Plainsboro Center vs Whittingham

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

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

Plainsboro Center has the higher population (2,683 vs 2,516 in Whittingham). Plainsboro Center has the higher median household income ($117,363 vs $75,764 in Whittingham). Plainsboro Center has the higher median home value ($474,300 vs $386,600 in Whittingham).

Population, income & housing

	Plainsboro Center	Whittingham
Population	2,683	2,516
Median age	36.0 yrs	75.7 yrs
Median household income	$117,363	$75,764
Median home value	$474,300	$386,600
Median gross rent	$1,817	—
Housing units	1,555	1,719
Homeownership rate	37.2%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	86.9%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainsboro Center	Whittingham
Population	2,771 → 2,683 (-3.2%)	2,631 → 2,516 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$102,833 → $117,363 (+14.1%)	$61,500 → $75,764 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$423,200 → $474,300 (+12.1%)	$299,000 → $386,600 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,636 → $1,817 (+11.1%)	—

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

Whittingham

Population

2,6312,516

Median household income

$61,500$75,764

Median home value

$299,000$386,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainsboro Center	Whittingham
Under 5	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	32.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	0.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	10.9%
65 to 74	5.3%	30.3%
75 and over	7.3%	57.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainsboro Center	Whittingham
White (non-Hispanic)	41.7%	91.2%
Black or African American	6.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	40.7%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainsboro Center	Whittingham
No high school diploma	0.8%	1.4%
High school graduate	4.2%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	8.2%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	38.6%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	48.3%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainsboro Center	Whittingham
Drove alone	48.8%	54.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.4%
Public transit	10.4%	7.8%
Walked	3.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.3%	32.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainsboro Center	Whittingham
1-unit, detached	25.5%	47.2%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	46.4%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	39.7%	3.1%
20 or more units	12.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plainsboro Center	Whittingham
Poverty rate	0.8%	6.4%
Average household size	1.77	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	31	42
Median year structure built	1978	1993