West Windsor, New Jersey | |
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 Location of West Windsor in Mercer County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Mercer County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (left). | |
 Census Bureau map of West Windsor Township, New Jersey | |
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| Coordinates: 40°17′25″N 74°37′40″W / 40.290253°N 74.627672°W[1][2] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County |  Mercer |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1798 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act Mayor-Council |
| • Body | Township Council |
| • Mayor | Hemant Marathe (term ends December 31, 2025)[3][4] |
| • Administrator | Marlena Schmid[5] |
| • Municipal clerk | Gay Huber[6] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26.25 sq mi (68.00 km2) |
| • Land | 25.55 sq mi (66.17 km2) |
| • Water | 0.71 sq mi (1.83 km2) 2.69% |
| • Rank | 101st of 565 in state 3rd of 12 in county[1] |
| Elevation | 92 ft (28 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 29,518 |
| • Estimate | 30,509 |
| • Rank | 82nd of 565 in state 7th of 12 in county[13] |
| • Density | 1,155.3/sq mi (446.1/km2) |
| • Rank | 367th of 565 in state 10th of 12 in county[13] |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Codes | |
| Area code | 609[16] |
| FIPS code | 3402180240[1][17][18] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882124[1][19] |
| Website | www |
West Windsor is a township in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located at the cross-roads between the Delaware Valley region to the southwest and the Raritan Valley region to the northeast, the township is considered to be an outer-ring suburb of New York City in the New York metropolitan area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau.[20] As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 29,518,[10][11] its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 2,353 (+8.7%) from the 27,165 recorded at the 2010 census,[21][22] which in turn reflected an increase of 5,258 (+24.0%) from the 21,907 counted in the 2000 census.[23]
West Windsor and adjacent East Windsor were established by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 9, 1797, and incorporated on February 21, 1798, as two of the state's initial group of 104 townships, by partitioning provincial Windsor Township.[24]
The Borough of Princeton, now part of Princeton, was formed from a portion of the township on February 11, 1813.[24] The township is closely associated with that now much more widely known town and several localities within West Windsor use Princeton in their name, the most notable of those being Princeton Junction. The Princeton 08540 post office facility is located within West Windsor, and covers parts of the township designated by Princeton mailing addresses.[25]
A portion of Princeton University, covering 400 acres (160 ha) south of Lake Carnegie, is located in West Windsor.[26] The university agreed in 2009 to make an annual payment in lieu of taxes of $50,000 that would be indexed to inflation to cover 81 acres (33 ha) of land in the township that the university had purchased in 2002.[27]
West Windsor is frequently ranked among some of the highest-income municipalities in New Jersey. In 2008, Forbes listed West Windsor as the 15th most affluent neighborhood in the U.S.[28] Using 2012–2016 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, NJ.com listed the township as the 9th highest-income in the state in its January 2018 article "The 19 wealthiest towns in New Jersey, ranked."[29] Based on data from the American Community Survey for 2013–2017, West Windsor residents had a median household income of $175,684, ranked 4th in the state among municipalities with more than 10,000 residents, more than double the statewide median of $76,475.[30]
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- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
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- ^ Business Administrator, Township of West Windsor. Accessed March 20, 2023.
- ^ Township clerk, Township of West Windsor. Accessed March 20, 2023.
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DataBookwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ GCT-PH1: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – State – Place and (in selected states) County Subdivision from 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey Archived February 12, 2020, at archive.today, United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 12, 2012.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Township of West Windsor, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 14, 2013.
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PopEstwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Population Density by County and Municipality: New Jersey, 2020 and 2021, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed March 1, 2023.
- ^ Look Up a ZIP Code, United States Postal Service. Accessed September 17, 2011.
- ^ Zip Codes, State of New Jersey. Accessed December 2, 2013.
- ^ Area Code Lookup – NPA NXX for West Windsor, NJ, Area-Codes.com. Accessed April 26, 2015.
- ^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed April 1, 2022.
- ^ U.S. Census website, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 1, 2019.
- ^ US Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.
- ^ New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area, United States Census Bureau. Accessed March 29, 2018.
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LWD2010was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.
- ^ a b Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 175. Accessed May 30, 2024.
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NYT2011was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ The Campus as a Work in Progress, Princeton University. Accessed July 19, 2014.
- ^ West Windsor Receives $51,900 From Princeton University Township of West Windsor, December 2, 2009. Accessed April 23, 2012.
- ^ Twenty Most Affluent US Neighborhoods, Forbes. Accessed December 29, 2008.
- ^ Petenko, Erin. "The 19 wealthiest towns in New Jersey, ranked", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, January 2018. Accessed December 2, 2019. "A note about the data: The source of this data is median household income in the 2012–2016 American Community Survey snapshot, compared with the 2007–2011 ACS snapshot. All of the towns have a median income of more than $150,000. Towns with a high margin of error were excluded.... 9. West Windsor township, Mercer County Median income: $167,629"
- ^ Raychaudhuri, Disha. "The wealthiest towns in N.J., ranked", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 7, 2019. Accessed November 4, 2019. "The median household income in N.J. is $76,475, recent Census data shows.... A note about the data: The data comes from 2013–2017 American Community Survey conducted by U.S. Census Bureau. Smaller towns with less than 10,000 residents were excluded from the list.... 4. West Windsor, Mercer County Median income: $175,684"