Hightstown vs Robbinsville Center

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

Hightstown and Robbinsville Center 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 3,808 in Robbinsville Center). Robbinsville Center has the higher median household income ($131,202 vs $107,431 in Hightstown). Robbinsville Center has the higher median home value ($515,400 vs $333,200 in Hightstown).

Population, income & housing

	Hightstown	Robbinsville Center
Population	5,869	3,808
Median age	42.6 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$107,431	$131,202
Median home value	$333,200	$515,400
Median gross rent	$1,638	$1,693
Housing units	2,076	1,582
Homeownership rate	70.8%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	68.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hightstown	Robbinsville Center
Population	5,375 → 5,869 (+9.2%)	2,978 → 3,808 (+27.9%)
Median household income	$80,410 → $107,431 (+33.6%)	$161,496 → $131,202 (-18.8%)
Median home value	$282,700 → $333,200 (+17.9%)	$408,900 → $515,400 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,458 → $1,638 (+12.3%)	$1,571 → $1,693 (+7.8%)

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

Robbinsville Center

Population

2,9783,808

Median household income

$161,496$131,202

Median home value

$408,900$515,400

Median gross rent

$1,571$1,693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hightstown	Robbinsville Center
Under 5	3.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	11.9%	24.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	7.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	18.5%	22.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	4.6%
75 and over	7.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hightstown	Robbinsville Center
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	47.6%
Black or African American	5.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	38.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hightstown	Robbinsville Center
No high school diploma	8.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	32.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hightstown	Robbinsville Center
Drove alone	68.0%	55.6%
Carpooled	15.9%	5.9%
Public transit	0.4%	6.6%
Walked	4.4%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.3%	27.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hightstown	Robbinsville Center
1-unit, detached	65.8%	24.3%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	31.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	7.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	23.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Hightstown	Robbinsville Center
Poverty rate	1.5%	8.8%
Average household size	2.93	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	42
Median year structure built	1952	2002