Which ZIP code in Mercer County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?

08544 (Princeton), at 42.7%, among 22 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Mercer County, NJ

These are the 22 ZIP codes in Mercer County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 22 with at least 1,000 residents. 08544 (Princeton, 42.7%), 08542 (Princeton, 31.6%) and 08530 (Lambertville, 19.0%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Mercer County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Mercer County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	08544	Princeton	42.7%	4,392	12	—
2	08542	Princeton	31.6%	2,533	1,264	1,631
3	08530	Lambertville	19.0%	8,119	3,596	3,487
4	08648	Lawrence Township	17.4%	31,323	12,030	12,715
5	08628	Trenton	15.6%	9,831	4,468	5,271
6	08638	Trenton	15.3%	22,816	9,045	9,709
7	08540	Princeton	14.8%	50,388	18,609	20,795
8	08618	Trenton	13.4%	35,634	13,477	14,571
9	08611	Trenton	12.9%	31,995	10,716	9,099
10	08608	Trenton	11.7%	1,250	653	780
11	08610	Trenton	10.9%	33,465	12,315	12,123
12	08525	Hopewell	9.9%	4,522	1,903	1,946
13	08609	Trenton	9.7%	15,938	4,880	5,122
14	08629	Trenton	9.4%	13,013	4,296	4,109
15	08550	Princeton Junction	9.1%	21,067	7,817	7,609
16	08520	Hightstown	8.9%	29,504	10,974	10,981
17	08691	Robbinsville	8.1%	16,607	6,859	6,843
18	08619	Trenton	7.3%	24,089	9,924	10,011
19	08534	Pennington	6.4%	13,272	4,995	5,442
20	08690	Trenton	6.0%	18,841	7,731	8,114
21	08620	Trenton	5.7%	11,621	4,187	4,647
22	08560	Titusville	3.8%	3,245	1,333	1,786

How we ranked them

Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 22 of 23 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

New residents are still choosing a dentist, a gym, a pizza place and a lawn service. ZIP codes with high turnover give a welcome offer more people to work on each year.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 21,370 households. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Mercer County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 08544 (Princeton), at 42.7%, among 22 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files.
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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