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Bound Brook borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Bound Brook borough is a Census borough of 12,219 people across 1.66 square miles of land, in Somerset County. Median household income is $90,571, 44.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 19 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.3 m.
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Bound Brook
What Bound Brook is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area1.66 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land7,355
- 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.
Bound Brook
How many people live in Bound Brook
- Population12,219
- Median age38.0
- Population under 182,661
- Share under 1821.8 percent
- Population 65 and over1,706
- Share 65 and over14.0 percent
- Households4,605
- Family households2,957
- Share of households that are families64.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bound Brook
Income and work in Bound Brook
- Median household income$90,571
- Per capita income$43,127
- Civilian labor force7,415
- Employed7,111
- Unemployed304 plus or minus 141
- Unemployment rate4.1 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over8,565
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.2 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Bound Brook
- Housing units4,707
- Occupied units4,605
- Vacant units102 plus or minus 76
- Vacancy rate2.2 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Owner occupied2,063
- Renter occupied2,542
- Ownership rate44.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$397,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,973
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.1 percent
- Single family units2,414
- Share single family51.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,293
- Share in buildings of two or more48.7 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Bound Brook gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,407
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,797 plus or minus 368
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,932
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more30.2 percent
- Drove alone63.3 percent
- Carpooled15.1 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport2.0 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Walked3.6 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Worked from home8.6 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bound Brook
SBA loans in Bound Brook (7(a))
- Approvals19
- Gross approval$9,298,300
- Average approval$489,384
- Median approval$220,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,560,000
- Largest approval$1,918,000
- Jobs supported212
- Jobs per approval11.2
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more10.5 percent
- Share to franchises10.5 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS11
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
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SBA loans in Bound Brook (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$845,000
- Average approval$422,500
- Median approval$486,000
- Largest approval$486,000
- Jobs supported14
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Somerset County, not Bound Brook
Somerset County context, not Bound Brook figures
These are Somerset County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bound Brook measurements.
- Establishments in Somerset County9,831
- Employment at those establishments, Somerset County188,127
- Covered employment, Somerset County190,468
- Average annual pay, Somerset County$106,418
- Average weekly wage, Somerset County$2,046
- Housing units permitted, Somerset County635
- Of those, single family, Somerset County320
- County product, 2024, Somerset County$54,494,111,000
- County product change over the prior year, Somerset County5.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Somerset County$123,037
Every figure in this section is published for Somerset County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bound Brook. 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
Bound Brook questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bound Brook, New Jersey?
12,219, in 4,605 households. Bound Brook borough covers 1.66 square miles of land, which is 7,355 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bound Brook 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 Bound Brook?
$90,571. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $397,100. Median gross rent is $1,973 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bound Brook businesses?
19 7(a) approvals totalling $9.3 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $220,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $845,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bound Brook, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bound Brook borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Bound Brook. only 1 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 Bound Brook figures?
No, and they are labelled 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 Bound Brook.
Is zoning published for Bound Brook?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.