Hightstown vs Mercerville

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

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

Mercerville has the higher population (13,693 vs 5,869 in Hightstown). Mercerville has the higher median household income ($125,678 vs $107,431 in Hightstown). Hightstown has the higher median home value ($333,200 vs $330,500 in Mercerville).

Population, income & housing

	Hightstown	Mercerville
Population	5,869	13,693
Median age	42.6 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$107,431	$125,678
Median home value	$333,200	$330,500
Median gross rent	$1,638	$1,704
Housing units	2,076	5,184
Homeownership rate	70.8%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hightstown	Mercerville
Population	5,375 → 5,869 (+9.2%)	12,730 → 13,693 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$80,410 → $107,431 (+33.6%)	$98,107 → $125,678 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$282,700 → $333,200 (+17.9%)	$259,300 → $330,500 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,458 → $1,638 (+12.3%)	$1,403 → $1,704 (+21.5%)

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

Mercerville

Population

12,73013,693

Median household income

$98,107$125,678

Median home value

$259,300$330,500

Median gross rent

$1,403$1,704

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hightstown	Mercerville
Under 5	3.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.9%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	18.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.6%
75 and over	7.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hightstown	Mercerville
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	69.1%
Black or African American	5.9%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hightstown	Mercerville
No high school diploma	8.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	31.0%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hightstown	Mercerville
Drove alone	68.0%	71.5%
Carpooled	15.9%	8.0%
Public transit	0.4%	1.4%
Walked	4.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	17.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hightstown	Mercerville
1-unit, detached	65.8%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	6.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hightstown	Mercerville
Poverty rate	1.5%	2.8%
Average household size	2.93	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1952	1959