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Cranbury, 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 Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Cranbury, in Middlesex County, had 2,200 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $224,200 a year and half less, against $111,549 across Middlesex County; 3% of its people live below the poverty line. 77% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 23% 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 residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 2,200 in the 2020 census
Household income $224,200 the median, give or take $43,932 · Middlesex County: $111,549
Unemployment 4.8% Middlesex County, August 2026; 5.9% a year before
Homes 77% lived in by their owners; 23% rented
  • 724households
  • 70%of adults have a degree
  • 3%below the poverty line
  • 37 mintypical commute

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Professional and business services19%
  • Banks, insurance and property15%
  • Manufacturing12%
  • Shops (retail)6%
  • Government5%

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, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Cranbury

  1. WayfairGeneral warehousing and storage253
  2. Capstone HD CranburyGeneral warehousing and storage126
  3. Cranbury Township School DistrictSchool district109FTE
  4. VWGoA NARDCAutomobile merchant wholesalers104
  5. Sweetwater ConstructionCommercial building construction60
  6. VWGoA New Jeresy PDCAutomobile merchant wholesalers58
  7. Glenway EdisonGeneral warehousing and storage51
  8. JB Hunt29

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 681 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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 windVery high
  3. Ice stormsRelatively high
  4. Winter weatherRelatively high
  5. DroughtRelatively moderate
  6. HurricanesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Cranbury’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.