Mercer County * Trenton-Princeton metro
50.4K
Population
$177K
Median income
per household
$767.9K
Home value
8.2%
Poverty rate
What stands out
5 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Rental strain: 39.6% of renter households are rent-burdened (≥30% of income).
Median household income
$177K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$89.6K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$767.9K
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
39.6%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
17.3%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
15.0%
Below 30% threshold
Home-Value-to-Income
4.3×
Upper end of typical range
Share of households by income bracket (ACS).
6 of 6 available metrics better than U.S.
CDC PLACES modeled ZCTA-level estimates (adult prevalence).
Obesity
20.3%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
8.8%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
6.5%
U.S.
13.1%
3 of 3 metrics better than U.S.
Best available speed
1,000Mbps
Gigabit speeds reported
100+ Mbps coverage
98.7%
U.S.
85.3%
Gigabit ready
10.8%
U.S.
8.6%
5G available
98.6%
U.S.
77.4%
Education metrics come from ACS 5-year estimates for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs).
Bachelor's degree+ (age 25+)
82.7%
U.S.
35.7%
A high share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher often correlates with higher-paying jobs and knowledge-economy industries.
ZIP-level estimates can have higher margins of error than county/state totals; treat small differences as noise.
School districts
12 tracts overlap this ZIP. Hover over segments to explore.
Tract 534.02
18.4%
Tract 42.03
12.2%
Tract 42.04
10.8%
Tract 43.14
10.5%
Tract 33.04
9.8%
Others (7)
34.4%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
NJ-12
90.2%
NJ-3
9.8%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
Data accuracy & methodology