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Place dossier plate
SheetNJ-RUTGERS-UNIVERSITY-BUSCH-CAMPUS-NJ · Rutgers University-Busch Campus, NJ 5,747 pop · income 87th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Rutgers University-Busch Campus
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Rutgers University-Busch Campus on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Angier · lowest
51,162
Angier · lowest
51,162 median HH income
25.9% of the leader · rank #1
Rutgers Unive… · this city
118,750
Rutgers Unive… · this city
118,750 median HH income
60.1% of the leader · rank #2
Redstone Arse… · near
118,750
Redstone Arse… · near
118,750 median HH income
60.1% of the leader · rank #3
Fernan Lake · near
118,750
Fernan Lake · near
118,750 median HH income
60.1% of the leader · rank #4
Beverly Shores · near
118,750
Beverly Shores · near
118,750 median HH income
60.1% of the leader · rank #5
Solway · near
118,750
Solway · near
118,750 median HH income
60.1% of the leader · rank #6
Towaco · highest
197,696
Towaco · highest
197,696 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Rutgers University-Busch Campus on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 5,747.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Rutgers University-Busch Campus places in the 87th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
87th
percentile, household income
94th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Rutgers University-Busch Campus, NJ
New Jersey's Rutgers University-Busch Campus is a small town, with 5,747 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $118,750 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 17.4%. The median resident age is 19.9 years. About 88.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 42.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
New Jersey carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, New Jersey scores 108.8 (Well Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $2,132 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in New Jersey run around $275, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 90.8 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Rutgers University-Busch Campus's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Rutgers University-Busch Campus, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Rutgers University-Busch Campus?
Within New Jersey, the closest population matches are Jamesburg (5,763 residents, $117,719 income); Franklin Center (5,770 residents, $138,643 income); Union Beach (5,722 residents, $128,400 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Eldorado at Santa Fe, NM (5,746 residents); Angier, NC (5,746 residents); Dumfries, VA (5,749 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Rutgers University-Busch Campus?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Walking is the largest reported mode at 56.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
City profile score · Rutgers University-Busch Campus, NJ
52/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A+
88.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A
$118,750
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
17.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
108.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Rutgers University-Busch Campus profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 100/100 (A+) · 88.4%
Household income: 85/100 (A) · $118,750
Poverty rate: 18/100 (F) · 17.4%
Cost of living: 10/100 (F) · 108.8 index
How does Rutgers University-Busch Campus compare to other US cities?
Here's how Rutgers University-Busch Campus stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income87% higher than other cities
Median rent94% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Rutgers University-Busch Campus against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New Jersey only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New Jersey-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Rutgers University-Busch Campus near the bottom of New Jersey's cities
Among the 686 New Jersey cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Rutgers University-Busch Campus ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Rutgers University-Busch Campus only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#245 of 659
63rd percentile in New Jersey
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 686
0th percentile in New Jersey
Poverty Rate
#39 of 680
94th percentile in New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#4 of 686
99th percentile in New Jersey
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within New Jersey only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
87th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$118,750Rutgers University-Busch Campus, NJ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Rutgers University-Busch Campus, NJ median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Rutgers University-Busch Campus, NJ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)88.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)17.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)42.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,747
Median Income
$118,750
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
19.9
Poverty Rate
17.4%
Labor force participation
42.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
88.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
21.6%
Carpool
2.3%
Public Transit
3.9%
Walk
56.5%
Work from Home
11.5%
Other
4.2%
Based on 2,002 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New Jersey statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New Jersey at $275 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are New Jersey statewide averages, not a meter reading for Rutgers University-Busch Campus. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New Jersey's BEA cost-of-living index is 108.8 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Rutgers University-Busch Campus is $2,132/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New Jersey statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New Jersey statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Rutgers University-Busch Campus sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Rutgers University-Busch Campus compares to similar-size New Jersey cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.