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Raritan borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Raritan borough is a Census borough of 8,368 people across 1.99 square miles of land, in Somerset County. Median household income is $107,672, 49.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 13 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.5 m.
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Raritan
What Raritan is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area1.99 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,201
- 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.
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How many people live in Raritan
- Population8,368
- Median age41.3
- Population under 181,199 plus or minus 241
- Share under 1814.3 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Population 65 and over1,171
- Share 65 and over14.0 percent
- Households3,326
- Family households2,083
- Share of households that are families62.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Raritan
- Median household income$107,672
- Per capita income$58,776
- Civilian labor force5,509
- Employed5,356
- Unemployed153 plus or minus 92
- Unemployment rate2.8 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over6,304
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher44.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Raritan
- Housing units3,349
- Occupied units3,326
- Vacant units23 plus or minus 37
- Vacancy rate0.7 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Owner occupied1,659
- Renter occupied1,667
- Ownership rate49.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$456,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,112
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.5 percent
- Single family units1,728
- Share single family51.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,613
- Share in buildings of two or more48.2 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Raritan gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,043
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,509 plus or minus 311
- Share commuting under 15 minutes37.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,219 plus or minus 294
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more30.2 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Drove alone70.5 percent
- Carpooled8.7 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Public transport0.7 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home16.2 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Raritan (7(a))
- Approvals13
- Gross approval$5,549,500
- Average approval$426,885
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,175,000
- Largest approval$1,693,000
- Jobs supported106
- Jobs per approval8.2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises7.7 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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 Raritan (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$5,596,000
- Average approval$1,865,333
- Median approval$1,504,000
- Largest approval$3,514,000
- Jobs supported49
- Loans with a final outcome0
- 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.
Somerset County, not Raritan
Somerset County context, not Raritan 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 Raritan 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 Raritan. 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
Raritan questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Raritan, New Jersey?
8,368, in 3,326 households. Raritan borough covers 1.99 square miles of land, which is 4,201 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Raritan 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 Raritan?
$107,672. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $456,900. Median gross rent is $2,112 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Raritan businesses?
13 7(a) approvals totalling $5.5 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $5.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Raritan, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Raritan borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Raritan. only 0 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 Raritan 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 Raritan.
Is zoning published for Raritan?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.