Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

BG 1, Tract 42.05, Mercer, NJ

1,629 Population
1.7 square miles 936 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

40.3 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Princeton: 28.5 ±1.5
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$70,122 ±$14,396 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Princeton: $87,301 ±$5,236
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mercer County: $53,765 ±$1,398
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$117,750 ±$53,810 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Princeton: $192,079 † ±$24,402
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mercer County: $100,645 ±$2,565
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

N/A

N/A

Families

742 ±148 Number of households
  • Princeton: 9,300 ±378
  • Mercer County: 144,114 ±834
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.1 ±0.4 (1,546  ±420) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Princeton: 2.5 23,638 (±0.1 / ±283)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 2.6 368,473 (±0 / ±294)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

N/A

Housing

742 ±148 Number of housing units
  • Princeton: 9,906 ±388
  • Mercer County: 151,138 ±116
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$1,026,800 ±$108,850 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Princeton: $1,050,600 ±$46,184
  • more than double the amount in Mercer County: $377,700 ±$6,110
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

N/A

Social

89.1% ±4% (1,050  ±195.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Princeton: 97.7% 16,695 (±4.7% / ±922.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 89.4% 233,936 (±1.5% / ±3,937.4)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
68.8% ±7.3% (810  ±169.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Princeton: 84.7% 14,470 (±4.5% / ±861.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 45.4% 118,879 (±1% / ±2,579.3)
  • about 1.5 times 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

N/A

0.9% ±1.5% (11  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Princeton: 1.6% † 395 (±0.6% / ±137)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mercer County: 3.4% 10,176 (±0.3% / ±882)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
11 Total veterans ±19 11 Male ±19 N/A Female ±14

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.