New Brunswick is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 55,998 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.

In addition, New Brunswick is a major college town that has a very high percentage of its residents over 18 years old who are college students. Naturally, collegiate life has a major influence on local New Brunswick culture, lifestyle and entertainment options. New Brunswick really pulses to the beat of the academic calendar. In New Brunswick every fall, returning students reinvigorate the community, who you will notice are all over town, buying groceries, out with friends, and getting acquainted or re-acquainted with each other and New Brunswick. One of the beneficial effects that colleges provide is that they tend to be lasting institutions that deliver direct economic benefits to the local economy in the form of such things as jobs for faculty and staff, and spending by students. New Brunswick benefits directly from this.

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 population of New Brunswick overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in New Brunswick, 24.33% have at least a bachelor's 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.