New Brunswick is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 55,846 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, New Brunswick is the 24th largest community in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that New Brunswick has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in New Brunswick telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.19% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

In addition, New Brunswick is a major college town that has a very high percentage of its residents over 18 years old who are college students. Naturally, collegiate life has a major influence on local New Brunswick culture, lifestyle and entertainment options. New Brunswick really pulses to the beat of the academic calendar. In New Brunswick every fall, returning students reinvigorate the community, who you will notice are all over town, buying groceries, out with friends, and getting acquainted or re-acquainted with each other and New Brunswick. One of the beneficial effects that colleges provide is that they tend to be lasting institutions that deliver direct economic benefits to the local economy in the form of such things as jobs for faculty and staff, and spending by students. New Brunswick benefits directly from this.

Not only is New Brunswick a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, shaping the character of the city into a place that is geared toward, and considered attractive to, many single, educated people. Many singles consider New Brunswick a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

For the size of the city, public transportation in New Brunswick is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking taxis. For New Brunswick, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

The population of New Brunswick overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in New Brunswick, 24.00% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in New Brunswick in 2022 was $25,693, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,772 for a family of four. However, New Brunswick contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. New Brunswick also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.58% of its population below the federal poverty line.

New Brunswick is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call New Brunswick 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 New Brunswick, accounting for 51.13% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of New Brunswick residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in New Brunswick include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and Guyanese.

Foreign born people are also an important part of New Brunswick's cultural character, accounting for 36.47% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in New Brunswick is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Chinese.