Hopewell vs Princeton Junction

A side-by-side comparison of Hopewell and Princeton Junction: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Princeton Junction has the higher population (1,842 vs 1,828 in Hopewell). Princeton Junction has the higher median household income ($219,375 vs $142,396 in Hopewell). Princeton Junction has the higher median home value ($669,100 vs $561,900 in Hopewell).

Population, income & housing

	Hopewell	Princeton Junction
Population	1,828	1,842
Median age	44.7 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$142,396	$219,375
Median home value	$561,900	$669,100
Median gross rent	$1,712	—
Housing units	816	884
Homeownership rate	79.5%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.7%	79.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopewell	Princeton Junction
Population	1,915 → 1,828 (-4.5%)	2,336 → 1,842 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$109,231 → $142,396 (+30.4%)	$231,094 → $219,375 (-5.1%)
Median home value	$412,700 → $561,900 (+36.2%)	$548,400 → $669,100 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,605 → $1,712 (+6.7%)	$1,048 → $1,286 (+22.7%)

Hopewell

Population

1,9151,828

Median household income

$109,231$142,396

Median home value

$412,700$561,900

Median gross rent

$1,605$1,712

Princeton Junction

Population

2,3361,842

Median household income

$231,094$219,375

Median home value

$548,400$669,100

Median gross rent

$1,048$1,286

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hopewell	Princeton Junction
Under 5	6.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	20.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	3.5%	1.5%
25 to 34	6.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	17.3%	15.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	23.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.3%
75 and over	7.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopewell	Princeton Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	55.4%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	30.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopewell	Princeton Junction
No high school diploma	1.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	12.6%	6.6%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	8.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	44.9%
Graduate or professional degree	36.5%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopewell	Princeton Junction
Drove alone	62.4%	39.5%
Carpooled	2.2%	3.2%
Public transit	2.9%	13.2%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.0%	44.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopewell	Princeton Junction
1-unit, detached	72.4%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hopewell	Princeton Junction
Poverty rate	2.1%	11.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1938	1977