Avenel vs Princeton Meadows

A side-by-side comparison of Avenel and Princeton Meadows: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Avenel has the higher population (17,143 vs 15,382 in Princeton Meadows). Princeton Meadows has the higher median household income ($124,065 vs $95,935 in Avenel). Princeton Meadows has the higher median home value ($636,300 vs $351,200 in Avenel).

Population, income & housing

	Avenel	Princeton Meadows
Population	17,143	15,382
Median age	39.3 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,935	$124,065
Median home value	$351,200	$636,300
Median gross rent	$1,839	$1,937
Housing units	5,693	6,499
Homeownership rate	49.7%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	76.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avenel	Princeton Meadows
Population	18,592 → 17,143 (-7.8%)	13,717 → 15,382 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$70,035 → $95,935 (+37.0%)	$104,245 → $124,065 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$262,800 → $351,200 (+33.6%)	$392,800 → $636,300 (+62.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,483 → $1,839 (+24.0%)	$1,653 → $1,937 (+17.2%)

Avenel

Population

18,59217,143

Median household income

$70,035$95,935

Median home value

$262,800$351,200

Median gross rent

$1,483$1,839

Princeton Meadows

Population

13,71715,382

Median household income

$104,245$124,065

Median home value

$392,800$636,300

Median gross rent

$1,653$1,937

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avenel	Princeton Meadows
Under 5	6.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.0%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	16.4%	18.7%
35 to 44	15.4%	18.2%
45 to 54	14.8%	15.5%
55 to 64	16.7%	8.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.5%
75 and over	4.3%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avenel	Princeton Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	30.9%	22.7%
Black or African American	25.5%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	19.9%	62.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.2%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avenel	Princeton Meadows
No high school diploma	12.3%	2.2%
High school graduate	35.1%	6.1%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	39.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avenel	Princeton Meadows
Drove alone	71.4%	60.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	3.9%
Public transit	10.3%	5.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	29.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avenel	Princeton Meadows
1-unit, detached	41.1%	22.7%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	22.7%	47.6%
20 or more units	15.1%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avenel	Princeton Meadows
Poverty rate	8.5%	2.6%
Average household size	2.49	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1978	1986