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Middlesex borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Middlesex borough is a Census borough of 14,645 people across 3.49 square miles of land, in Middlesex County. Median household income is $105,000, 73.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 22 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.7 m.
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Middlesex
What Middlesex is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area3.49 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,198
- 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.
Middlesex
How many people live in Middlesex
- Population14,645
- Median age44.3
- Population under 183,059 plus or minus 615
- Share under 1820.9 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Population 65 and over2,876
- Share 65 and over19.6 percent
- Households5,718
- Family households4,167
- Share of households that are families72.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Middlesex
Income and work in Middlesex
- Median household income$105,000
- Per capita income$51,617
- Civilian labor force7,974
- Employed7,689
- Unemployed285 plus or minus 199
- Unemployment rate3.6 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over10,844
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher36.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.8 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Middlesex
- Housing units5,799
- Occupied units5,718
- Vacant units81 plus or minus 106
- Vacancy rate1.4 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Owner occupied4,227
- Renter occupied1,491
- Ownership rate73.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$446,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,416
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.2 percent
- Single family units4,415
- Share single family76.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,384 plus or minus 356
- Share in buildings of two or more23.9 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1965
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Middlesex gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,952
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,657 plus or minus 386
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.8 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,554
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.7 percent
- Drove alone77.8 percent
- Carpooled6.8 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Public transport1.8 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Walked0.3 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home9.4 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Middlesex
SBA loans in Middlesex (7(a))
- Approvals22
- Gross approval$9,731,000
- Average approval$442,318
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$935,000
- Largest approval$1,955,000
- Jobs supported146
- Jobs per approval6.6
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full1
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more22.7 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders14
- Distinct industries by NAICS18
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Middlesex
SBA loans in Middlesex (504)
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$7,697,000
- Average approval$1,282,833
- Median approval$1,312,000
- Largest approval$3,060,000
- Jobs supported71
- 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 Middlesex
Middlesex County context, not Middlesex 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 Middlesex 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 Middlesex. 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
Middlesex questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Middlesex, New Jersey?
14,645, in 5,718 households. Middlesex borough covers 3.49 square miles of land, which is 4,198 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Middlesex 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 Middlesex?
$105,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $446,400. Median gross rent is $1,416 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Middlesex businesses?
22 7(a) approvals totalling $9.7 m, across 14 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $7.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Middlesex, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Middlesex borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Middlesex. only 2 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 Middlesex 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 Middlesex.
Is zoning published for Middlesex?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.