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Hamilton township, Mercer County, NJ

91,646 Population
39.4 square miles 2,323.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Mercer County: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$44,249 ±$3,438 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $51,098 ±$1,719
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
$100,092 ±$7,353 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Mercer County: $96,152 ±$4,654
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061

10.5% ±4.2% (9,547  ±3,835) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Mercer County: 10.8% † 39,159 (±1.7% / ±6,033)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)

25.2 minutes ±1 (1,029,870  ±53,584) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 27.6 4,106,295 (±0.8 / ±132,917)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

35,693 ±2,032 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 146,258 ±1,721
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
2.6 ±0.2 (90,960  ±47) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 2.5 364,670 (±0 / ±1,194)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,122,744

5.8% ±3.4% (1,134  ±659) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 3.6% † 3,237 (±1.1% / ±951)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)

Housing

36,479 ±2,058 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 151,262 ±483
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675

$344,100 ±$15,670 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $390,900 ±$14,889
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830

6.5% ±2.2% (5,855  ±2,031.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Mercer County: 12.2% † 46,027 (±2.1% / ±7,812.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)

Social

92.8% ±5.7% (60,269  ±4,623.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mercer County: 89.1% 231,779 (±3.4% / ±8,773.3)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
34.1% ±3.6% (22,168  ±2,554.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mercer County: 45.2% 117,731 (±2.2% / ±5,608.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 43.8% 2,850,285 (±0.4% / ±26,559.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

19.9% ±3.7% (18,234  ±3,342) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mercer County: 27.8% 106,039
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% 2,250,431

4.5% ±1.8% (3,131  ±1,231) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 2.9% † 8,766 (±0.6% / ±1,891)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
3,131 Total veterans ±1,231 3,094 Male ±1,228 37 Female ±61

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