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About Piscataway
Township in New Jersey, USPiscataway (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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Housing in Piscataway
The typical Piscataway home is worth about $605,000, up 2.5% in a year, close to the New Jersey typical home.
Safety in Piscataway
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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Piscataway's police department reported only 2023 and 2024, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Health in Piscataway
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Schools in Piscataway
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The public schools Piscataway’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 51% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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