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ARTICLE: Iselin In-Depth

The village of Iselin is located in Middlesex County, New Jersey, and is a part of the metropolitan New York area. Iselin is just 25 miles southwest of New York City. According to 2005 census data, its population is 17,504.

The median household income of Iselin is nearly $74,898, which is almost $30,000 more than the average in the United States. Recent job growth is significantly higher than in the rest of the nation. The median cost of a home in Iselin is $327,800, and the annual appreciation rate is nearly 16%. The average annual spending per child in the school system is also more than $3,000 above the national average.

Iselin has a business district known as Metropark that is home to corporate offices for many businesses including Engelhard, Prudential, Siemens and Morgan Stanley. The largest employers in Middlesex County are Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Merrill Lynch, Johnson & Johnson, and Prudential.

Iselin's downtown Oak Tree Road has become a center for Indian culture. It is lined by over 100 Indian restaurants, clothing and jewelry stores which draw visitors from the entire northeastern United States. The nearby township of Edison hosts Plays in the Park, a series of dramas and musicals that are put on six nights a week in the summer. Middlesex County also coordinates a folk arts program which offers free educational programs about cultural traditions like West Indian steel drum music and Hungarian embroidery.

Sources:

• Allbusiness.com, Metropark Office Complex
• Voice of America, Iselin, New Jersey
• Sperling's Best Places, Iselin, NJ
• Middlesex County, NJ

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