About Real Estate in Middlesex County, New Jersey

Number Of Doctors per 100,000 people - 300.0
Number of library books per capita - 4.9

Economy:

Top rated financially by Moody's and Standard Poor's.
Ranked 3rd among United States metropolitan areas for median household effective buying income.
Ranked Third in New Jersey for volume of retail sales.
Ranked second in volume of wholesale sales in New Jersey.
Middlesex County ranked Second in 2003 for number of housing units authorized by building permits.
Middlesex County ranked second in 2002 & 2003 for Office Square Feet authorized by building permits.
Middlesex County ranked First in 2003 for Office Square Feet Certified.
Middlesex County ranked Fourth in 2003 for Retail Square Feet authorized by building permits.
Middlesex County ranted Third in 2003 for dollar amount of Construction authorized by building permits in 2003 with over $950,713,433.00
Middlesex County ranked Second in 2002 for Retail Square Feet authorized by building permits.
Ranked third in 1998 in Total Taxable Land and Improvement Value.
Third largest County in New Jersey with an estimated population of 775,549 as of 2002.
Middlesex County ranked fourth in New Jersey in volume of receipts.
Ranked fifth in 1996 in Gross Income by County.

Housing

Housing Units Total Units 273,637
2000 Owner Occupied 66.7%
Renter Occupied 33.3%
Vacant Year-round 2.9%
Vacant Seasonally 0.3%

Median Rent (2000) $845.00

Miscellaneous

Education 2000 Population (Age 25 +) 501,552
No High School Diploma 9.5%
High School Only 29.0%
College 1-3 Years(1990) 20.9%
College 4 + Years(1990) 26.5%

Families 2000 Total 190,930
With Children 34.2%
Married Couples 57%
Married with Children 29.0%

Travel Time to Work 2000

< 5 Minutes 11.4%
10 - 14 Minutes 12.9%
15 - 19 Minutes 13.3%
20 - 24 Minutes 12.3%
25 - 29 Minutes 5.2%
30 - 34 Minutes 1.7%
35 - 44 Minutes 7.3%
45 - 59 Minutes 9.6%
60 - 89 Minutes 9.5%
90 or more 6.1%