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West Windsor township, Mercer County, NJ

29,445 Population
25.5 square miles 1,152.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 39.3 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$81,923 ±$5,743 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mercer County: $50,053 ±$1,499
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$183,024 ±$7,893 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Mercer County: $92,697 ±$2,156
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

7.2% ±3% (2,110  ±891) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mercer County: 11.2% 41,079 (±0.8% / ±2,959)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

42.4 minutes ±3.1 (399,530  ±51,346) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Mercer County: 27.5 4,209,380 (±0.5 / ±105,740)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

10,982 ±538 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 139,549 ±830
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.7 ±0.1 (29,404  ±38) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 2.6 365,062 (±0 / ±241)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

1.6% ±1% (108  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 3.7% † 3,353 (±0.6% / ±561)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

11,416 ±524 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 150,035 ±145
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$692,000 ±$23,422 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Mercer County: $327,600 ±$6,471
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

8.8% ±2.1% (2,575  ±,602.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mercer County: 13.1% 49,723 (±0.8% / ±2,924.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

98.5% ±4.4% (20,159  ±1,104.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 89.7% 233,253 (±1.6% / ±4,028.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
82.5% ±4.2% (16,880  ±1,004.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Mercer County: 44.2% 114,778 (±1.1% / ±2,738.8)
  • about double the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

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

43% ±3.1% (12,672  ±916) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 24.6% 94,353
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

1.8% ±0.8% (393  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Mercer County: 3.8% 11,286 (±0.3% / ±979)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
393 Total veterans ±177 385 Male ±178 8 Female ±15

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