Lawrenceville vs The College of New Jersey

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

Lawrenceville 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.

The College of New Jersey has the higher population (4,103 vs 3,947 in Lawrenceville). Lawrenceville has the higher median household income ($118,482 vs $8,493 in The College of New Jersey). Since 2019, The College of New Jersey's population has grown faster (+6.2% vs -0.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrenceville	The College of New Jersey
Population	3,947	4,103
Median age	43.4 yrs	19.8 yrs
Median household income	$118,482	$8,493
Median home value	$413,600	—
Median gross rent	$2,250	$1,671
Housing units	1,890	530
Homeownership rate	85.4%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.0%	75.9%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrenceville	The College of New Jersey
Population	3,949 → 3,947 (-0.1%)	3,864 → 4,103 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$98,080 → $118,482 (+20.8%)	—
Median home value	$316,000 → $413,600 (+30.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,930 → $2,250 (+16.6%)	$1,773 → $1,671 (-5.8%)

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

The College of New Jersey

Population

3,8644,103

Median gross rent

$1,773$1,671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrenceville	The College of New Jersey
Under 5	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	0.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	97.9%
25 to 34	6.9%	1.6%
35 to 44	19.6%	0.4%
45 to 54	7.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	17.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	16.1%	0.0%
75 and over	5.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrenceville	The College of New Jersey
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	57.4%
Black or African American	6.3%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.8%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	17.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrenceville	The College of New Jersey
No high school diploma	1.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	11.8%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	45.6%
Graduate or professional degree	42.1%	30.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrenceville	The College of New Jersey
Drove alone	58.3%	42.2%
Carpooled	3.5%	2.8%
Public transit	4.8%	2.0%
Walked	0.7%	38.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	32.0%	10.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrenceville	The College of New Jersey
1-unit, detached	39.2%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	46.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	5.5%
20 or more units	1.5%	94.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lawrenceville	The College of New Jersey
Poverty rate	2.2%	92.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	32	15
Median year structure built	1983	2012