Pennington
Pennington is a borough where the housing stock skews historic, the lawns skew manicured, and the median household income skews north of most of Mercer County. You get Hopewell Valley schools, walkable Main Street coffee, and an easy reverse commute toward Princeton or the Route 31 corridor. The tradeoff is the price tag and the dating pool: small, settled, and largely partnered. Singles tend to live here for the schools or the quiet, not the scene. Worth it if you want a polished base within striking distance of Princeton nightlife; thin if you want walkable dates after dark.
$85,482
$2,004
Pennington by the numbers
Median individual income in Pennington is about $85.5k.
The median renter in Pennington pays about $2,000 a month.
On the ground
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Pennington Golf Center
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