Bound Brook is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 12,371 people and three associated neighborhoods, Bound Brook is the 163rd largest community in New Jersey.
Also of interest is that Bound Brook has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.37% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Even though Bound Brook is a smaller borough, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly taxis for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
The percentage of people in Bound Brook who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.73% of adults in Bound Brook have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Bound Brook in 2022 was $42,275, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $169,100 for a family of four. However, Bound Brook contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bound Brook is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Bound Brook home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Bound Brook, accounting for 55.93% of the borough’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Bound Brook residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bound Brook include Italian, German, Polish, Irish, and English.
In addition, Bound Brook has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (36.68%).
The most common language spoken in Bound Brook is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.