Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in zip code 08536 with a mortgage: 2,988 (208 second mortgage, 760 home equity loan, 123 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 676
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $2,595
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $946
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
7.3%
Whole state:
9.5%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2010:
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 08536: Princeton Meadows Country Club (A), Plainsboro Rescue Squad (B), Plainsboro Fire District 1 Station 49 (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2010 in zip code 08536:
$10,000 to $14,999: 338
$15,000 to $19,999: 1,193
$40,000 to $49,999: 44
$50,000 to $59,999: 68
$60,000 to $69,999: 296
$70,000 to $79,999: 43
$90,000 to $99,999: 51
$100,000 to $124,999: 391
$125,000 to $149,999: 1,019
$150,000 to $174,999: 616
$175,000 to $199,999: 460
$200,000 to $249,999: 390
$250,000 to $299,999: 358
$300,000 to $399,999: 867
$400,000 to $499,999: 515
$500,000 to $749,999: 902
$750,000 to $999,999: 404
$1,000,000 or more: 184
Rent paid by renters in 2010 in zip code 08536:
$100 to $149: 906
$300 to $349: 746
$350 to $399: 156
$500 to $549: 1,957
$650 to $699: 487
$750 to $799: 92
$800 to $899: 1,553
$900 to $999: 2,112
$1,000 to $1,249: 4,929
$1,250 to $1,499: 1,303
$1,500 to $1,999: 818
$2,000 or more: 1,169
No cash rent: 147
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2010 for:
White Non-Hispanic householders: $450,082
Black or African American householders: $365,668
Asian householders: $540,828
Some other race householders: $326,147
Two or more races householders: $541,212
Hispanic or Latino householders: $504,568
Estimated median house or condo value in 2010: $400,393
08536:
$400,393
New Jersey:
$350,300
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $316,320 - $505,889
Mean price in 2010:
Detached houses: $652,527
Here:
$652,527
State:
$430,018
Townhouses or other attached units: $427,638
Here:
$427,638
State:
$285,460
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 1,930
One, attached: 1,359
Two: 394
3 or 4: 1,257
5 to 9: 2,537
10 to 19: 4,985
20 to 49: 1,073
50 or more: 1,014
Mobile homes: 472
Means of transportation to work
Drove a car alone: 8,410 (74%)
Carpooled: 1,034 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 467 (4%)
Subway or elevated: 141 (1%)
Railroad: 671 (6%)
Taxi: 435 (4%)
Bicycle: 281 (2%)
Walked: 146 (1%)
Other means: 226 (2%)
Worked at home: 664 (6%)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 232
5 to 9 minutes: 652
10 to 14 minutes: 1,386
15 to 19 minutes: 1,537
20 to 24 minutes: 1,022
25 to 29 minutes: 888
30 to 34 minutes: 1,319
35 to 39 minutes: 441
40 to 44 minutes: 508
45 to 59 minutes: 887
60 to 89 minutes: 1,265
90 or more minutes: 963
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 38.8%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 17,722
In family households: 13,714 (3,586 male householders, 837 female householders)
3,869 spouses, 4,829 children (4,698 natural, 58 adopted, 73 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 82 brothers or sisters, 198 parents, 176 other relatives, 110 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,008 (1,845 male householders (1,440 living alone)), 1,450 female householders (1,215 living alone)), 713 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 56 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,403 2-persons, 1,717 3-persons, 1,259 4-persons, 310 5-persons, 91 6-persons
Size of nonfamily households: 2,886 1-person, 1,307 2-persons, 1,758 3-persons
3,562 married couples with children.
1,236 single-parent households (603 men, 633 women).
52.4% of residents of 08536 zip code speak English at home.
23.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (16% very well, 5% well, 27% not well, 53% not at all).
40.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (41% very well, 28% well, 30% not well).
27.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% very well, 31% well, 12% not well, 2% not at all).
2.8% of residents speak other language at home (63% very well, 37% well).
