For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 100.1 males. For every 100 females, the population had 99.5 males. Ģ3.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.23.
Of all households, 24.6% were made up of individuals and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. Of the 1,976 households, 32.0% had children under the age of 18 51.2% were married couples living together 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present and 31.6% were non-families. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 30.29% (1,664) of the population. There were 2,108 housing units at an average density of 1,740.4 per square mile (672.0/km 2). The population density was 4,536.0 per square mile (1,751.4/km 2). The 2010 United States census counted 5,494 people, 1,976 households, and 1,352 families in the borough. Demographics Narrow bridge over Peddie Lake Historical population Census
Hightstown is at the central-most point of New Jersey and is roughly equidistant from Philadelphia and New York City. The borough is an independent municipality surrounded entirely by East Windsor, making it part one of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another. Geography Freeman's maples in early autumn on a residential street in HightstownĪccording to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 1.27 square miles (3.28 km 2), including 1.23 square miles (3.19 km 2) of land and 0.03 square miles (0.09 km 2) of water (2.60%). The traditional explanation is that the borough was named for John and Mary Hight, who established a tavern in the area in the 1750s. Additional portions of East Windsor Township were annexed in 1913, 1915, and 1927. The borough became fully independent around 1894.
Hightstown was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 5, 1853, within portions of East Windsor Township. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 5,900, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 406 (+7.4%) from the 5,494 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 278 (+5.3%) from the 5,216 counted in the 2000 census. Hightstown is a borough in Mercer County, in the U.S.
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