New Brunswick is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 55,846 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, New Brunswick is the 24th largest community in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that New Brunswick has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in New Brunswick telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.09% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Because New Brunswick has a very large number of students who are 18 years or older and in college, it is thought of as a college town. This has a major influence on local New Brunswick lifestyle, entertainment, and culture in general. Life in New Brunswick is very much tied to the academic calendar: when students return from the summer break in the fall, one will notice them out and about, buying groceries, out with friends, and generally getting re-acquainted with each other. In New Brunswick people study hard and play hard, and there is ample opportunity to do both.

Not only is New Brunswick a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a decent-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

New Brunswick has a lot of people who ride the bus to and from work. In fact, for its size, New Brunswick has quite a high level of public transit users. New Brunswick’s need for inexpensive transportation options for its citizens is quite high.

The citizens of New Brunswick are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.33% of adults in New Brunswick having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in New Brunswick in 2022 was $24,057, which is low income relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,228 for a family of four. However, New Brunswick contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. New Brunswick also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.88% of its population below the federal poverty line.

New Brunswick is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call New Brunswick home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in New Brunswick, accounting for 46.88% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of New Brunswick residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in New Brunswick include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and Guyanese.

In addition, New Brunswick has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (33.77%).

The most common language spoken in New Brunswick is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.