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Trenton, NJ

91,204 Population
7.6 square miles 11,990.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.4 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 39.7 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,843 ±$2,763 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: $54,995 ±$2,144
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
$55,393 ±$8,293 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: $104,148 ±$4,883
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997

22.4% ±6% (19,856  ±5,283) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 10% † 37,460 (±1.5% / ±5,785)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)

26.9 minutes ±1.5 (886,585  ±61,873) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 27.1 4,017,505 (±0.6 / ±113,197)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

30,208 ±2,031 Number of households
  • the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 148,168 ±1,256
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
3 ±0.2 (89,344  ±134) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 2.5 376,916 (±0 / ±372)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098

5.1% ±3% (1,088  ±649) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 4.8% † 4,467 (±1.5% / ±1,347)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)

Housing

31,821 ±1,963 Number of housing units
  • the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 152,264 ±159
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877

$232,100 ±$38,066 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: $436,500 ±$14,431
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982

14.5% ±4.6% (13,068  ±4,125.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 13.6% † 52,735 (±1.8% / ±6,974.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)

Social

69.4% ±6.8% (37,020  ±4,124.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 87.3% 231,793 (±3.1% / ±8,237.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
15.1% ±3.8% (8,050  ±2,063.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 47.3% 125,666 (±2.2% / ±5,728.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)

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

31.3% ±3.9% (28,563  ±3,532) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 28.6% 111,968
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424

3.1% ±1.1% (1,930  ±706) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 3.1% † 9,431 (±0.6% / ±1,674)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
1,930 Total veterans ±706 1,425 Male ±614 505 Female ±409

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