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Piscataway, NJ
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Piscataway profile


Living in Piscataway



Piscataway is a larger medium-sized township located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 60,366 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Piscataway is the 19th largest community in New Jersey.

Housing costs in Piscataway are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that Piscataway 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: 12.64% 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.

In addition, Piscataway is a college town. There are a lot of students in Piscataway attending college, and as a result Piscataway provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.

Not only is Piscataway a township with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a decent-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

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

The citizens of Piscataway are among the most well-educated in the nation: 49.61% of adults in Piscataway have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Piscataway in 2022 was $41,467, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $165,868 for a family of four.

Piscataway is an extremely ethnically-diverse township. The people who call Piscataway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Piscataway residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Piscataway also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.24% of the township’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Piscataway include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and Jamaican.

In addition, Piscataway has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (36.35%).

The most common language spoken in Piscataway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Spanish.