Metuchen vs Princeton Meadows

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

Metuchen 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 14,982 in Metuchen). Metuchen has the higher median household income ($157,779 vs $124,065 in Princeton Meadows). Princeton Meadows has the higher median home value ($636,300 vs $565,400 in Metuchen).

Population, income & housing

	Metuchen	Princeton Meadows
Population	14,982	15,382
Median age	39.4 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$157,779	$124,065
Median home value	$565,400	$636,300
Median gross rent	$2,019	$1,937
Housing units	5,621	6,499
Homeownership rate	74.6%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.8%	76.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Metuchen	Princeton Meadows
Population	14,048 → 14,982 (+6.6%)	13,717 → 15,382 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$128,619 → $157,779 (+22.7%)	$104,245 → $124,065 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$437,400 → $565,400 (+29.3%)	$392,800 → $636,300 (+62.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,541 → $2,019 (+31.0%)	$1,653 → $1,937 (+17.2%)

Metuchen

Population

14,04814,982

Median household income

$128,619$157,779

Median home value

$437,400$565,400

Median gross rent

$1,541$2,019

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)

	Metuchen	Princeton Meadows
Under 5	6.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.5%	18.9%
18 to 24	4.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	18.7%
35 to 44	17.2%	18.2%
45 to 54	14.6%	15.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	8.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	6.5%
75 and over	4.8%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Metuchen	Princeton Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	22.7%
Black or African American	5.0%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	16.8%	62.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Metuchen	Princeton Meadows
No high school diploma	3.3%	2.2%
High school graduate	11.3%	6.1%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	31.9%	39.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Metuchen	Princeton Meadows
Drove alone	51.6%	60.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	3.9%
Public transit	17.6%	5.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.3%	29.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Metuchen	Princeton Meadows
1-unit, detached	65.2%	22.7%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	47.6%
20 or more units	8.9%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Metuchen	Princeton Meadows
Poverty rate	4.4%	2.6%
Average household size	2.76	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	38	33
Median year structure built	1962	1986