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West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, NJ

54,646 Population
37.3 square miles 1,464.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±0.7 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
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$83,759 ±$4,407 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Mercer County: $53,765 ±$1,398
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$165,385 ±$11,010 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mercer County: $100,645 ±$2,565
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • about double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.4% ±2.1% (3,457  ±1,153) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 10.3% 37,849 (±0.9% / ±3,114)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.7 minutes ±1 (621,955  ±49,361) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mercer County: 27.1 4,017,505 (±0.6 / ±113,197)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

21,405 ±575 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 144,114 ±834
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (54,309  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 2.6 368,473 (±0 / ±294)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.9% ±0.8% (262  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 4.4% † 4,015 (±0.8% / ±675)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

22,119 ±525 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 151,138 ±116
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$741,500 ±$23,198 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in Mercer County: $377,700 ±$6,110
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.1% ±2.2% (8,178  ±1,197.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 12% 45,688 (±0.7% / ±2,726.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98% ±3.4% (37,938  ±1,494.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 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)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
82.5% ±3.2% (31,915  ±1,365.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Mercer County: 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)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

48.3% ±2% (26,416  ±1,091) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 27% 104,307
  • about double the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.5% ±0.7% (611  ±287) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 3.4% 10,176 (±0.3% / ±882)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
611 Total veterans ±287 601 Male ±286 10 Female ±17

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