Mercerville vs White Horse

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

Mercerville and White Horse 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 10,040 in White Horse). Mercerville has the higher median household income ($125,678 vs $100,896 in White Horse). Mercerville has the higher median home value ($330,500 vs $274,300 in White Horse).

Population, income & housing

	Mercerville	White Horse
Population	13,693	10,040
Median age	41.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$125,678	$100,896
Median home value	$330,500	$274,300
Median gross rent	$1,704	$1,627
Housing units	5,184	4,058
Homeownership rate	83.8%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mercerville	White Horse
Population	12,730 → 13,693 (+7.6%)	8,576 → 10,040 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$98,107 → $125,678 (+28.1%)	$90,487 → $100,896 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$259,300 → $330,500 (+27.5%)	$233,500 → $274,300 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,403 → $1,704 (+21.5%)	$1,150 → $1,627 (+41.5%)

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

White Horse

Population

8,57610,040

Median household income

$90,487$100,896

Median home value

$233,500$274,300

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mercerville	White Horse
Under 5	4.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.1%
75 and over	10.2%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mercerville	White Horse
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	69.1%
Black or African American	6.8%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mercerville	White Horse
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	26.3%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mercerville	White Horse
Drove alone	71.5%	81.1%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.5%
Public transit	1.4%	2.1%
Walked	0.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	9.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mercerville	White Horse
1-unit, detached	84.8%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	4.5%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Mercerville	White Horse
Poverty rate	2.8%	3.5%
Average household size	2.72	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1959	1958