Hightstown vs Yardville

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

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

Yardville has the higher population (6,266 vs 5,869 in Hightstown). Hightstown has the higher median household income ($107,431 vs $100,776 in Yardville). Hightstown has the higher median home value ($333,200 vs $326,400 in Yardville).

Population, income & housing

	Hightstown	Yardville
Population	5,869	6,266
Median age	42.6 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$107,431	$100,776
Median home value	$333,200	$326,400
Median gross rent	$1,638	$1,614
Housing units	2,076	2,782
Homeownership rate	70.8%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hightstown	Yardville
Population	5,375 → 5,869 (+9.2%)	6,801 → 6,266 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$80,410 → $107,431 (+33.6%)	$107,229 → $100,776 (-6.0%)
Median home value	$282,700 → $333,200 (+17.9%)	$251,500 → $326,400 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,458 → $1,638 (+12.3%)	$1,199 → $1,614 (+34.6%)

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

Yardville

Population

6,8016,266

Median household income

$107,229$100,776

Median home value

$251,500$326,400

Median gross rent

$1,199$1,614

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hightstown	Yardville
Under 5	3.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	11.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	8.7%
45 to 54	18.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	18.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	14.7%
75 and over	7.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hightstown	Yardville
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	77.2%
Black or African American	5.9%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	2.3%
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%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hightstown	Yardville
No high school diploma	8.4%	7.9%
High school graduate	31.0%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hightstown	Yardville
Drove alone	68.0%	83.6%
Carpooled	15.9%	1.2%
Public transit	0.4%	1.4%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	10.3%
Other means	0.6%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hightstown	Yardville
1-unit, detached	65.8%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	7.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hightstown	Yardville
Poverty rate	1.5%	13.1%
Average household size	2.93	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1952	1965