East Brunswick is a medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 46,756 people and 11 constituent neighborhoods, East Brunswick is the 26th largest community in New Jersey.

East Brunswick is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.07% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, East Brunswick is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in East Brunswick who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.21%), sales jobs (12.66%), and management occupations (12.40%).

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

In addition, East Brunswick is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, East Brunswick is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, East Brunswick really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is East Brunswick perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of East Brunswick are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

One downside of living in East Brunswick, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.19 minutes every day commuting to work.

East Brunswick Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to East Brunswick, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. East Brunswick is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 47.11% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in East Brunswick in 2000 was $33,286, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,144 for a family of four. However, East Brunswick contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

East Brunswick is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call East Brunswick home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in East Brunswick is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in East Brunswick include Italian, Irish, Polish, Russian, German, Hungarian, and Egyptian.

East Brunswick also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 23.49%.

The languages spoken by people in East Brunswick are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in East Brunswick is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.