Census-designated place · Middlesex County, New Jersey

Forsgate, New Jersey

Forsgate is a census-designated place in Middlesex County, New Jersey, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area. It has 2,102 residents. Forsgate, New Jersey has a quality-of-life score of 94 out of 100 (very high), ranking #995 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New Jersey it ranks #117 of 552 cities and towns. It ranks best on depression (low), frequent mental distress (low) and bachelor's degree or higher (high). It ranks worst on average commute time (high), social associations (low) and effective property tax rate (high).

94Very high

Quality-of-life score: #995 of 15,651 cities and towns
New Jersey: #117 of 552 in NJ
Population: 2,102 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 2,401.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 3424285

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety84#2,464/15,637
Economy98#245/15,631
Housing—
Health98#356/15,609
Healthcare87#2,023/15,650
Environment35#10,074/15,453
Education93#1,069/15,649
Infrastructure96#633/15,650
Community67#5,099/15,651
Leisure & amenities40#9,371/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Forsgate, New Jersey ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Middlesex County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Depression · low10.1%
100/100New Jersey 15.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · low11.1%
100/100New Jersey 16.1%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Bachelor's degree or higher · high77.9%
99/100New Jersey 43.6%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Broadband subscriptions · high100.0%
99/100New Jersey 92.8%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Adult obesity · low20.8%
99/100New Jersey 29.7%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · low6.4%
99/100New Jersey 11.3%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Average commute time · high39.5 min
7/100New Jersey 30.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Social associations · low6.1 /10k
12/100New Jersey 8.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMiddlesex County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.75%
13/100New Jersey 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Comfortable days · low23.5%
13/100New Jersey 24.9%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMiddlesex County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low2.3 /10k
16/100New Jersey 4.6 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMiddlesex County value
Time spent in the emergency room · high204 min
19/100New Jersey 185 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMiddlesex County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,803 (2016-2020) → 2,102 (2020-2024)
+17%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Public transit commutersWorsening
19.3% (2016-2020) → 6.8% (2020-2024)
−13 pts4 yearsCensus table B08301US 4.6% → 3.2%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
67.6% (2016-2020) → 77.9% (2020-2024)
+10 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%
Average commute timeImproving
52.3 min (2016-2020) → 39.5 min (2020-2024)
−24%4 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
High school diploma or higherImproving
95.0% (2016-2020) → 99.5% (2020-2024)
+4.5 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.5% → 89.6%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.294 (2016-2020) → 0.347 (2020-2024)
+18%4 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Forsgate, New Jersey over five years.

Cities and towns like Forsgate, New Jersey five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Forsgate, New Jersey in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Forsgate, New Jersey five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,102 residents (±403)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,102 residents (±403)

Forsgate, New Jersey
New Jersey share

White17%†356
Black0.7%†14
Hispanic or Latino5.7%†120

Education

1,487 residents (±275)

Forsgate, New Jersey
New Jersey share

No high school diploma0.5%†7
High school or GED4.4%†66
Some college8.7%†130

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

716 households (±135)

Forsgate, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $25k8.2%†59
$25k–50k0.0%0
$50k–75k3.5%†25
$75k–100k8.4%†60
$100k–150k16%†117
$150k–200k3.6%†26
$200k or more60%†429

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

716 households (±135)

Forsgate, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Own98%705
Rent1.5%†11

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

11 households (±18)

Forsgate, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0
$1,500–2,000

Home values

705 homes (±136)

Forsgate, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $150k0.0%0
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k0.0%0
$400k–750k

Age of homes

716 homes (±135)

Forsgate, New Jersey
New Jersey share

2010 or later2.8%†20
2000–200955%394
1980–199938%†270

Size of homes

716 homes (±135)

Forsgate, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms4.9%†35
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,124 workers (±263)

Forsgate, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Drive alone40%454
Carpool1.9%†21
Public transit6.8%†76
Walk1.1%†12
Bike1.6%†18
Work from home46%†519
Other2.1%†24

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

605 workers (±158)

Forsgate, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under 15 min10%†63
15–29 min28%†168
30–44 min36%†215

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Middlesex County, the county holding most of Forsgate's residents.

Middlesex County has 22,314 employer establishments, 256 for every 10,000 residents (1.03× the US rate of 248; 1.01× New Jersey's), with 434,143 paid employees at an average annual pay of $77,557. The Census Bureau also counts 82,101 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 22,314; 82,101 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 256; US 248 · New Jersey 253
Paid employees: 434,143
Average annual pay: $77,557; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Middlesex County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Computer systems design and related services	1,983	22.7	5.24×More than typical	37,086	$106,772	2,301
Ambulatory health care services	1,966	22.5	1.08×About typical	20,279	$64,203	3,408
Restaurants and other eating places	1,585	18.1	0.99×About typical	20,549	$25,512	520
Specialty trade contractors	988	11.3	0.73×Fewer than typical	10,862	$81,369	3,097
Truck transportation	808	9.3	1.83×More than typical	9,620	$61,733	4,255
Limited-service restaurants	709	8.1	1.01×About typical	8,337	$23,749	201
Lessors of real estate	696	8	0.65×Fewer than typical	4,925	$73,373	9,176
Management, scientific and technical consulting	691	7.9	1.18×About typical	5,298	$97,375	3,711
Offices of physicians	680	7.8	1.20×About typical	5,739	$89,466	640
Full-service restaurants	660	7.6	0.98×About typical	9,614	$28,639	232
Personal care services	636	7.3	1.53×More than typical	3,179	$23,497	1,768
Services to buildings and dwellings	572	6.6	0.97×About typical	5,046	$44,023	2,681

Rank places for an industry Open Middlesex County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 873,281 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $21.4K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Forsgate, New Jersey: $10.20 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $21.4K; −59% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10.20; US $1,994
Sole-source: 27%; US 30%
Single offer: 44%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$21.4K100%

Top recipients

BRACCO DIAGNOSTICS INC.$21K98%
GLOBAL QUALITY AND REGULATORY SERVICES LLC$4442.1%
OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$00.0%
W & O SUPPLY INC$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.6KFY2017
2.3KFY2018
18KFY2019
18.5KFY2020
36.9KFY2021
29.4KFY2022
58.8KFY2023
66.4KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254$21.5K100%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$4442.1%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Forsgate, New Jersey, so they do not add up across cities.

Forsgate, New Jersey's figures are part of those of Middlesex County, NJ ($395.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Forsgate is mostly in Middlesex County.

See federal money in Middlesex County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Forsgate, New Jersey is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Middlesex County81100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ68

Other cities and towns in Middlesex County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Cities and towns like Forsgate, New Jersey five years ago that improved