Pennington vs Robbinsville Center

A side-by-side comparison of Pennington and Robbinsville Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Robbinsville Center has the higher population (3,808 vs 2,798 in Pennington). Pennington has the higher median household income ($171,282 vs $131,202 in Robbinsville Center). Pennington has the higher median home value ($608,200 vs $515,400 in Robbinsville Center).

Population, income & housing

	Pennington	Robbinsville Center
Population	2,798	3,808
Median age	49.0 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$171,282	$131,202
Median home value	$608,200	$515,400
Median gross rent	$1,819	$1,693
Housing units	1,268	1,582
Homeownership rate	79.5%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.6%	68.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pennington	Robbinsville Center
Population	2,531 → 2,798 (+10.5%)	2,978 → 3,808 (+27.9%)
Median household income	$132,500 → $171,282 (+29.3%)	$161,496 → $131,202 (-18.8%)
Median home value	$564,000 → $608,200 (+7.8%)	$408,900 → $515,400 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,539 → $1,819 (+18.2%)	$1,571 → $1,693 (+7.8%)

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

Robbinsville Center

Population

2,9783,808

Median household income

$161,496$131,202

Median home value

$408,900$515,400

Median gross rent

$1,571$1,693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pennington	Robbinsville Center
Under 5	5.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	24.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	7.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	22.6%
55 to 64	16.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	15.1%	4.6%
75 and over	9.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pennington	Robbinsville Center
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	47.6%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	38.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pennington	Robbinsville Center
No high school diploma	1.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	12.8%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	11.9%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	39.5%	32.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pennington	Robbinsville Center
Drove alone	64.4%	55.6%
Carpooled	3.9%	5.9%
Public transit	2.8%	6.6%
Walked	4.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	23.2%	27.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pennington	Robbinsville Center
1-unit, detached	67.4%	24.3%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	31.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	7.3%
20 or more units	8.5%	23.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Pennington	Robbinsville Center
Poverty rate	4.5%	8.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	42
Median year structure built	1956	2002