Census-designated place · Middlesex County, New Jersey

Stonebridge, New Jersey

Stonebridge is a census-designated place in Middlesex County, New Jersey, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area. It has 1,966 residents. Stonebridge, New Jersey has a quality-of-life score of 92 out of 100 (very high), ranking #1,213 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New Jersey it ranks #137 of 552 cities and towns. It ranks best on depression (low), unemployment rate (low) and distance to an Amtrak station (low). It ranks worst on average commute time (high), effective property tax rate (high) and social associations (low).

92Very high

Quality-of-life score: #1,213 of 15,651 cities and towns
New Jersey: #137 of 552 in NJ
Population: 1,966 (2020-2024)
Land area: 0 mi²
Density: 4,288.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 3470987

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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
Economy96#584/15,631
Housing—
Health97#436/15,609
Healthcare81#2,942/15,650
Environment35#10,074/15,453
Education92#1,238/15,649
Infrastructure89#1,704/15,650
Community72#4,420/15,651
Leisure & amenities40#9,371/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Stonebridge, 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 · low14.3%
99/100New Jersey 15.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100New Jersey 5.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
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
Frequent mental distress · low13.5%
97/100New Jersey 16.1%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Lack of reliable transportation · low4.7%
96/100New Jersey 7.8%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · low7.6%
95/100New Jersey 11.3%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Average commute time · high39.3 min
9/100New Jersey 30.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013High uncertainty
Effective property tax rate · high1.83%
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
1,649 (2016-2020) → 1,966 (2020-2024)
+19%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Unemployment rateImproving
11.7% (2016-2020) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−12 pts4 yearsCensus table B23025US 8.1% → 4.0%
Poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2016-2020) → 6.6% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%
Public transit commutersWorsening
7.7% (2016-2020) → 1.8% (2020-2024)
−5.9 pts4 yearsCensus table B08301US 4.6% → 3.2%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.244 (2016-2020) → 0.313 (2020-2024)
+28%4 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Median household incomeImproving
$107,500 (2016-2020) → $127,578 (2020-2024)
+19%4 yearsCensus table B19013US $67,340 → $81,604

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 Stonebridge, New Jersey over five years.

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

The places whose measures looked most like those of Stonebridge, 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 Stonebridge, 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

1,966 residents (±436)

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

1,966 residents (±436)

Stonebridge, New Jersey
New Jersey share

White92%1,800
Black2.9%†57
Hispanic or Latino0.8%†16

Education

1,966 residents (±436)

Stonebridge, New Jersey
New Jersey share

No high school diploma2.6%†51
High school or GED15%†297
Some college15%†295

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

1,288 households (±376)

Stonebridge, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $25k5.1%†66
$25k–50k7.0%†90
$50k–75k9.6%†124
$75k–100k24%†303
$100k–150k14%†184
$150k–200k24%†305
$200k or more17%†216

† 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

1,288 households (±376)

Stonebridge, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Own98%1,264
Rent1.9%†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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Home values

1,264 homes (±379)

Stonebridge, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $150k0.0%0
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k3.2%†40

Age of homes

1,288 homes (±376)

Stonebridge, New Jersey
New Jersey share

2010 or later74%†953
2000–200923%†290
1980–19991.2%†16

Size of homes

1,288 homes (±376)

Stonebridge, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms49%†635

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

339 workers (±141)

Stonebridge, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Drive alone59%†199
Carpool0.0%0
Public transit1.8%†6
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home35%†120
Other4.1%†14

† 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

219 workers (±113)

Stonebridge, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under 15 min6.8%†15
15–29 min18%†40
30–44 min36%†79

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 Stonebridge'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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

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