Rutgers University Busch Campus.
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New Jersey·Middlesex County
3 tracts·6K people·— median·4,840/mi²
Rep-tract reading · same station-interpolated source as address reports
Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
Rutgers University-Busch Campus has 5,920 residents across 1 census tracts and 2 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 20.0; the population is 75.1% White, 9.9% Asian, 9.2% Hispanic or Latino, 4.0% Black, 1.8% Multiracial and 0.0% Other; the average household has 2.4 people; 87.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 0.0% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Median gross rent is $2,197/month, 39% above the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In Rutgers University-Busch Campus, median rent is $2,197/month (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Summer highs average 85°F; winter lows average 25°F; there are 77 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 49 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Rutgers University-Busch Campus are winter weather (86), strong wind (74) and ice storm (72), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.33g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Rutgers University-Busch Campus, 57.4% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).