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Trenton city, Mercer County, NJ

89,658 Population
7.6 square miles 11,787.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 40.1 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.1

Economics

$25,633 ±$2,706 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Mercer County: $50,652 ±$2,045
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $51,272 ±$483
$52,508 ±$10,253 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Mercer County: $95,668 ±$4,707
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $96,346 ±$1,114

20.7% ±4.9% (18,048  ±4,272) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Mercer County: 10.9% † 39,485 (±1.5% / ±5,539)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 882,045 (±0.4% / ±33,909)

26.2 minutes ±1.8 (866,825  ±71,309) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Mercer County: 27.5 4,209,380 (±0.5 / ±105,740)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

30,789 ±2,390 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 144,989 ±1,647
  • New Jersey: 3,516,978 ±9,044
2.9 ±0.2 (87,981  ±207) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 2.5 363,936 (±0 / ±427)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,092,231

8.2% ±5.5% (1,821  ±1,230) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Mercer County: 3.8% † 3,341 (±1.5% / ±1,299)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5% 105,942 (±0.3% / ±6,352)

Housing

32,561 ±2,262 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 150,703 ±179
  • New Jersey: 3,785,097 ±490

$169,500 ±$17,050 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Mercer County: $345,800 ±$16,097
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $428,900 ±$2,759

12.6% ±5.4% (11,017  ±4,741.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Mercer County: 13% † 49,141 (±2.1% / ±7,917.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 885,133 (±0.3% / ±28,013.2)

Social

78.1% ±7.2% (43,831  ±4,683.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 90.5% 236,102 (±3.2% / ±8,315.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,880,219 (±0.6% / ±38,924.2)
16.3% ±3.6% (9,127  ±2,071.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Mercer County: 46.4% 120,966 (±2.1% / ±5,360.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 43.5% 2,821,608 (±0.4% / ±26,260.5)

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

34% ±6.3% (30,436  ±5,658) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 26.9% 102,416
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 23.6% 2,181,082

3.2% ±1.3% (2,063  ±840) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Mercer County: 3.1% † 9,182 (±0.6% / ±1,738)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 3.9% 279,664 (±0.1% / ±8,986)
2,063 Total veterans ±840 1,578 Male ±793 485 Female ±400

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