Moving to Piscataway, NJ

About Piscataway

Piscataway is a township in Middlesex County, a New York metro suburb in the Raritan Valley (per Wikipedia, read September 24, 2026), with a 2020 census population of 60,804. Formed in 1666 and incorporated in 1798, it is the fifth-oldest municipality in New Jersey.

Home prices in Piscataway

The median listing price in Piscataway is $577,000.

Top places in Piscataway

• SHI Stadium — Rutgers Scarlet Knights football.
• Rutgers Livingston Campus (including the Business School).
• Johnson Park (along the Raritan River).
• Piscataway municipal building.
• Piscataway community center.
• The Delaware and Raritan Canal towpath.
• Piscataway High School.

Commuting from Piscataway

• No train service in the township; NJ Transit provides bus service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown on the 114 route, to Newark on the 65 and 66, and local service on the 819 (per Wikipedia's Piscataway page, read September 24, 2026). The 114 ride to Midtown is approximately 60–95 minutes depending on traffic.
• Rail options: Raritan Valley Line at Dunellen station and the Northeast Corridor at Edison station (per Wikipedia's Piscataway page, read September 24, 2026) — both roughly 10–20 minutes by car, approximate.
• Driving to Midtown via I-287/Route 22 and the Turnpike is approximately 55–90 minutes depending on traffic (approximate).

Piscataway FAQs

• What is the housing market like in Piscataway, NJ?
  The median listing price in Piscataway is $577,000. Median listing price · Realtor.com · September 24, 2026
• How is the commute from Piscataway, NJ?
  No train service in the township; NJ Transit provides bus service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown on the 114 route, to Newark on the 65 and 66, and local service on the 819 (per Wikipedia's Piscataway page, read September 24, 2026). The 114 ride to Midtown is approximately 60–95 minutes depending on traffic.

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