Menlo Park Terrace vs Plainsboro Center

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

Menlo Park Terrace 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.

Menlo Park Terrace has the higher population (2,952 vs 2,683 in Plainsboro Center). Plainsboro Center has the higher median household income ($117,363 vs $111,111 in Menlo Park Terrace). Plainsboro Center has the higher median home value ($474,300 vs $379,100 in Menlo Park Terrace).

Population, income & housing

	Menlo Park Terrace	Plainsboro Center
Population	2,952	2,683
Median age	40.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$111,111	$117,363
Median home value	$379,100	$474,300
Median gross rent	$1,879	$1,817
Housing units	931	1,555
Homeownership rate	89.9%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	86.9%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Plainsboro Center
Population	2,503 → 2,952 (+17.9%)	2,771 → 2,683 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$103,036 → $111,111 (+7.8%)	$102,833 → $117,363 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$334,200 → $379,100 (+13.4%)	$423,200 → $474,300 (+12.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,450 → $1,879 (-23.3%)	$1,636 → $1,817 (+11.1%)

Menlo Park Terrace

Population

2,5032,952

Median household income

$103,036$111,111

Median home value

$334,200$379,100

Median gross rent

$2,450$1,879

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)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Plainsboro Center
Under 5	8.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.3%	10.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	1.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	32.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	5.3%
75 and over	7.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Plainsboro Center
White (non-Hispanic)	31.4%	41.7%
Black or African American	8.3%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	28.9%	40.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menlo Park Terrace	Plainsboro Center
No high school diploma	11.2%	0.8%
High school graduate	30.2%	4.2%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	8.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	38.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	48.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Plainsboro Center
Drove alone	61.8%	48.8%
Carpooled	11.1%	0.0%
Public transit	11.3%	10.4%
Walked	4.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	37.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menlo Park Terrace	Plainsboro Center
1-unit, detached	86.0%	25.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	39.7%
20 or more units	4.5%	12.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Menlo Park Terrace	Plainsboro Center
Poverty rate	6.0%	0.8%
Average household size	3.28	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1954	1978