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Clearbrook, New Jersey.

A community in Middlesex County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Middlesex County’s.

Living in Clearbrook, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Clearbrook, in Middlesex County, had 2,909 people in the 2020 census. 91% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 9% are rented. Unemployment in Middlesex County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Middlesex County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 2,909 in the 2020 census; median age 72.9
Household income Too few homes in Clearbrook for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.8% Middlesex County, August 2026; 5.9% a year before
Homes 91% lived in by their owners; 9% rented
  • 1,735households
  • 31%of adults have a degree
  • 16%below the poverty line

What people in Middlesex County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Professional and business services16%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Manufacturing10%
  • Banks, insurance and property9%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Middlesex County had 431,665 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 21°; warmest in July, 87° and 63° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 40° 21° F M A M J J 87° 63° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 21°; warmest in July, 87° and 63° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 40° 21° F M A M J J 87° 63° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 63°. About 24 inches of snow and 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hightstown West weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Middlesex County

  1. Rutgers University-New BrunswickUniversity or college20,108
  2. RWJ University Hospital New BrunswickGeneral medical and surgical hospitals5,785
  3. Novo NordiskCorporate offices5,131
  4. HMH HospitalsCorporate, subsidiary, and regional managing offices3,950
  5. Robert Wood Johnson University HospiGeneral hospital3,943FTE
  6. JFK University Medical CenterGeneral hospital3,363FTE
  7. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage2,708
  8. St. Peters University HospitalGeneral hospital2,692FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 735 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 133,588 people in all across the county; Clearbrook has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Inland floodingVery high
  2. Strong windRelatively high
  3. Winter weatherRelatively high
  4. Ice stormsRelatively high
  5. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  6. Heat wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Clearbrook’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Middlesex County.