Mercerville vs Twin Rivers

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

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

Mercerville has the higher population (13,693 vs 8,315 in Twin Rivers). Mercerville has the higher median household income ($125,678 vs $98,831 in Twin Rivers). Mercerville has the higher median home value ($330,500 vs $273,900 in Twin Rivers).

Population, income & housing

	Mercerville	Twin Rivers
Population	13,693	8,315
Median age	41.9 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$125,678	$98,831
Median home value	$330,500	$273,900
Median gross rent	$1,704	$1,583
Housing units	5,184	3,202
Homeownership rate	83.8%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mercerville	Twin Rivers
Population	12,730 → 13,693 (+7.6%)	6,870 → 8,315 (+21.0%)
Median household income	$98,107 → $125,678 (+28.1%)	$89,746 → $98,831 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$259,300 → $330,500 (+27.5%)	$215,400 → $273,900 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,403 → $1,704 (+21.5%)	$1,521 → $1,583 (+4.1%)

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

Twin Rivers

Population

6,8708,315

Median household income

$89,746$98,831

Median home value

$215,400$273,900

Median gross rent

$1,521$1,583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mercerville	Twin Rivers
Under 5	4.7%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.9%
75 and over	10.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mercerville	Twin Rivers
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	37.9%
Black or African American	6.8%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	7.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	38.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mercerville	Twin Rivers
No high school diploma	4.4%	13.5%
High school graduate	26.3%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mercerville	Twin Rivers
Drove alone	71.5%	63.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.5%
Public transit	1.4%	1.9%
Walked	0.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	17.1%
Other means	0.9%	8.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mercerville	Twin Rivers
1-unit, detached	84.8%	6.8%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	57.8%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	26.1%
20 or more units	2.3%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mercerville	Twin Rivers
Poverty rate	2.8%	3.0%
Average household size	2.72	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1959	1974