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Hightstown, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hightstown, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 27,869. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet HIGHTSTOWN-NJ · Hightstown, NJ 1 ZIPs · 27,869 pop · #2354/25278 · Mercer County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-TOP $118,010
  • RANK-TOP #2354/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cranbury
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 70% owners
  • POP-SMALL 27,869
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $376,600

Nearest income peer: Cranbury, NJ (+ $577 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Hightstown

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Hightstown on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Hightstown, NJ sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 9%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
27,869
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$118,010
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $118,010 and home value $376,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 46.3%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (69.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Hightstown as a pure owner town.

Within New Jersey, Pompton Plains is the closest lower-income city and Ridgefield the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Hightstown.

Population concentration

Hightstown reads through its lone ZIP, 08520

27,869 ACS residents, one ZIP: 08520 is not the leading code inside Hightstown, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Hightstown's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 669 establishments, 9,960 employees , annual payroll $565,479k (~24 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 08520 (669 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (108) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Hightstown, NJ

These ZIP codes sit in Mercer County, which covers 22 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Hightstown. See the Mercer County roll-up →

Hightstown sits in the lower half of Mercer County on income: Princeton, Lawrence Township and Princeton Junction report more, and only Trenton reports less. Princeton Junction marks the far end of that range at $224,213, 90% above Hightstown.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
08520 27,869 $118,010 669 613
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Hightstown roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Hightstown, .