Mercerville vs Yardville

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

Mercerville and Yardville 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 6,266 in Yardville). Mercerville has the higher median household income ($125,678 vs $100,776 in Yardville). Mercerville has the higher median home value ($330,500 vs $326,400 in Yardville).

Population, income & housing

	Mercerville	Yardville
Population	13,693	6,266
Median age	41.9 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$125,678	$100,776
Median home value	$330,500	$326,400
Median gross rent	$1,704	$1,614
Housing units	5,184	2,782
Homeownership rate	83.8%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mercerville	Yardville
Population	12,730 → 13,693 (+7.6%)	6,801 → 6,266 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$98,107 → $125,678 (+28.1%)	$107,229 → $100,776 (-6.0%)
Median home value	$259,300 → $330,500 (+27.5%)	$251,500 → $326,400 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,403 → $1,704 (+21.5%)	$1,199 → $1,614 (+34.6%)

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

Yardville

Population

6,8016,266

Median household income

$107,229$100,776

Median home value

$251,500$326,400

Median gross rent

$1,199$1,614

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mercerville	Yardville
Under 5	4.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	8.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	18.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	14.7%
75 and over	10.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mercerville	Yardville
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	77.2%
Black or African American	6.8%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mercerville	Yardville
No high school diploma	4.4%	7.9%
High school graduate	26.3%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mercerville	Yardville
Drove alone	71.5%	83.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	1.2%
Public transit	1.4%	1.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	10.3%
Other means	0.9%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mercerville	Yardville
1-unit, detached	84.8%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	7.4%
20 or more units	2.3%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mercerville	Yardville
Poverty rate	2.8%	13.1%
Average household size	2.72	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1959	1965