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Trenton city, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Trenton city is a Census city of 90,338 people across 7.61 square miles of land, in Mercer County. Median household income is $52,537, 37.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 116 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $69.4 m.
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Trenton
What Trenton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7.61 sq mi
- Water area0.6 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land11,877
- County holding the largest share of its areaMercer County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Trenton
How many people live in Trenton
- Population90,338
- Median age34.8
- Population under 1825,085
- Share under 1827.8 percent
- Population 65 and over10,831
- Share 65 and over12.0 percent
- Households32,052
- Family households18,653
- Share of households that are families58.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Trenton
Income and work in Trenton
- Median household income$52,537
- Per capita income$28,236
- Civilian labor force41,180
- Employed37,007
- Unemployed4,173
- Unemployment rate10.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over57,850
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher74.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Trenton
Housing in Trenton
- Housing units34,513
- Occupied units32,052
- Vacant units2,461
- Vacancy rate7.1 percent
- Owner occupied12,152
- Renter occupied19,900
- Ownership rate37.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$160,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,294
- Annual rent as a share of median income29.6 percent
- Single family units20,556
- Share single family59.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more13,874
- Share in buildings of two or more40.2 percent
- Mobile homes83 plus or minus 69
- Median year structure built1953
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Trenton
How Trenton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute32,978
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,650
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more11,209
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.0 percent
- Drove alone57.7 percent
- Carpooled15.8 percent
- Public transport6.6 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Walked3.9 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home7.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Trenton
SBA loans in Trenton (7(a))
- Approvals116
- Gross approval$69,419,700
- Average approval$598,446
- Median approval$263,700
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,800,000
- Largest approval$4,300,000
- Jobs supported1,440
- Jobs per approval12.4
- Loans with a final outcome22
- Paid in full20
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans9.1 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more37.1 percent
- Share to franchises6.9 percent
- Distinct lenders47
- Distinct industries by NAICS65
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Trenton
SBA loans in Trenton (504)
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$8,400,000
- Average approval$700,000
- Median approval$209,000
- Largest approval$3,579,000
- Jobs supported149
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Mercer County, not Trenton
Mercer County context, not Trenton figures
These are Mercer County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Trenton measurements.
- Establishments in Mercer County9,683
- Employment at those establishments, Mercer County208,192
- Covered employment, Mercer County264,154
- Average annual pay, Mercer County$90,503
- Average weekly wage, Mercer County$1,740
- Housing units permitted, Mercer County2,026
- Of those, single family, Mercer County827
- County product, 2024, Mercer County$56,806,586,000
- County product change over the prior year, Mercer County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Mercer County$120,760
Every figure in this section is published for Mercer County as a whole and is not a measurement of Trenton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Trenton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Trenton, New Jersey?
90,338, in 32,052 households. Trenton city covers 7.61 square miles of land, which is 11,877 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Trenton in?
Mercer County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Trenton?
$52,537. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $160,700. Median gross rent is $1,294 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Trenton businesses?
116 7(a) approvals totalling $69.4 m, across 47 lenders, median approval $263,700, plus 12 504 approvals worth $8.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Trenton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Trenton borrowers get paid back?
Of the 22 loans that have reached a final outcome, 20 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 9.1 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Trenton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Mercer County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Trenton.
Is zoning published for Trenton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.