Hightstown vs The College of New Jersey

A side-by-side comparison of Hightstown and The College of New Jersey: population, income, housing, and more.

Hightstown and The College of New Jersey 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 4,103 in The College of New Jersey). Hightstown has the higher median household income ($107,431 vs $8,493 in The College of New Jersey). Since 2019, Hightstown's population has grown faster (+9.2% vs +6.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Hightstown	The College of New Jersey
Population	5,869	4,103
Median age	42.6 yrs	19.8 yrs
Median household income	$107,431	$8,493
Median home value	$333,200	—
Median gross rent	$1,638	$1,671
Housing units	2,076	530
Homeownership rate	70.8%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	75.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hightstown	The College of New Jersey
Population	5,375 → 5,869 (+9.2%)	3,864 → 4,103 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$80,410 → $107,431 (+33.6%)	—
Median home value	$282,700 → $333,200 (+17.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,458 → $1,638 (+12.3%)	$1,773 → $1,671 (-5.8%)

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

The College of New Jersey

Population

3,8644,103

Median gross rent

$1,773$1,671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hightstown	The College of New Jersey
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.9%	0.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	97.9%
25 to 34	14.6%	1.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	0.4%
45 to 54	18.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	0.0%
75 and over	7.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hightstown	The College of New Jersey
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	57.4%
Black or African American	5.9%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	17.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hightstown	The College of New Jersey
No high school diploma	8.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	45.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	30.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hightstown	The College of New Jersey
Drove alone	68.0%	42.2%
Carpooled	15.9%	2.8%
Public transit	0.4%	2.0%
Walked	4.4%	38.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.6%
Worked from home	10.3%	10.3%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hightstown	The College of New Jersey
1-unit, detached	65.8%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	5.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	94.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hightstown	The College of New Jersey
Poverty rate	1.5%	92.0%
Average household size	2.93	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1952	2012