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Avenel, NJ has a population of 18,822 people with a median age of 40.6 and a median household income of $65,531. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Avenel, NJ grew from 18,793 to 18,822, a 0.15% increase and its median household income declined from $68,261 to $65,531, a 4% decrease.
The population of Avenel, NJ is 36.8% White, 25.3% Black, and 19.7% Asian. 35.1% of the people in Avenel, NJ speak a non-English language, and 85.7% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Avenel, NJ are Sanford-Brown Institute-Iselin, with 311 graduates, N/A, with N/A graduates, and N/A, with N/A graduates.
The median property value in Avenel, NJ is $268,100, and the homeownership rate is 49%. Most people in Avenel, NJ commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 29.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Avenel, NJ is 2 cars per household.
Avenel, NJ is a census place located in Middlesex County, NJ. It borders Carteret, NJ; Colonia, NJ; Iselin, NJ; Linden, NJ; Port Reading, NJ; Rahway, NJ; Woodbridge, NJ& 2 more.
The economy of Avenel, NJ employs 7,354 people. The economy of Avenel, NJ is specialized in Transportation & Warehousing; Retail trade; and Wholesale trade, which employ respectively 2.44; 1.64; and 1.53 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size. The largest industries in Avenel, NJ are Retail trade (1,395), Healthcare & Social Assistance (915), and Transportation & Warehousing (746), and the highest paying industries are Professional, Scientific, Tech Services ($75,352), Utilities ($66,103), and Finance & Insurance ($57,969).
Median household income in Avenel, NJ is $65,531. Males in Avenel, NJ have an average income that is 1.27 times higher than the average income of females, which is $54,563. The income inequality of Avenel, NJ (measured using the Gini index) is 0.427 which is lower than the national average.
Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Avenel, NJ. In Middlesex County, NJ the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 95 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $10,126. Essex County, NJ has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in New Jersey.
Avenel, NJ is home to a population of 18,822 people, from which 85.7% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Avenel, NJ is composed of 6,925 White residents (36.8%), 4,754 Black residents (25.3%), 3,708 Asian residents (19.7%), 3,107 Hispanic residents (16.5%), and 227 Two+ residents (1.21%). The most common foreign languages in Avenel, NJ are Spanish (1,991 speakers), Hindi (830 speakers), and Other Asian (605 speakers), but compared to other places, Avenel, NJ has a relative high number of Gujarati (454 speakers), Hindi (830 speakers), and Urdu (397 speakers).
In 2015 universities in Carteret Borough PUMA, NJ awarded 311 degrees. The student population of Carteret Borough PUMA, NJ is skewed towards females, with 37 male students and 274 female students. Most students in Carteret Borough PUMA, NJ are White (134 and 43.1%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (82 and 26.4%), Black or African American (48 and 15.4%), and Unknown (37 and 11.9%). The largest universities in Carteret Borough PUMA, NJ by number of graduates are Sanford-Brown Institute-Iselin (311 and 100%), N/A (N/A and N/A), and N/A (N/A and N/A). The most popular majors in Carteret Borough PUMA, NJ are Medical Assistant (178 and 57.2%), Medical Insurance Specialist (40 and 12.9%), and Surgical Technologist (21 and 6.75%). The median tuition costs in Carteret Borough PUMA, NJ are N/A for private four year colleges, and N/A and N/A respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
The median property value in Avenel, NJ is $268,100, which is 1.31 times larger than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value decreased from $269,100 to $268,100, a 0.37% increase. The homeownership rate of Avenel, NJ is 49%, which is lower than the national average of 63.6%. People in Avenel, NJ have an average commute time of 29.8 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Avenel, NJ is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.
