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Princeton, NJ

30,756 Population
17.9 square miles 1,713.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.5 ±1.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$87,301 ±$5,236 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: $53,765 ±$1,398
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$192,079 ±$24,402 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: $100,645 ±$2,565
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

6.1% ±1.4% (1,446  ±334) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 10.3% 37,849 (±0.9% / ±3,114)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

24.2 minutes ±1.9 (242,085  ±27,587) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 27.1 4,017,505 (±0.6 / ±113,197)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

9,300 ±378 Number of households
  • the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 144,114 ±834
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.5 ±0.1 (23,638  ±283) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 2.6 368,473 (±0 / ±294)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

1.8% ±1% (165  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 4.4% † 4,015 (±0.8% / ±675)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

9,906 ±388 Number of housing units
  • the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 151,138 ±116
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$1,050,600 ±$46,184 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: $377,700 ±$6,110
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

23% ±2.6% (7,036  ±783.1) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 12% 45,688 (±0.7% / ±2,726.6)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

97.7% ±4.7% (16,695  ±922.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 89.4% 233,936 (±1.5% / ±3,937.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
84.7% ±4.5% (14,470  ±861.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 45.4% 118,879 (±1% / ±2,579.3)
  • nearly double 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

30.9% ±2.4% (9,491  ±751) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 27% 104,307
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

1.6% ±0.6% (395  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 3.4% 10,176 (±0.3% / ±882)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
395 Total veterans ±137 360 Male ±126 35 Female ±43

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