 21% | 22% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.5 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women. Median age: women 38.0, men 36.5.
| North Brunswick Township | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.2% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.5% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.6% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.5% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.2% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.4% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.4% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.8% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.3% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 13.6% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 19.7% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.6% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.4% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.8% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.9% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
At 20.6 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 74% of New Jersey’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 798 to 655 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
57% of North Brunswick Township households own their home. The typical North Brunswick Township home is worth about $544,000, up 1.8% in a year, 5% below the New Jersey typical home. 40% of North Brunswick Township renter households spend 30% or more of their income on rent.
| North Brunswick Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 57% | 77% | 73% |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 40% | 52% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
9 within 15 miles of the center of North Brunswick Township
About 8 of every 100 North Brunswick Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
4 notable people were born in North Brunswick Township.
Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, US
North Brunswick is a township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is centrally located in the Raritan Valley region within the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 43,905, an increase of 3,163 (+7.8%) from the 2010 census count of 40,742, which in turn reflected an increase of 3,455 (+12.3%) from the 36,287 counted in the 2000 census. North Brunswick is located south of New Brunswick. It was named for its earlier-established neighbor, South Brunswick. Brunswick comes from New Brunswick, which was named after the German city of Braunschweig, formerly translated in English as Brunswick or for the British royal Hous…
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
8 towns share a border with North Brunswick Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Brunswick Township | #311 | B− | D | B− | C+ | B+ |
| South Brunswick Township | #125 | A | D | B+ | A− | A |
| East Brunswick Township | #163 | A− | D | B− | A− | A |
| Milltown | #146 | A− | B− | B− | B− | A |
| Deans | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| New Brunswick | #458 | D− | D | D | D− | C |
| Franklin Township | #246 | B | D | B+ | C | A |
| Six Mile Run | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Deans and Six Mile Run aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare North Brunswick Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
North Brunswick Township grades B− overall, better than 46% of U.S. towns and #311 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B+ for health, B− for safety and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
4 notable people were born here, including Tim Howard and Matt Perrella.
_-_Full_(48124330357).jpg){kind=link}
_-_Central_Park,_NYC.jpg){kind=link}