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West Windsor township, Mercer County, NJ

29,791 Population
25.5 square miles 1,166 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 39.2 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$86,649 ±$4,433 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
$190,100 ±$9,493 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Mercer County: $96,333 ±$2,433
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

7.7% ±3.1% (2,284  ±921) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mercer County: 11.1% 40,446 (±0.8% / ±2,964)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

41.4 minutes ±2.9 (384,080  ±45,924) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Mercer County: 27.6 4,106,295 (±0.8 / ±132,917)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

11,283 ±475 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 141,464 ±876
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.6 ±0.1 (29,757  ±49) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 2.6 364,611 (±0 / ±342)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

1.7% ±1% (123  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 4.1% † 3,690 (±0.7% / ±667)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

11,563 ±457 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 150,600 ±159
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$725,800 ±$21,711 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Mercer County: $351,000 ±$6,540
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

10.9% ±2.6% (3,231  ±755.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 12.8% 48,350 (±0.8% / ±3,034.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

98.6% ±4.3% (20,541  ±1,103.4) 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)
84.1% ±4.1% (17,522  ±1,014.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Mercer County: 44.9% 116,529 (±1% / ±2,550.1)
  • about double 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

44.3% ±2.6% (13,200  ±771) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 25.7% 98,366
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

1.8% ±0.7% (391  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Mercer County: 3.6% 10,657 (±0.3% / ±941)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
391 Total veterans ±150 382 Male ±147 9 Female ±14

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