City safety & data profile

Bound BrookNJ

Bound Brook, NJ is a 10K-resident city in Somerset County with a median household income of $90,571.

Somerset County, New Jersey. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Bound Brook, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Bound Brook has a population larger than 3% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $397,100.

Data updated 2026-09-03

10K
Population (place)
Bottom 4%
By size
$90,571
Median income (place)
$397,100
Median home (place)
11.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Bound Brook

Bound Brook posts a median household income higher than 61% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 39%
by median income, US cities

Where Bound Brook income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$90,571 Top 39% higher than 61% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Bound Brook $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in NJ

Population among 151 NJ places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Newark is the largest NJ city on this list; Short Hills leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in NJ

Median household income among the same 151-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Short Hills posts the highest place-level median income in NJ; Newark is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Bound Brook, NJ beyond the headline numbers

Bound Brook sits inside Somerset County, New Jersey, at roughly 40.57°N, -74.54°W. Population 10,497, $90,571 median household income. Median home value $397,100, median rent $1,973. Poverty rate 11.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Bound Brook, NJ stands at 11.1%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Bound Brook runs about 4.4 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Remote work covers 8.6% of Bound Brook workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 20.3% in Bound Brook, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Bound Brook from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,497
Bound Brook · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$90,571
Near average
Median Home Value (place)
$397,100
-4% vs avg
Median Age (place)
38
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Somerset County): Bound Brook's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
350K+7%
Median Income
$140,374+42%
Median Home Value
$552,100+38%
Poverty Rate
5.4%+8%
Unemployment
4.7%-35%

Economics

Economics indicators for Bound Brook, NJ
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,973/mo
Poverty Rate
11.1% -10% vs avg
Unemployment 4.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 27.1%
Work From Home 8.6%
Public Transit 2%

Population

White 35.4%
African American 8.8%
Asian 2.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
41.2%
Obesity
33.3%
High Blood Pressure
29.1%
Physical Inactivity
28.5%
Lack of Health Insurance
20.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.1%
Binge Drinking
14.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.2%
Current Smoking
12%
Diabetes
10.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 59.6%
Annual Checkup 74.4%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
8.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.7%
Stroke
2.7%

What alerts and safety updates affect Bound Brook?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Bound Brook right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet NJ-BOUND-BROOK · Bound Brook

Bound Brook: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Bound Brook; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse New Jersey state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Bound Brook, NJ? ▼
Bound Brook, NJ has a population of 10,497 people, located in Somerset County, New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Bound Brook? ▼
The median household income in Bound Brook, NJ is $90,571 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 11.1%.
What is the median home value in Bound Brook? ▼
The median home value in Bound Brook, NJ is $397,100. Median rent is $1,973/month.
What are the top health concerns in Bound Brook? ▼
The top health indicators in Bound Brook include Short Sleep Duration (41.2%), Obesity (33.3%), High Blood Pressure (29.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Bound Brook? ▼
The median age in Bound Brook, NJ is 38 years. 27.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Bound Brook, both outside New Jersey so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NJ (11.1% here).

Joliet, IL 11.1% Sterling Heights, MI 11.1% Minot, ND 11.1% Post Falls, ID 11.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NJ ($90,571 here).

Wheat Ridge, CO $90,564 Hudson, MA $90,524 Lacey, WA $90,625 Destrehan, LA $90,509

Compare Bound Brook with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Martinsville, NJ 12K Warren Township, NJ 15K Middlesex, NJ 14K Manville, NJ 10K Somerville, NJ 12K Somerset, NJ 22K Bridgewater, NJ 44K Bradley Gardens, NJ 14K
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Using Bound Brook's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Somerset County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.