Middlesex vs Princeton Meadows

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

Middlesex 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 14,518 in Middlesex). Princeton Meadows has the higher median household income ($124,065 vs $107,063 in Middlesex). Princeton Meadows has the higher median home value ($636,300 vs $414,600 in Middlesex).

Population, income & housing

	Middlesex	Princeton Meadows
Population	14,518	15,382
Median age	44.3 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$107,063	$124,065
Median home value	$414,600	$636,300
Median gross rent	$1,493	$1,937
Housing units	5,703	6,499
Homeownership rate	72.6%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	76.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middlesex	Princeton Meadows
Population	13,662 → 14,518 (+6.3%)	13,717 → 15,382 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$75,460 → $107,063 (+41.9%)	$104,245 → $124,065 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$307,000 → $414,600 (+35.0%)	$392,800 → $636,300 (+62.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,416 → $1,493 (+5.4%)	$1,653 → $1,937 (+17.2%)

Middlesex

Population

13,66214,518

Median household income

$75,460$107,063

Median home value

$307,000$414,600

Median gross rent

$1,416$1,493

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)

	Middlesex	Princeton Meadows
Under 5	5.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.9%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.1%	18.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	18.2%
45 to 54	15.8%	15.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	8.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.5%
75 and over	8.1%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middlesex	Princeton Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	22.7%
Black or African American	5.7%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.7%	62.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	26.3%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middlesex	Princeton Meadows
No high school diploma	9.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	31.6%	6.1%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	39.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middlesex	Princeton Meadows
Drove alone	80.7%	60.5%
Carpooled	6.5%	3.9%
Public transit	1.6%	5.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	29.6%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middlesex	Princeton Meadows
1-unit, detached	68.5%	22.7%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	47.6%
20 or more units	10.0%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middlesex	Princeton Meadows
Poverty rate	8.0%	2.6%
Average household size	2.60	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1964	1986