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Population (year 2000): 5,216. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,293 (+1.5% change)
Males: 2,651 (50.8%), Females: 2,565 (49.2%)
Mercer County
Median resident age: 35.5 years
Median household income: $64,299 (year 2000)
Median house value: $141,300 (year 2000)
Races in Hightstown:
- White Non-Hispanic (67.4%)
- Hispanic (20.1%)
- Other race (9.6%)
- Black (8.5%)
- Two or more races (2.6%)
- Asian Indian (1.2%)
- American Indian (1.0%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Irish (15.8%), German (14.7%),
English (9.6%), Italian (8.4%), Polish (5.2%), United States
(3.9%).
Elevation: 84 feet
Land area: 1.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Hightstown
- High school or higher: 82.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 39.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 17.4%
- Unemployed: 3.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Hightstown borough
- Never married: 26.4%
- Now married: 54.5%
- Separated: 2.8%
- Widowed: 7.1%
- Divorced: 9.1%
21.1% Foreign born (16.2% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: 0 (0.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Hightstown:
- RWJ UNIV HOSPIITAL AT HAMILTON (about 10 miles;
HAMILTON, NJ)
- MEDICAL CENTER AT PRINCETON (about 11 miles;
PRINCETON, NJ)
- MERCER MEDICAL CENTER (about 14 miles; TRENTON, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Hightstown:
- MC GUIRE AFB (about 19 miles; WRIGHTSTOWN, NJ; ID:
WRI)
- TRENTON MERCER (about 20 miles; TRENTON, NJ; ID:
TTN)
- LAKEHURST NAES /MAXFIELD FIELD (about 21 miles;
LAKEHURST, NJ; ID: NEL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Hightstown:
- TRENTON-ROBBINSVILLE (about 8 miles; ROBBINSVILLE,
NJ; ID: N87)
- PRINCETON (about 12 miles; PRINCETON/ROCKY HILL, NJ;
ID: 39N)
- OLD BRIDGE (about 14 miles; OLD BRIDGE, NJ; ID: 3N6)
Amtrak stations near Hightstown:
- 8 miles: PRINCETON JUNCTION (WALLACE RD.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, snack bar, paid
short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car
rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
- 17 miles: TRENTON (72 S. CLINTON AVE.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack
bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term
parking, car rental agency, taxi stand, public transit
connection.
- 17 miles: NEW BRUNSWICK (FRENCH & ALBANY STS.).
Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible,
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public
payphones, snack bar, ATM, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi
stand, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Hightstown:
- MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 7 miles; West
Windsor, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 4,445)
- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (about 11 miles; PRINCETON, NJ;
FT enrollment: 6,481)
- DEVRY INSTITUTE (about 13 miles; NORTH BRUNSWICK,
NJ; FT enrollment: 2,897)
- MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE (about 14 miles; EDISON,
NJ; FT enrollment: 6,739)
- RIDER UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ;
FT enrollment: 4,201)
- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK (about 16 miles;
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ; FT enrollment: 30,649)
- THOMAS EDISON STATE COLLEGE (about 18 miles;
TRENTON, NJ; FT enrollment: 3,277)
Public high school in Hightstown:
- HIGHTSTOWN HIGH (Students: 1,370; Location:
LESHIN LANE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Hightstown:
- THE PEDDIE SCHOOL (Students: 518; Location:
PO BOX-A SOUTH MAIN ST; Grades: 8 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Hightstown:
- WALTER C BLACK (Students: 581; Location:
STOCKTON ST.; Grades: KG - 05)
- GRACE NORTON ROGERS SCH (Students: 502;
Location: STOCKTON ST.; Grades: KG - 05)
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