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Place dossier plate
SheetNJ-THE-COLLEGE-OF-NEW-JERSEY-NJ · The College of New Jersey, NJ 4,103 pop · income 0th 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 The College of New Jersey
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest The College of New Jersey on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Santa Clara c… · lowest
7,083
Santa Clara c… · lowest
7,083 median HH income
4.9% of the leader · rank #1
Vayas comunid… · near
7,337
Vayas comunid… · near
7,337 median HH income
5.1% of the leader · rank #2
Barrera · near
8,000
Barrera · near
8,000 median HH income
5.5% of the leader · rank #3
The College o… · this city
8,493
The College o… · this city
8,493 median HH income
5.9% of the leader · rank #4
Pajonal comun… · near
8,720
Pajonal comun… · near
8,720 median HH income
6.0% of the leader · rank #5
El Veintiséis… · near
9,485
El Veintiséis… · near
9,485 median HH income
6.6% of the leader · rank #6
Shrewsbury · highest
144,500
Shrewsbury · highest
144,500 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 The College of New Jersey 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: 4,103.
Nationally, The College of New Jersey sits in the 0th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
0th
percentile, household income
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: The College of New Jersey, NJ
New Jersey's The College of New Jersey is a small town, with 4,103 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $8,493 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income. The median resident age is 19.8 years. Educational attainment runs 75.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 34.1% 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). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 90.8 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of The College of New Jersey'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 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 The College of New Jersey, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in The College of New Jersey?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 42.2%. 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 The College of New Jersey?
Within New Jersey, the closest population matches are Riverdale (4,084 residents, $96,667 income); Leisure Village West (4,070 residents, $60,309 income); Lambertville (4,141 residents, $106,236 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ (4,103 residents); Goodview, MN (4,104 residents); Valley Grande, AL (4,106 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.
City profile score · The College of New Jersey, NJ
28/100
3 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+
75.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
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.
Household income F
$8,493
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate N/A
N/A
No ACS poverty rate on file for this place.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
The College of New Jersey profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 100/100 (A+) · 75.9%
Cost of living: 10/100 (F) · 108.8 index
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $8,493
How does The College of New Jersey compare to other US cities?
Here's how The College of New Jersey stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income0% higher 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 The College of New Jersey 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 The College of New Jersey near the bottom of New Jersey's cities
Among the 686 New Jersey cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, The College of New Jersey ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares The College of New Jersey only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#659 of 659
0th percentile in New Jersey
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 686
0th percentile in New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#40 of 686
94th 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
0th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$8,493The College of New Jersey, NJ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context The College of New Jersey, 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 The College of New Jersey, NJ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)75.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Labor force participation (adults 16+)34.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,103
Median Income
$8,493
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
19.8
Poverty Rate
N/A
Labor force participation
34.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
75.9%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
42.2%
Carpool
2.8%
Public Transit
2.0%
Walk
38.8%
Work from Home
10.3%
Other
3.9%
Based on 1,177 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 The College of New Jersey. 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 The College of New Jersey 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 The College of New Jersey sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How The College of New Jersey 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.