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Princeton, NJ 08540 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 08540: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Princeton, NJ 08540

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Princeton Township, NJ 08540

Princeton Twp, NJ 08540

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Mercer County
Centroid: Latitude 40.367, Longitude -74.67
Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 08540 has segments in 3 Counties (Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset).

Businesses Addresses: 1,663
PO Box Addresses: 0
Residential Addresses: 18,528

Multi-Family Addresses: 3,114
Single Family Addresses: 15,414

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: May 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

EXTREMELY LOCAL Demographic Data

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Princeton, NJ 08540 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	45,324
Daytime Population: Workers	103,883
Daytime Population: Residents	21,668
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	125,551
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	2.77
Population in Households	44,035
Population in Familes	36,355
Population in Group Qrtrs	1,289
Population Density²	859
Diversity Index³	62

INCOME
Median Household Income	$130,016
Average Household Income	$182,666
Per Capita Income	$72,198

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	18,751 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	11,066 (59.0%)
Renter Occupied HU	6,575 (35.1%)
Vacant Housing Units	1,110 ( 5.9%)
Median Home Value	$599,970
Average Home Value	$667,382

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	17,641
Average Household Size	2.5
Family Households	11,831
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	0.32%	0.49%
Households	0.3%	0.46%
Families	0.26%	0.45%
Median Household Income		2.98%
Per Capita Income		2.38%

Princeton, NJ 08540 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 08540 to the other 579 ZIP Codes in New Jersey by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.