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Pennington, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Pennington, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 12,929. 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 PENNINGTON-NJ · Pennington, NJ 1 ZIPs · 12,929 pop · #429/25278 · Mercer County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $175,573
  • RANK-TOP #429/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Hopewell
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 88% owners
  • POP-TOWN 12,929
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $573,000

Nearest income peer: Hopewell, NJ ( $10,249 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 Pennington

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Pennington 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, Pennington, NJ sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 2%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
12,929
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$175,573
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 $175,573 and home value $573,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 70.6%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.2%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within New Jersey, Kendall Park is the closest lower-income city and Long Valley the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Pennington.

Population concentration

Pennington reads through its lone ZIP, 08534

12,929 ACS residents, one ZIP: 08534 is not the leading code inside Pennington, 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Pennington's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 487 establishments, 12,585 employees , annual payroll $1,268,272k (~38 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 08534 (487 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (69) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Pennington, NJ

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

Pennington sits in the upper half of Mercer County on income: Trenton, Princeton and Lawrence Township report less, while Princeton Junction reports more. Trenton marks the far end of that range at $87,448, 50% below Pennington.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
08534 12,929 $175,573 487 228
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Pennington 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 Pennington, .