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Belle Mead, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Belle Mead is a Census CDP of 6,394 people across 4.03 square miles of land, in Somerset County. Median household income is $223,250, 63.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 11 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.5 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Belle Mead
What Belle Mead is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area4.03 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,586
- County holding the largest share of its areaSomerset 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.
Belle Mead
How many people live in Belle Mead
- Population6,394
- Median age35.2
- Population under 181,971 plus or minus 446
- Share under 1830.8 percent
- Population 65 and over494 plus or minus 187
- Share 65 and over7.7 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Households2,044
- Family households1,706
- Share of households that are families83.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belle Mead
Income and work in Belle Mead
- Median household income$223,250
- Per capita income$72,795
- Civilian labor force3,639
- Employed3,470
- Unemployed169 plus or minus 133
- Unemployment rate4.6 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Adults 25 and over4,002
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher73.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree39.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belle Mead
Housing in Belle Mead
- Housing units2,044
- Occupied units2,044
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied1,304
- Renter occupied740 plus or minus 217
- Ownership rate63.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$810,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,627
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.1 percent
- Single family units1,522 plus or minus 312
- Share single family74.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more522 plus or minus 184
- Share in buildings of two or more25.5 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built2001
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belle Mead
How Belle Mead gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,194 plus or minus 441
- Commuting under 15 minutes284 plus or minus 151
- Share commuting under 15 minutes12.9 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,400 plus or minus 354
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more63.8 percent
- Drove alone47.5 percent
- Carpooled8.3 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Public transport4.7 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Worked from home35.8 percent plus or minus 7.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belle Mead
SBA loans in Belle Mead (7(a))
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$2,458,300
- Average approval$223,482
- Median approval$100,000
- Largest approval$704,000
- Jobs supported56
- Jobs per approval5.1
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises27.3 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS10
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Belle Mead, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 2 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Somerset County, not Belle Mead
Somerset County context, not Belle Mead figures
- Establishments in Somerset County9,831
- Covered employment, Somerset County190,468
- Average annual pay, Somerset County$106,418
- Housing units permitted, Somerset County635
Every figure in this section is published for Somerset County as a whole and is not a measurement of Belle Mead.
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Belle Mead questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Belle Mead, New Jersey?
6,394, in 2,044 households. Belle Mead CDP covers 4.03 square miles of land, which is 1,586 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Belle Mead in?
Somerset 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 Belle Mead?
$223,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $810,300. Median gross rent is $2,627 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Belle Mead businesses?
11 7(a) approvals totaling $2.5 m since FY2020, across 6 lenders, median approval $100,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Belle Mead, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Belle Mead borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Belle Mead. Only 2 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Belle Mead figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Somerset 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 Belle Mead.
Is zoning published for Belle Mead?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.