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Trenton, NJ

89,607 Population
7.6 square miles 11,780.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$22,550 ±$2,260 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: $51,098 ±$1,719
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
$49,117 ±$6,940 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: $96,152 ±$4,654
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061

19.8% ±4.7% (16,874  ±4,029) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 10.8% † 39,159 (±1.7% / ±6,033)
  • about double the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)

26.2 minutes ±1.8 (866,825  ±71,309) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 27.5 4,209,380 (±0.5 / ±105,740)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

32,131 ±1,948 Number of households
  • the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 146,258 ±1,721
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
2.7 ±0.2 (86,316  ±675) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 2.5 364,670 (±0 / ±1,194)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 † 9,122,744 (±,157 / ±-555,555,600)

2.2% ±2.2% (457  ±464) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 3.6% † 3,237 (±1.1% / ±951)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)

Housing

34,060 ±1,958 Number of housing units
  • the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 151,262 ±483
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675

$182,300 ±$18,735 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: $390,900 ±$14,889
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830

18.3% ±6.4% (16,306  ±5,730.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 12.2% † 46,027 (±2.1% / ±7,812.4)
  • about double the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)

Social

70.2% ±7.2% (39,259  ±4,454) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 89.1% 231,779 (±3.4% / ±8,773.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
13.9% ±3.2% (7,744  ±1,844.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 45.2% 117,731 (±2.2% / ±5,608.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 43.8% 2,850,285 (±0.4% / ±26,559.1)

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

34.8% ±5% (31,172  ±4,519) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 27.8% † 106,039 (±40,440.3% / ±6,477)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% † 2,250,431 (±1,448.4% / ±28,235)

2.9% ±1.3% (1,899  ±833) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area: 2.9% † 8,766 (±0.6% / ±1,891)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
1,899 Total veterans ±833 1,783 Male ±824 116 Female ±139

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