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Pennington borough, Mercer County, NJ

2,798 Population
1 square miles 2,911.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 39.2 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$88,350 ±$7,373 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mercer County: $52,101 ±$1,329
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$171,282 ±$14,396 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mercer County: $96,333 ±$2,433
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

4.5% ±3.3% (125  ±92) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 11.1% 40,446 (±0.8% / ±2,964)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

26 minutes ±3.1 (29,785  ±5,066) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than 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

1,168 ±49 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 141,464 ±876
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.3 ±0.1 (2,694  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 2.6 364,611 (±0 / ±342)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

1% ±1.6% (5  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mercer County: 4.1% † 3,690 (±0.7% / ±667)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

1,268 ±75 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 150,600 ±159
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$608,200 ±$61,618 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mercer County: $351,000 ±$6,540
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

9.5% ±4.5% (265  ±126.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mercer County: 12.8% 48,350 (±0.8% / ±3,034.1)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

98.3% ±9% (2,046  ±198.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 89.9% 233,383 (±1.6% / ±4,042)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
73.6% ±7.6% (1,532  ±166.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 44.9% 116,529 (±1% / ±2,550.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

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

9.7% ±2.5% (272  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 25.7% 98,366
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

3.2% ±1.4% (71  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 3.6% 10,657 (±0.3% / ±941)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
71 Total veterans ±30 63 Male ±28 8 Female ±10

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