New Brunswick
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Outdoors in New Brunswick
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About New Brunswick
City in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USNew Brunswick is a city in and the county seat of Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A regional commercial hub for Central New Jersey, the city is both a college town (the main campus of Rutgers University, the state's largest university) and a commuter town for residents working in New York City within the New York metropolitan area. The New Brunswick station is a major stop for NJ Transit on the Northeast Corridor rail line, 33 miles (53 km) southwest of New York Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. The city is located on the southern banks of the Raritan River, in the heart of the Raritan Valley region. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 55,266, …
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How New Brunswick ranks
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Housing in New Brunswick
The typical New Brunswick home is worth about $448,000, up 0.6% in a year, 23% below the New Jersey typical home.
A buyer's market
Safety in New Brunswick
Safety Grade D
New Brunswick reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 90% report less.
Schools in New Brunswick
All New Brunswick schools →School Grade D-
The public schools New Brunswick’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 99% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NJ. Ratings are from neighbors.
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