Hightstown vs Lawrenceville

A side-by-side comparison of Hightstown and Lawrenceville: population, income, housing, and more.

Hightstown and Lawrenceville are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hightstown has the higher population (5,869 vs 3,947 in Lawrenceville). Lawrenceville has the higher median household income ($118,482 vs $107,431 in Hightstown). Lawrenceville has the higher median home value ($413,600 vs $333,200 in Hightstown).

Population, income & housing

	Hightstown	Lawrenceville
Population	5,869	3,947
Median age	42.6 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$107,431	$118,482
Median home value	$333,200	$413,600
Median gross rent	$1,638	$2,250
Housing units	2,076	1,890
Homeownership rate	70.8%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	72.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hightstown	Lawrenceville
Population	5,375 → 5,869 (+9.2%)	3,949 → 3,947 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$80,410 → $107,431 (+33.6%)	$98,080 → $118,482 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$282,700 → $333,200 (+17.9%)	$316,000 → $413,600 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,458 → $1,638 (+12.3%)	$1,930 → $2,250 (+16.6%)

Hightstown

Population

5,3755,869

Median household income

$80,410$107,431

Median home value

$282,700$333,200

Median gross rent

$1,458$1,638

Lawrenceville

Population

3,9493,947

Median household income

$98,080$118,482

Median home value

$316,000$413,600

Median gross rent

$1,930$2,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hightstown	Lawrenceville
Under 5	3.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	11.9%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.6%	6.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	19.6%
45 to 54	18.5%	7.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	17.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	16.1%
75 and over	7.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hightstown	Lawrenceville
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	74.7%
Black or African American	5.9%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hightstown	Lawrenceville
No high school diploma	8.4%	1.3%
High school graduate	31.0%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	42.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hightstown	Lawrenceville
Drove alone	68.0%	58.3%
Carpooled	15.9%	3.5%
Public transit	0.4%	4.8%
Walked	4.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	32.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hightstown	Lawrenceville
1-unit, detached	65.8%	39.2%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	46.5%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	10.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hightstown	Lawrenceville
Poverty rate	1.5%	2.2%
Average household size	2.93	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1952	1983