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Mercerville, NJ

13,693 Population
3.7 square miles 3,712.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$48,985 ±$4,148 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: $52,101 ±$1,329
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$125,678 ±$11,929 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: $96,333 ±$2,433
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

2.8% ±1.3% (372  ±173) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 11.1% 40,446 (±0.8% / ±2,964)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

22.7 minutes ±4.4 (123,905  ±15,726) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 27.6 4,106,295 (±0.8 / ±132,917)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

4,903 ±410 Number of households
  • the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 141,464 ±876
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.7 ±0.2 (13,351  ±1,328) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 2.6 364,611 (±0 / ±342)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

5.7% ±4.6% (175  ±144) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 4.1% † 3,690 (±0.7% / ±667)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

5,184 ±439 Number of housing units
  • the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 150,600 ±159
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$330,500 ±$14,098 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: $351,000 ±$6,540
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

6% ±1.8% (821  ±259.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 12.8% 48,350 (±0.8% / ±3,034.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

95.6% ±11.4% (9,330  ±755.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 89.9% 233,383 (±1.6% / ±4,042)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
43.7% ±3.7% (4,265  ±519.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 44.9% 116,529 (±1% / ±2,550.1)
  • about the same as 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

10.5% ±2.8% (1,436  ±407) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 25.7% 98,366
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

5.9% ±1.7% (633  ±194) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 3.6% 10,657 (±0.3% / ±941)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
633 Total veterans ±194 585 Male ±193 48 Female ±56

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