New Brunswick is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 57,487 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, New Brunswick is the 24th largest community in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that New Brunswick has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.97% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

New Brunswick is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in New Brunswick have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. New Brunswick’s economy is one such example of this.

For the size of the city, public transportation in New Brunswick is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking taxis. For New Brunswick, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

The education level of New Brunswick citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.42% of adults in New Brunswick have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in New Brunswick in 2022 was $25,416, which is low income relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $101,664 for a family of four. However, New Brunswick contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. New Brunswick also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.96% of its population below the federal poverty line.

New Brunswick is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call New Brunswick home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in New Brunswick, accounting for 54.62% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of New Brunswick residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in New Brunswick include Irish, Italian, German, Guyanese, and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of New Brunswick's cultural character, accounting for 39.90% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in New Brunswick is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Chinese.