Mercerville vs Trenton

A side-by-side comparison of Mercerville and Trenton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Trenton has the higher population (89,966 vs 13,693 in Mercerville). Mercerville has the higher median household income ($125,678 vs $47,102 in Trenton). Mercerville has the higher median home value ($330,500 vs $122,500 in Trenton).

Population, income & housing

	Mercerville	Trenton
Population	13,693	89,966
Median age	41.9 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$125,678	$47,102
Median home value	$330,500	$122,500
Median gross rent	$1,704	$1,224
Housing units	5,184	35,871
Homeownership rate	83.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mercerville	Trenton
Population	12,730 → 13,693 (+7.6%)	83,412 → 89,966 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$98,107 → $125,678 (+28.1%)	$35,402 → $47,102 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$259,300 → $330,500 (+27.5%)	$95,800 → $122,500 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,403 → $1,704 (+21.5%)	$1,026 → $1,224 (+19.3%)

Mercerville

Population

12,73013,693

Median household income

$98,107$125,678

Median home value

$259,300$330,500

Median gross rent

$1,403$1,704

Trenton

Population

83,41289,966

Median household income

$35,402$47,102

Median home value

$95,800$122,500

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,224

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mercerville	Trenton
Under 5	4.7%	8.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	15.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.0%
75 and over	10.2%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mercerville	Trenton
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	11.5%
Black or African American	6.8%	41.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	44.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mercerville	Trenton
No high school diploma	4.4%	24.4%
High school graduate	26.3%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mercerville	Trenton
Drove alone	71.5%	57.3%
Carpooled	8.0%	18.7%
Public transit	1.4%	7.3%
Walked	0.7%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	17.5%	6.1%
Other means	0.9%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mercerville	Trenton
1-unit, detached	84.8%	15.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	43.6%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	8.8%
20 or more units	2.3%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Mercerville	Trenton
Poverty rate	2.8%	24.7%
Average household size	2.72	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1959	1950