Pennington vs Princeton Junction

A side-by-side comparison of Pennington and Princeton Junction: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pennington has the higher population (2,798 vs 1,842 in Princeton Junction). Princeton Junction has the higher median household income ($219,375 vs $171,282 in Pennington). Princeton Junction has the higher median home value ($669,100 vs $608,200 in Pennington).

Population, income & housing

	Pennington	Princeton Junction
Population	2,798	1,842
Median age	49.0 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$171,282	$219,375
Median home value	$608,200	$669,100
Median gross rent	$1,819	—
Housing units	1,268	884
Homeownership rate	79.5%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.6%	79.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pennington	Princeton Junction
Population	2,531 → 2,798 (+10.5%)	2,336 → 1,842 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$132,500 → $171,282 (+29.3%)	$231,094 → $219,375 (-5.1%)
Median home value	$564,000 → $608,200 (+7.8%)	$548,400 → $669,100 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,539 → $1,819 (+18.2%)	$1,048 → $1,286 (+22.7%)

Pennington

Population

2,5312,798

Median household income

$132,500$171,282

Median home value

$564,000$608,200

Median gross rent

$1,539$1,819

Princeton Junction

Population

2,3361,842

Median household income

$231,094$219,375

Median home value

$548,400$669,100

Median gross rent

$1,048$1,286

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pennington	Princeton Junction
Under 5	5.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	4.1%	1.5%
25 to 34	8.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	13.9%	15.0%
55 to 64	16.9%	23.7%
65 to 74	15.1%	8.3%
75 and over	9.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pennington	Princeton Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	55.4%
Black or African American	2.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	30.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pennington	Princeton Junction
No high school diploma	1.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	12.8%	6.6%
Some college or associate's	11.9%	8.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	44.9%
Graduate or professional degree	39.5%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pennington	Princeton Junction
Drove alone	64.4%	39.5%
Carpooled	3.9%	3.2%
Public transit	2.8%	13.2%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.2%	44.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pennington	Princeton Junction
1-unit, detached	67.4%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	4.8%
20 or more units	8.5%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pennington	Princeton Junction
Poverty rate	4.5%	11.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1956	1977