Mercer County, New Jersey Economic Profile
County Seat: 640 S. Broad St., Trenton, NJ 08650
County Homepage: www.nj.gov/counties/mercer

The county's 13 municipalities and 226 square miles offer farmland, suburbs and industry, gently mixing residential living with rural and urban influences. Mercer County is home to Trenton, the capital of New Jersey and Mercer's county seat. This culturally diverse city is on the southeastern border of the county along the Delaware River, approximately one hour from Philadelphia and accessible by SEPTA regional rail. The city has undergone recent revitalization, particularly among buildings such as the New Jersey State House, the nation's second oldest capital building in continuous use. Economic enhancements in Trenton include new sports complexes - two have been built since 1996. Mercer County Waterfront Park is home to minor league baseball's Trenton Thunder, a New York Yankees affiliate, and Sovereign Bank Arena is home to the Trenton Titans, a minor league hockey team for the Philadelphia Flyers. Another major addition to Trenton's landscape is the new River LINE, a rail transit service that connects Trenton to Camden's Walter Rand Transportation Center (connected to Philadelphia via PATCO) and makes regional commutes a breeze.

Download the Mercer County Economic Profile for the following information:

Commuting Patterns
Municipalities
Land Use & Population
Travel Time
Age & Race
Labor Force
Educational Attainment
SAT Scores
Colleges
Personal Income
Employment
Economic Growth
Establishments
Employment & Wages
Employers
Real Estate
Utilities
Culture

Would you like more county data? You can download American Community Survey Data. Click on the tabs in the spreadsheet for the following information on:

• Social Characteristics in the Greater Philadelphia region, 2007 (Households by Type. Relationship, Martial Status, Fertility, Grandparents, School Enrollment, Educational Attainment, Veteran Status, Disability Status of the Civilian Non-institutionalized Population, Residence One Year Ago, Place of Birth, U.S. Citizenship Status, Year of Entry, World Region of Birth of Foreign Born, Language Spoken at Home and Ancestry)
• Selected Economic Characteristics, 2007 (Employment Status, Commuting to Work, Occupation, Industry, Class of Worker, Income and Benefits and Percentage of Families and People Whose Income in the past 12 Months is Below the Poverty Level)
• Selected Housing Characteristics, 2007 (Housing Occupancy, Units in Structure, Year Structure Built, Rooms, bedrooms, Housing Tenure, Year Householder Moved into Unit, Vehicles Available, House Heating Fuel, Occupants per Room, Value, Mortgage Status and Selected Monthly Owner Costs, Selected Monthly Owner Costs as a Percentage of Household Income, Gross Rent and Gross Rent as a Percentage of Household Income)
• Demographic and Housing Estimates, 2007 (Sex and Age, Race and Hispanic or Latino and Race)