Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupRutgers University-Busch CampusNew JerseyUnited States
Italian20.6%13.7%4.8%
Irish16.4%12.1%9.4%
German10.3%8.6%12.5%
Polish9.9%4.6%2.2%
American5.1%3.3%5.3%
English4.8%4.9%9.5%
Russian3.2%1.3%—
Hungarian2.7%——
Asian Indian6.8%4.6%1.4%
Chinese1.2%1.6%1.3%
Filipino0.6%1.3%0.9%
Pakistani0.6%0.4%—
Korean0.3%1.1%0.4%
Dominican2.4%4.0%0.7%
Puerto Rican1.9%5.1%1.8%
Mexican1.3%2.6%11.3%
Colombian0.5%1.7%0.4%
Honduran0.5%—0.3%
Peruvian0.5%0.8%—
Ecuadorian0.4%1.7%—
Cuban0.3%0.9%0.7%
African American†2.9%8.6%9.9%
Jamaican0.4%0.8%0.4%
African0.2%0.5%0.5%
Ghanaian0.2%——
Haitian0.2%0.7%0.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Rutgers University-Busch Campus
New Jersey
United States
Median age
20
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
90.2%
8.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
0.3%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Rutgers University-Busch Campus
New Jersey
United States
Median household income
$111,549
$103,556
$84,427
Poverty rate
0.0%
9.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
87.7%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Rutgers University-Busch Campus
New Jersey
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
18.7%
33.2%
22.3%
Spanish
7.5%
17.2%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.2%
0.4%
0.5%
Other Indo-European
1.7%
5.6%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
4.6%
1.5%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Rutgers University-Busch Campus
New Jersey
United States
Catholic
—
32.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
47.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Rutgers University-Busch Campus, New Jersey
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+65.1%
2008
+69.5%
2012
+65.6%
2016
+68.0%
2020
+70.6%
2024
+59.7%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
78.5%Harris142
18.8%Trump34
2.8%
D+59.7
R+10.9
D+61.1
181
D
84.9%Biden499
14.3%Trump84
0.9%
D+70.6
D+2.6
D+66.1
588
D
81.3%Clinton702
13.3%Trump115
5.3%
D+68.0
D+2.4
D+65.9
863
D
82.1%Obama878
16.6%Romney177
1.3%
D+65.6
R+4.0
D+61.7
1,069
D
84.3%Obama1,012
14.7%McCain177
1.0%
D+69.5
D+4.4
D+62.3
1,201
D
82.2%Kerry870
17.1%Bush181
0.7%
D+65.1
—
D+67.6
1,058
Rutgers University-Busch Campus sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 70.6 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 10.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.7 points.
A population of 5,920, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $111,549 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stony Brook University and New Paltz.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
How did Rutgers University-Busch Campus, New Jersey vote in 2024?
In 2024, Rutgers University-Busch Campus, New Jersey voted Democratic by 59.7 points (D+59.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 181 votes cast, 142 went Democratic and 34 went Republican.
How many people live in Rutgers University-Busch Campus, New Jersey?
Rutgers University-Busch Campus, New Jersey has a population of 5,920 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rutgers University-Busch Campus, New Jersey?
Median household income in Rutgers University-Busch Campus, New Jersey is $111,549 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Rutgers University-Busch Campus, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Rutgers University-Busch Campus, New Jersey from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
