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SheetNJ-ROBBINSVILLE-CENTER-NJ · Robbinsville Center, NJ 3,808 pop · income 90th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Robbinsville Center
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Robbinsville Center on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Hawaiian Ocea… · lowest
45,917
Hawaiian Ocea… · lowest
45,917 median HH income
30.3% of the leader · rank #1
Riverview · near
131,158
Riverview · near
131,158 median HH income
86.5% of the leader · rank #2
Robbinsville… · this city
131,202
Robbinsville… · this city
131,202 median HH income
86.5% of the leader · rank #3
West Falls Ch… · near
131,236
West Falls Ch… · near
131,236 median HH income
86.5% of the leader · rank #4
Druid Hills · near
131,250
Druid Hills · near
131,250 median HH income
86.5% of the leader · rank #5
Mashpee Neck · near
131,250
Mashpee Neck · near
131,250 median HH income
86.5% of the leader · rank #6
Great Notch · highest
151,705
Great Notch · highest
151,705 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Robbinsville Center on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 3,808.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Robbinsville Center places in the 90th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
90th
percentile, household income
86th
percentile, home value
94th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Robbinsville Center, NJ
3,808 people live in Robbinsville Center, New Jersey - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Robbinsville Center report a median income of $131,202 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 7.3%. Home values in Robbinsville Center run a median of $515,400, and the median resident age is 44.0 years. 68.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 64.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
New Jersey carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 108.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $2,132 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts New Jersey's average monthly utility costs around $275 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 out of 100 (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Robbinsville Center's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Robbinsville Center, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Robbinsville Center?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 7.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
What does the journey to work look like in Robbinsville Center?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 55.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Robbinsville Center?
Within New Jersey, the closest population matches are Oakhurst (3,811 residents, $142,727 income); Merchantville (3,815 residents, $91,607 income); Port Reading (3,775 residents, $142,986 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Hawaiian Ocean View, HI (3,809 residents); Rockfish, NC (3,807 residents); Meridian, PA (3,809 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Top-decile income · poverty 7.3% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
108.8 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New Jersey average
C+
City profile score · Robbinsville Center, NJ
62/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A+
68.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A+
$131,202
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C-
7.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
108.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Robbinsville Center profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 97/100 (A+) · 68.4%
Household income: 91/100 (A+) · $131,202
Poverty rate: 51/100 (C-) · 7.3%
Cost of living: 10/100 (F) · 108.8 index
How does Robbinsville Center compare to other US cities?
Robbinsville Center measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income90% higher than other cities
Home value86% pricier than other cities
Median rent94% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Robbinsville Center against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New Jersey only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New Jersey-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Robbinsville Center near the bottom of New Jersey's cities
Among the 686 New Jersey cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Robbinsville Center ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Robbinsville Center only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#184 of 659
72nd percentile in New Jersey
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 686
0th percentile in New Jersey
Median Home Value
#206 of 672
69th percentile in New Jersey
Poverty Rate
#155 of 680
77th percentile in New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#90 of 686
87th percentile in New Jersey
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within New Jersey only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
90th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Robbinsville Center's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$515,40014th percentilemore affordable than 14% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,486 of 15,516
More affordable than 32% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,228 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.9×, Robbinsville Center sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,486 of 15,516 and #8,228 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$131,202Robbinsville Center, NJ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Robbinsville Center, NJ median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Robbinsville Center, NJ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)68.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)7.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)64.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,808
Median Income
$131,202
Median Home Value
$515,400
Median Age
44.0
Poverty Rate
7.3%
Labor force participation
64.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
68.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
55.6%
Carpool
5.9%
Public Transit
6.6%
Walk
3.9%
Work from Home
27.4%
Other
0.6%
Based on 1,869 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New Jersey statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New Jersey at $275 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are New Jersey statewide averages, not a meter reading for Robbinsville Center. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New Jersey's BEA cost-of-living index is 108.8 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Robbinsville Center is $2,132/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New Jersey statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New Jersey statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Robbinsville Center sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Robbinsville Center compares to similar-size New Jersey cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.