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West Windsor township, Mercer County, NJ

30,479 Population
25.5 square miles 1,193 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 39.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$89,703 ±$5,965 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mercer County: $53,765 ±$1,398
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$197,190 ±$8,491 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Mercer County: $100,645 ±$2,565
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

8% ±3.3% (2,444  ±994) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 10.3% 37,849 (±0.9% / ±3,114)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

38.6 minutes ±1.8 (358,370  ±43,216) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Mercer County: 27.1 4,017,505 (±0.6 / ±113,197)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

11,552 ±471 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 144,114 ±834
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.6 ±0.1 (30,451  ±49) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Mercer County: 2.6 368,473 (±0 / ±294)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

1.6% ±1.1% (118  ±79) 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 one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

11,944 ±464 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 151,138 ±116
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$776,400 ±$19,434 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Mercer County: $377,700 ±$6,110
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

11.4% ±2.3% (3,434  ±681.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Mercer County: 12% 45,688 (±0.7% / ±2,726.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

98.3% ±4.4% (20,976  ±1,120.2) 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)
84.5% ±4.2% (18,021  ±1,039.2) 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)

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

46.8% ±2.6% (14,257  ±785) 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

1.3% ±0.7% (309  ±162) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 3.4% 10,176 (±0.3% / ±882)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
309 Total veterans ±162 301 Male ±161 8 Female ±14

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