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Hightstown borough, Mercer County, NJ

5,920 Population
1.2 square miles 4,800.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Mercer County: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$50,407 ±$6,682 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Mercer County: $53,765 ±$1,398
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$108,987 ±$15,365 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mercer County: $100,645 ±$2,565
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

2.1% ±1.4% (124  ±81) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mercer County: 10.3% 37,849 (±0.9% / ±3,114)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

23.6 minutes ±2 (70,830  ±12,734) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 27.1 4,017,505 (±0.6 / ±113,197)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

2,078 ±192 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 144,114 ±834
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.8 ±0.3 (5,831  ±34) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 2.6 368,473 (±0 / ±294)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

4.4% ±3.8% (58  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 4.4% † 4,015 (±0.8% / ±675)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

2,186 ±215 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 151,138 ±116
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$342,600 ±$31,312 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $377,700 ±$6,110
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

8.6% ±5.5% (506  ±325.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mercer County: 12% 45,688 (±0.7% / ±2,726.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

88.3% ±12.7% (3,779  ±629.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 89.4% 233,936 (±1.5% / ±3,937.4)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
39.6% ±7.8% (1,694  ±362.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 45.4% 118,879 (±1% / ±2,579.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

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

22.8% ±7.3% (1,349  ±431) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 27% 104,307
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

6.5% ±4.9% (315  ±241) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Mercer County: 3.4% 10,176 (±0.3% / ±882)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
315 Total veterans ±241 315 Male ±241 N/A Female ±20

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