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Moving to Port Reading, New Jersey

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Population: 3,829
Males: 1,874 (48.9%), Females: 1,955 (51.1%)

Middlesex County

Demographics

Median resident age: 38.7 years
Median household income: $58,945
Median house value: $155,500

Population by Race

Races in Port Reading:

  • White Non-Hispanic (86.2%)
  • Hispanic (7.6%)
  • Black (2.6%)
  • Two or more races (2.2%)
  • Other race (1.8%)
  • Filipino (1.2%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: Italian (33.0%), Irish (22.6%), Polish (11.0%), German (10.7%), Hungarian (8.5%), Slovak (3.7%).

Elevation: 20 feet

Land area: 2.2 square miles

Population by Education

For population 25 years and over in Port Reading

  • High school or higher: 81.7%
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher: 14.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.6%
  • Unemployed: 4.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Port Reading CDP

  • Never married: 25.9%
  • Now married: 54.5%
  • Separated: 2.0%
  • Widowed: 9.1%
  • Divorced: 8.4%

9.3% Foreign born (4.3% Latin America, 4.2% Europe).

Hospitals

Hospitals/medical centers near Port Reading:

  • RAHWAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; RAHWAY, NJ)
  • STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL-SOUT (about 4 miles; STATEN ISLAND, NY)
  • RARITAN BAY MEDICAL CENTER (about 4 miles; PERTH AMBOY, NJ)

Airports

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Port Reading:

  • NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 10 miles; NEWARK, NJ; Abbreviation: EWR)
  • PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 20 miles; NEW YORK, NY; Abbreviation: JRB)
  • TETERBORO (about 24 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; Abbreviation: TEB)

Other public-use airports nearest to Port Reading:

  • LINDEN (about 4 miles; LINDEN, NJ; Abbreviation: LDJ)
  • NEWARK NR 1 (about 14 miles; NEWARK, NJ; Abbreviation: 3N4)
  • MORRISTOWN MUNI (about 19 miles; MORRISTOWN, NJ; Abbreviation: MMU)

Amtrak stations near Port Reading:

  • 6 miles: METROPARK (ISELIN, 100 MIDDLESEX-ESSEX TPK.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, paid short-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
  • 10 miles: NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NEWARK, ). Services: ticket office, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones.
  • 13 miles: NEWARK (RAYMOND PLAZA WEST). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, intercity bus service, public transit connection.

Colleges and Universities

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Port Reading:

  • UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 8 miles; CRANFORD, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 5,856)
  • CUNY COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND (about 8 miles; STATEN ISLAND, NY; Full-time enrollment: 8,135)
  • KEAN UNIVERSITY (about 9 miles; UNION, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 8,627)
  • SETON HALL UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; SOUTH ORANGE, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 7,509)
  • RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK (about 13 miles; NEWARK, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 6,878)
  • NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 13 miles; NEWARK, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 6,565)
  • ESSEX COUNTY COLLEGE (about 13 miles; NEWARK, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 5,893)

Public primary/middle school in Port Reading:

  • PORT READING (Students: 402; Location: TURNER STREET; Grades: KG – 05)

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