Lawrenceville vs Robbinsville Center

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

Lawrenceville 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.

Lawrenceville has the higher population (3,947 vs 3,808 in Robbinsville Center). Robbinsville Center has the higher median household income ($131,202 vs $118,482 in Lawrenceville). Robbinsville Center has the higher median home value ($515,400 vs $413,600 in Lawrenceville).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrenceville	Robbinsville Center
Population	3,947	3,808
Median age	43.4 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$118,482	$131,202
Median home value	$413,600	$515,400
Median gross rent	$2,250	$1,693
Housing units	1,890	1,582
Homeownership rate	85.4%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.0%	68.4%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrenceville	Robbinsville Center
Population	3,949 → 3,947 (-0.1%)	2,978 → 3,808 (+27.9%)
Median household income	$98,080 → $118,482 (+20.8%)	$161,496 → $131,202 (-18.8%)
Median home value	$316,000 → $413,600 (+30.9%)	$408,900 → $515,400 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,930 → $2,250 (+16.6%)	$1,571 → $1,693 (+7.8%)

Lawrenceville

Population

3,9493,947

Median household income

$98,080$118,482

Median home value

$316,000$413,600

Median gross rent

$1,930$2,250

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)

	Lawrenceville	Robbinsville Center
Under 5	4.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.5%	24.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	6.9%	7.0%
35 to 44	19.6%	14.0%
45 to 54	7.2%	22.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	16.1%	4.6%
75 and over	5.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrenceville	Robbinsville Center
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	47.6%
Black or African American	6.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.8%	38.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrenceville	Robbinsville Center
No high school diploma	1.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	11.8%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	42.1%	32.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrenceville	Robbinsville Center
Drove alone	58.3%	55.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	5.9%
Public transit	4.8%	6.6%
Walked	0.7%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	32.0%	27.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrenceville	Robbinsville Center
1-unit, detached	39.2%	24.3%
1-unit, attached	46.5%	31.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	7.3%
20 or more units	1.5%	23.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Lawrenceville	Robbinsville Center
Poverty rate	2.2%	8.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	32	42
Median year structure built	1983	2002