Keasbey vs Plainsboro Center

A side-by-side comparison of Keasbey and Plainsboro Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Keasbey has the higher population (2,793 vs 2,683 in Plainsboro Center). Plainsboro Center has the higher median household income ($117,363 vs $65,948 in Keasbey). Plainsboro Center has the higher median home value ($474,300 vs $328,100 in Keasbey).

Population, income & housing

	Keasbey	Plainsboro Center
Population	2,793	2,683
Median age	29.0 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,948	$117,363
Median home value	$328,100	$474,300
Median gross rent	$1,643	$1,817
Housing units	868	1,555
Homeownership rate	20.2%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	86.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keasbey	Plainsboro Center
Population	2,825 → 2,793 (-1.1%)	2,771 → 2,683 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$68,049 → $65,948 (-3.1%)	$102,833 → $117,363 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$307,100 → $328,100 (+6.8%)	$423,200 → $474,300 (+12.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,435 → $1,643 (+14.5%)	$1,636 → $1,817 (+11.1%)

Keasbey

Population

2,8252,793

Median household income

$68,049$65,948

Median home value

$307,100$328,100

Median gross rent

$1,435$1,643

Plainsboro Center

Population

2,7712,683

Median household income

$102,833$117,363

Median home value

$423,200$474,300

Median gross rent

$1,636$1,817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keasbey	Plainsboro Center
Under 5	8.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.5%	10.6%
18 to 24	15.7%	1.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	32.5%
35 to 44	16.1%	15.7%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	7.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	6.4%	5.3%
75 and over	5.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keasbey	Plainsboro Center
White (non-Hispanic)	11.0%	41.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	40.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	85.9%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keasbey	Plainsboro Center
No high school diploma	31.7%	0.8%
High school graduate	40.6%	4.2%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	8.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	38.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	48.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keasbey	Plainsboro Center
Drove alone	50.9%	48.8%
Carpooled	29.9%	0.0%
Public transit	12.6%	10.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	37.3%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keasbey	Plainsboro Center
1-unit, detached	11.8%	25.5%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	35.9%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	36.1%	39.7%
20 or more units	9.4%	12.4%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Keasbey	Plainsboro Center
Poverty rate	24.7%	0.8%
Average household size	3.21	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1974	1978