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Metuchen borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Metuchen borough is a Census borough of 15,144 people across 2.84 square miles of land, in Middlesex County. Median household income is $158,052, 74.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 35 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $16.7 m.
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Metuchen
What Metuchen is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area2.84 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,337
- County holding the largest share of its areaMiddlesex County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Metuchen
How many people live in Metuchen
- Population15,144
- Median age39.1
- Population under 184,097
- Share under 1827.1 percent
- Population 65 and over2,249
- Share 65 and over14.9 percent
- Households5,450
- Family households3,970
- Share of households that are families72.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Metuchen
Income and work in Metuchen
- Median household income$158,052
- Per capita income$71,224
- Civilian labor force8,195
- Employed7,716
- Unemployed479 plus or minus 215
- Unemployment rate5.8 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Adults 25 and over10,304
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher67.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree32.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Metuchen
Housing in Metuchen
- Housing units5,627
- Occupied units5,450
- Vacant units177 plus or minus 108
- Vacancy rate3.1 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Owner occupied4,064
- Renter occupied1,386
- Ownership rate74.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$604,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,078
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.8 percent
- Single family units4,363
- Share single family77.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,264
- Share in buildings of two or more22.5 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1961
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Metuchen
How Metuchen gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,540
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,148
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,012
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more54.4 percent
- Drove alone48.5 percent
- Carpooled6.4 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Public transport15.7 percent
- Walked2.1 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home26.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Metuchen
SBA 7(a) lending to Metuchen borrowers
- Approvals35
- Gross approval$16,662,500
- Average approval$476,071
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,260,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported331
- Jobs per approval9.5
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Paid in full8
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises14.3 percent
- Distinct lenders21
- Distinct industries by NAICS28
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 8 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Metuchen
SBA 504 lending to Metuchen borrowers
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$8,228,000
- Average approval$1,028,500
- Median approval$1,301,000
- Largest approval$1,850,000
- Jobs supported88
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Middlesex County, not Metuchen
Middlesex County context, not Metuchen figures
These are Middlesex County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Metuchen measurements.
- Establishments in Middlesex County22,314
- Employment at those establishments, Middlesex County434,143
- Covered employment, Middlesex County430,555
- Average annual pay, Middlesex County$82,400
- Average weekly wage, Middlesex County$1,585
- Housing units permitted, Middlesex County1,792
- Of those, single family, Middlesex County677
- County product, 2024, Middlesex County$86,704,508,000
- County product change over the prior year, Middlesex County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Middlesex County$90,589
Every figure in this section is published for Middlesex County as a whole and is not a measurement of Metuchen. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Metuchen questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Metuchen, New Jersey?
15,144, in 5,450 households. Metuchen borough covers 2.84 square miles of land, which is 5,337 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Metuchen in?
Middlesex County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Metuchen?
$158,052. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $604,300. Median gross rent is $2,078 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Metuchen businesses?
35 7(a) approvals totalling $16.7 m, across 21 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 8 504 approvals worth $8.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Metuchen, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Metuchen borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Metuchen. only 8 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Metuchen figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Middlesex County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Metuchen.
Is zoning published for Metuchen?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.