What is the Regional Center
33,000
Population
45,379
Laborforce
$100,000
Median Household Income
$250,000
Median Home Sale Price
Distance to Major Cities
New York City (1 hour)
Philadelphia (1.5 hour)
Major Employers
Transportation
Retail & Restaurants
Parks & Recreation
1
Interstate Highway
1
Shopping Mall
6
County Parks
4
US & State Highways
6
Shopping Centers
26
Municipal Parks
3
Train Stations
3
Downtown & Main Street Districts
5+
Miles of Paved Bike/Ped Pathways
12
Bus Lines & Shuttles
20+
No. of Restaurant Cuisines
Health & Wellness
Historic
4
Health & Wellness Centers
11
Historic Sites (National Register)
1
Hospital
3
No. of Public Libraries
1
Urgent Care
The Somerset County Regional Center is the strategic center of Somerset County, New Jersey consisting of 12.6 square miles encompassing Raritan Borough, Somerville Borough, and a portion of Bridgewater Township. The Regional Center is connected by U.S. Route 206, U.S. Route 202, U.S. Route 22, State Route 28, and I-287 with public transit options and serves as the focal point of County government and the regional economy. The Regional Center includes the county seat and county library and is home to the only medical center and only regional mall in Somerset County.
The Regional Center incorporates mixed commercial uses and vibrant and interconnected residential neighborhoods with distinct and vibrant downtowns, major employment centers, and key regional facilities and attractions including TD Bank Ballpark (home of the Somerset Patriots professional independent league baseball team), Somerset County Vocational & Technical Schools, the Torpey Athletic Complex, and the Raritan River Greenway, a linear park that includes a paved multi-use pathway linking the Regional Center with popular regional destinations such as Duke Island Park and Duke Farms.
The Regional Center is served by three Raritan Valley Line rail stations, four New Jersey Transit bus lines, and one private regional bus line (Trans-Bridge), together providing direct access to Newark Penn Station with connections to New York City and Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor. The Regional Center also has local mass transit options which include Somerset County SCOOT and CAT bus shuttles and the Link 23 bus route operated by Hunterdon County. The highway system provides interstate access to Manhattan in one hour, Philadelphia in just over one hour, Washington in three hours, and Boston in four hours.
