The Township of South Brunswick

South Brunswick Township is located in the Countyhouseholds. 70.49% of the population was Caucasian,
of Middlesex in New Jersey. It was formed from7.88% African-American, 5.08% Hispanic, 0.13%
New Brunswick Township and was formallyNative American, 18.04% Asian, 0.04% Pacific
incorporated by the New Jersey Legislature onIslander and 3.41% either from another race or from
February 21, 1978. Some of its notable residents aretwo or more races. 43% of the households had
Donald Fagen (musician and songwriter), Georgechildren under 18 living in the same household, while
Segal (painter and sculptor) and DeForest Soaries63.8% were married couples living in one household.
(former chairman of the Election Assistance8.6% of the households had a female with no
Commission).husband and 24% were non-families.
South Brunswick Township follows the Faulkner ActThe majority of the population according to the
form of municipal government, where partisansame survey were adults aged 25 to 44 and they
elections of Council members are held on a staggeredmade up 36.7% of the population, while children 18
basis every four years. Currently, the Mayor is Frankmade up 28.4% of it.
Gambatese and Members of the Council are ChrisThe average price of a house in South Brunswick is
Killmurray, Charlie Carley, and Joseph J. Camarota Jr.at $170,000, while townhouses and condominiums are
The municipal building is located on 540 Ridge Road,priced at $80,000-$170,000. On the higher end, luxury
Monmouth Junction.homes in South Brunswick are selling for a minimum
In the 20th century, South Brunswick underwent aof half a million US dollars.
major transformation and expansion parallel to theMedian incomes in Brunswick households were
rise of the American industrial technology. In 1900,estimated at $78,737 and median incomes for a
the trolley line named The New Brunswick andfamily at $86,891. Males earned an average of
Trenton Fast Line began providing passenger and$61,637 annually and women earned $41,554. Only
freight service to the towns inhabitants, stopping at2.1% of the families (3.1% of the town's entire
local crossroads. Nowadays, South Brunswick ispopulation) were below the poverty line. Additionally,
accessible through the Exit 8A of the New Jersey2.9% of them were under 18 and 4.5% were 65 and
Turnpike and State Routes 1, 27 and 130.older.
Furthermore, train stations are located in NewTwo years ago, South Brunswick recorded a total of
Brunswick and Princeton Junction which are just8,808 students going to the district schools in the
nearby (Amtrak's Northeast Corridor line passesdifferent areas around the township. There are
across South Brunswick) and public utility buses areelementary schools located in Brooks Crossing,
available on Route 27. Mercer County, Philadelphia,Brunswick Acres, Indian Fields, Cambridge, Constable,
Newark International, LaGuardia, and KennedyGreenbrook, and Monmouth Junction, plus two middle
International airports are all within 90 minutes travelschools and the South Brunswick High School.
from the town.is a great source of information for everything
In 2000, the U.S. Census recorded a total of 37,734related to south Brunswick. Visit our web site to learn
habitants in South Brunswick, distributed within 13,428more.