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For most people who can afford it, yes. Piscataway Township grades B overall, 229th among New Jersey's 466 graded towns. Residents are healthier than 92% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and the median household earns $128K. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $596K, 6 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Piscataway Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 90% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Goldman House and Ivy Hall. Piscataway Township’s median rent is $2,024 a month, above both New Jersey’s towns ($1,778 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
Where Piscataway Township beats most towns.
Census counts: 2,261 in 1790, a low of 2,226 in 1890, 60,804 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1915 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Piscataway Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Piscataway Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw31 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw29 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw25 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw31 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 Piscataway 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 Piscataway Township.
Piscataway Township is shaped by its college students and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Jersey; it also has a long record of flood insurance claims.
Within New Jersey it is healthier than 63% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Its widest gap with New Jersey is cancer: 4.7% of its 49,993 adults have had cancer, against 7.5% statewide.
12% of Piscataway Township adults have been diagnosed with depression. Piscataway Township beats the New Jersey average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 28% of Piscataway Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Piscataway Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.2% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Piscataway Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.7% | 7.5% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 3.2% | 5.1% |
| More lonely adults | 37.3% | 32.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Piscataway Township School District. Three of its 20 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piscataway Township Schools Children's CornerLargest public school before high schoolGrades PK | Grades PK | 616 | – |
| Piscataway Township High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,144 | B |
| Knollwood Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades K–3 | Grades K–3 | 460 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
22.4% of residents are enrolled in college, against 6.4% statewide, which pulls the median age down.
Piscataway Township’s median age is 33.3 years. Piscataway Township has grown 2.4% since 2020, to 62,253 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 17% of residents are under 18 in Piscataway Township.
| Piscataway Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33.3 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 17% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 49% | 45% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 18% | 18% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.3 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women. Median age: women 33.9, men 32.8.
| Piscataway Township | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.6% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.2% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 21.4% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.2% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.4% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.7% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.2% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 19.7% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.4% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.8% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 29.5% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19.4% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
13 miles of trail in 15 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Rutgers Ecological Preserve, 328 acres with 5.1 miles of trail.
| Piscataway Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 3% | 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. Rutgers Ecological Preserve | 5.1 mi | 328 |
| 2. Johnson Park | 1.3 mi | 181 |
| 3. Possumtown Park | 0.5 mi | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
232 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 42 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 74% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 232 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Piscataway Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Piscataway Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 23° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Piscataway Township for work: only 9% work in town. Since 2013, Piscataway Township has lost 3,560 jobs, to 31,262 in 2023. The average trip to work in Piscataway Township is 26 minutes.
| Piscataway Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $128,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 19% | 16% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Piscataway Township's reported crime rate is well below New Jersey's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 67 violent crimes were reported in 2024.
| Piscataway Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 7 per 1,000 residents | 8.9 | 11.5 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 1.1 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.7 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
The typical Piscataway Township home is worth about $597,000, up 2.6% in a year, close to the New Jersey typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
11 within 15 miles of the center of Piscataway Township
College town 22 of every 100 Piscataway Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
8 places in Piscataway Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
15 notable people were born in Piscataway Township.
Township in New Jersey, US
Piscataway (English pronunciation: /pɪsˈkætəweɪ/ ) is a township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a suburb of the New York metropolitan area, in the Raritan Valley. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 60,804, an increase of 4,760 (+8.5%) from the 2010 census count of 56,044, which in turn reflected an increase of 5,562 (+11.0%) from 50,482 at the 2000 census. The name may be derived from the area's earliest European settlers who came from near the Piscataqua River, a landmark defining the coastal border between New Hampshire and Maine, whose name derives from peske (branch) and tegwe (tidal river), or alternatively from pisgeu (meani…
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10 towns share a border with Piscataway Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piscataway Township | #229 | B | D | — | B | A |
| New Brunswick | #458 | D− | D | D | D− | C |
| Franklin Township | #246 | B | D | B+ | C | A |
| South Plainfield | #268 | B− | D | C+ | B | A |
| Edison Township | #210 | B+ | D | C+ | A− | A |
| Middlesex | #188 | B+ | C− | A | B− | B+ |
| Somerset | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dunellen | #421 | D | D | — | C+ | C |
Piscataway Township and Dunellen report no FBI crime data of their own. Somerset isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Piscataway Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Piscataway Township grades B overall, better than 63% of U.S. towns and #229 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
15 notable people were born here, including Lisa Marie and Asjha Jones.
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