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Middlebush, New Jersey.

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

Living in Middlebush, Somerset County, New Jersey

Middlebush, in Somerset County, had 2,368 people in the 2020 census. 99% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 1% are rented. Unemployment in Somerset County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Somerset County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 2,368 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Middlebush for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.1% Somerset County, August 2026; 5.0% a year before
Homes 99% lived in by their owners; 1% rented
  • 3%below the poverty line
  • 33 mintypical commute

What people in Somerset County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Professional and business services18%
  • Manufacturing13%
  • Banks, insurance and property9%
  • Shops (retail)9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Somerset County had 192,374 jobs in 2025, 1.0% 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 23°; warmest in July, 86° and 66° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 40° 23° F M A M J J 86° 66° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 23°; warmest in July, 86° and 66° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 40° 23° F M A M J J 86° 66° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 66°. About 29 inches of snow and 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

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

Largest workplaces in Somerset County

  1. Verizon CommunicationsWired telecommunications carriers9,184
  2. Johnson JohnsonMed devices r and d innovative medicine manufacturing car t4,244
  3. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage2,620
  4. Bridgewater - Bausch HealthCorporate offices1,537
  5. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hosp @ SOMGeneral hospital1,536FTE
  6. Franklin Township Public School DistrictSchool district1,494FTE
  7. Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School DistrictSchool district1,404FTE
  8. Hillsborough Township Public School DistrictSchool district1,134FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 248 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 57,234 people in all across the county; Middlebush has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts 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. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. Strong windRelatively high
  3. Inland floodingRelatively high
  4. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  5. LightningRelatively 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 Middlebush’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Somerset County.