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Trenton, NJ
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Living in Trenton



Trenton is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 89,661 people and 53 constituent neighborhoods, Trenton is the seventh largest community in New Jersey. Trenton has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Many people in Trenton take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the city, the number of people who use the bus to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among Trenton citizens for affordable transportation.

The citizens of Trenton are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.11% of adults in Trenton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Trenton in 2018 was $24,951, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,804 for a family of four. However, Trenton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Trenton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Trenton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Trenton residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Trenton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 36.70% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Trenton include Italian, Irish, Jamaican, German, and Polish.

In addition, Trenton has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (23.32%).

The most common language spoken in Trenton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.