Scores by category

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

Safety84#2,464/15,637
Economy97#414/15,631
Housing16#12,565/14,977
Health98#370/15,609
Healthcare81#2,919/15,650
Environment35#10,074/15,453
Education95#738/15,649
Infrastructure92#1,223/15,650
Community69#4,880/15,651
Leisure & amenities40#9,371/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Heathcote, 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 · low11.2%
100/100New Jersey 15.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · low11.7%
100/100New Jersey 16.1%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · low6.5%
98/100New Jersey 11.3%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Bachelor's degree or higher · high73.6%
98/100New Jersey 43.6%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Distance to an Amtrak station · low5 mi
97/100New Jersey 11 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMiddlesex County value
Adult obesity · low23.1%
97/100New Jersey 29.7%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Average commute time · high30.5 min
10/100New Jersey 30.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Effective property tax rate · high1.84%
11/100New Jersey 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Social associations · low6.1 /10k
12/100New Jersey 8.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMiddlesex County value
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
6,507 (2015-2019) → 7,717 (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
42.8% (2015-2019) → 49.8% (2020-2024)
+7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Public transit commutersWorsening
11.3% (2015-2019) → 4.3% (2020-2024)
−7 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
Median household incomeImproving
$106,007 (2015-2019) → $141,295 (2020-2024)
+33%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
91.1% (2015-2019) → 96.5% (2020-2024)
+5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
24.6% (2015-2019) → 29.8% (2020-2024)
+5.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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.

Over about five years, Heathcote, New Jersey improved on 2 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Household income+33%$106,007 → $141,295
Broadband+5.4 points91.1% → 96.5%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Heathcote, New Jersey between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	38.2 min2015-2019	30.5 min2020-2024	−7.7 min	Within the margin of error	96%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.6%2015-2019	73.6%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Broadband subscriptions	91.1%2015-2019	96.5%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Improved	34%
Effective property tax rate	2.16%2015-2019	1.84%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	77%
High school diploma or higher	95.7%2015-2019	92.9%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Home price to income ratio	4.1×2015-2019	4.0×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	81%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4322015-2019	0.3772020-2024	−0.055	Within the margin of error	86%
Median household income	$106,0072015-2019	$141,2952020-2024	+33%	Improved	62%
Rent as share of income	24.6%2015-2019	29.8%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Rent-burdened households	42.8%2015-2019	49.8%2020-2024	+7 points	Within the margin of error	31%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

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

The places whose measures looked most like those of Heathcote, 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.

For comparison, Heathcote, New Jersey itself moved −0.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

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

7,717 residents (±1,248)

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

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−4.2 points).

† 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

7,717 residents (±1,248)

Heathcote, New Jersey
New Jersey share

White21%1,640
Black5.8%†449
Hispanic or Latino6.8%†524
Asian62%4,799
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races4.0%†305

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Asian (+13.0 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

5,180 residents (±720)

Heathcote, New Jersey
New Jersey share

No high school diploma7.1%†366
High school or GED6.7%†345
Some college9.3%†482
Associate degree3.4%†177
Bachelor's degree39%2,024
Graduate degree34%1,786

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

2,797 households (±361)

Heathcote, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $25k6.3%†177
$25k–50k6.5%†182
$50k–75k10%†290
$75k–100k10%†293
$100k–150k18%†499
$150k–200k11%†315
$200k or more37%1,041

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+14.1 points).

† 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

2,797 households (±361)

Heathcote, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Own79%2,216
Rent21%†581

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† 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

574 households (±194)

Heathcote, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $75016%†89
$750–1,0002.8%†16
$1,000–1,50027%†

Home values

2,216 homes (±352)

Heathcote, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $150k2.4%†53
$150k–250k5.9%†131
$250k–400k22%†480

Age of homes

2,811 homes (±362)

Heathcote, New Jersey
New Jersey share

2010 or later13%†377
2000–20096.9%†195
1980–199967%1,876

Size of homes

2,811 homes (±362)

Heathcote, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Studio1.1%†32
1 bedroom11%†306
2 bedrooms24%†670

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

3,863 workers (±715)

Heathcote, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Drive alone46%1,780
Carpool11%†417
Public transit4.3%†167
Walk0.4%†16
Bike0.0%0
Work from home35%†1,368
Other3.0%†115

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+26.8 points).

† 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

2,495 workers (±528)

Heathcote, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under 15 min18%†449
15–29 min33%†826
30–44 min29%†

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 Heathcote'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 $7.1M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Heathcote, New Jersey: $922 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $7.1M; −12% vs FY2025
Per resident: $922; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.9%; US 30%
Single offer: 52%; 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

National Institutes of Health$3.8M53%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$2.9M41%
Department of the Navy$160.6K2.3%
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$144.5K2.0%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$42.9K0.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs$37.8K0.5%
Office of the Secretary$37K0.5%
Public Buildings Service$24.6K0.3%

Top recipients

GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$2.9M41%
THERADEX SYSTEMS, INC.$2.1M30%
INFER SOLUTIONS INC$1.6M22%
LATENTAI INC.$160.6K2.3%
SIEMENS CORPORATION$144.5K2.0%

Spending by fiscal year

6.8MFY2017
7.1MFY2018
12.2MFY2019
10.6MFY2020
9.5MFY2021
3.6MFY2022
10.4MFY2023
10.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$4.5M64%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$2.4M34%
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254$57.1K0.8%
Software publishers · 5132$39.2K0.6%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$37.8K0.5%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413

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 Heathcote, New Jersey, so they do not add up across cities.

Heathcote, New Jersey's figures are part of those of Middlesex County, NJ ($395.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.8% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Heathcote 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.

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

House

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

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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