Highland Park vs Princeton Meadows

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

Highland Park 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.

Princeton Meadows has the higher population (15,382 vs 14,981 in Highland Park). Princeton Meadows has the higher median household income ($124,065 vs $101,991 in Highland Park). Princeton Meadows has the higher median home value ($636,300 vs $463,600 in Highland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Park	Princeton Meadows
Population	14,981	15,382
Median age	34.6 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$101,991	$124,065
Median home value	$463,600	$636,300
Median gross rent	$1,881	$1,937
Housing units	6,858	6,499
Homeownership rate	38.9%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.2%	76.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Park	Princeton Meadows
Population	13,883 → 14,981 (+7.9%)	13,717 → 15,382 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$81,402 → $101,991 (+25.3%)	$104,245 → $124,065 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$373,700 → $463,600 (+24.1%)	$392,800 → $636,300 (+62.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,467 → $1,881 (+28.2%)	$1,653 → $1,937 (+17.2%)

Highland Park

Population

13,88314,981

Median household income

$81,402$101,991

Median home value

$373,700$463,600

Median gross rent

$1,467$1,881

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)

	Highland Park	Princeton Meadows
Under 5	4.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	18.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	22.9%	18.7%
35 to 44	8.8%	18.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	16.8%	8.2%
65 to 74	6.7%	6.5%
75 and over	4.7%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Park	Princeton Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	55.1%	22.7%
Black or African American	5.2%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.3%	62.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Park	Princeton Meadows
No high school diploma	6.3%	2.2%
High school graduate	10.8%	6.1%
Some college or associate's	12.8%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	38.2%	39.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Park	Princeton Meadows
Drove alone	57.9%	60.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.9%
Public transit	6.0%	5.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.2%	29.6%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Park	Princeton Meadows
1-unit, detached	33.0%	22.7%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	27.9%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	47.6%
20 or more units	17.1%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highland Park	Princeton Meadows
Poverty rate	9.2%	2.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1961	1986