Foreign born population: 8,128 (41.0%) (40.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
41.0%
Whole state:
20.6%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
India (38%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (11%)
Taiwan (5%)
Korea (4%)
Philippines (4%)
Pakistan (3%)
Russia (3%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 3,701
1990 to 1999: 2,456
1980 to 1989: 1,565
Before 1980: 740
Races in zip code 08536:
White population: 8,650 Black population: 2,156 American Indian population: 427 Asian population: 8,715 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 53 Two or more races population: 265 Hispanic or Latino population: 1,089
First ancestries reported:
Other groups: 11,279
Syrian: 2,515
Italian: 1,511
Irish: 1,379
Macedonian: 1,090
German: 882
English: 552
Arab: 483
Armenian: 471
Polish: 359
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 316
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 275
Jamaican: 268
Russian: 247
Swedish: 234
French (except Basque): 193
Portuguese: 178
Danish: 176
Egyptian: 161
Nigerian: 160
Finnish: 157
Canadian: 153
Austrian: 151
Hungarian: 149
Eastern European: 146
Lebanese: 141
Czechoslovakian: 139
Ukrainian: 139
Arab: 135
Other Arab: 131
Turkish: 128
Haitian: 128
American: 125
European: 124
Greek: 121
French Canadian: 110
Swiss: 109
Pennsylvania German: 106
Subsaharan African: 101
Slovak: 95
African: 91
Lithuanian: 84
British: 84
Romanian: 71
Dutch: 68
Brazilian: 66
Israeli: 64
Scottish: 63
Slovene: 62
Albanian: 62
West Indian: 53
Welsh: 49
Scotch-Irish: 45
Norwegian: 43
Iranian: 40
Scandinavian: 37
Senegalese: 25
Estonian: 20
Slavic: 17
Czech: 9
Ethiopian: 3
Public high school in zip code 08536 not listed on the city page:
TOWN CENTER ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 721; Location: 700 WYNDHURST DRIVE, PLAINSBORO, NJ; Grades: KG - 03)
JOHN V B WICOFF (Students: 390; Location: PLAINSBORO ROAD, PLAINSBORO, NJ; Grades: KG - 03)
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
FMC CORP PRINCETON CHEM R&D CENTER (US ROUTE 1 AND PLAINSBORO ROAD in PLAINSBORO, NJ)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS) SUPERFUND (Superfund database) (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-02-1997-0153, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION, ICIS-02-1997-0154, CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-1218-06-0001.1, LAND USE - COASTAL AND LAND USE, NJEMS-11308, LAB CERTIFICATION - NON-COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAB, NJEMS-06730000003, RIGHT-TO-KNOW - RPPR & P2 PLANNING, NJEMS-001894, STATE CLEANUP SITE, NJEMS-032913, NJEMS-1035, MINERAL EXPLORATION, NJEMS-121800107000, RELEASE ASSESSMENT, NJEMS-15208, AIR PROGRAM, NJEMS-2013P, DRINKING WATER PROGRAM, NJEMS-46354, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit, NJEMS-NJD000586164, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification TSD (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; COMMERCIAL PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH Organizations: FMC CORPORATION (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, FMC CORPORATION (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: FMC CORP. CHEMICAL R&D CENTER, FMC CORPORATION CHEMICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER, FMC RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
FIRMENICH INC (250 PLAINSBORO ROAD in PLAINSBORO, NJ)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS) COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-12332, LAB CERTIFICATION - NON-COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAB, NJEMS-NJD060056157, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM, NJEMS-NRG300000127, NJEMS-006904, STATE CLEANUP SITE, NJEMS-0959, MINERAL EXPLORATION, NJEMS-12114600000, EPCRA, NJEMS-1218-03-0003.1, LAND USE - COASTAL AND LAND USE, NJEMS-121800174000, RELEASE ASSESSMENT, NJEMS-15139, AIR PROGRAM, NJEMS-46345, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit, NJEMS-12114600000, RIGHT-TO-KNOW - RPPR & P2 PLANNING National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TSD (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: FLAVORING EXTRACTS AND FLAVORING SYRUPS; PERFUMES, COSMETICS, AND OTHER TOILET PREPARATIONS; INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEWERAGE SYSTEMS Business NAICS classification: ALL OTHER BASIC ORGANIC CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING. Organizations: FIRMENICH INCORPORATED (CONTACT/OWNER)
, FIRMENICH INCORPORATED (CONTACT/OWNER)
PLAINSBORO TWP MUNICIPAL BUILDING (641 PLAINSBORO RD in PLAINSBORO, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-000003, STATE CLEANUP SITE, NJEMS-16716, AIR PROGRAM, NJEMS-208578, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit, NJEMS-96124, WASTEWATER FACILITY National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES Alternative names: PLAINSBORO TWP OF DPW
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-000712, STATE CLEANUP SITE, NJEMS-18315, AIR PROGRAM, NJEMS-47348, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: PUBLIC GOLF COURSES; MEMBERSHIP SPORTS AND RECREATION CLUBS Organizations: MIDDLESEX CNTY IMPROVEMENT AUTH Alternative names: PRINCETON MEADOWS COUNTRY CLUB
BLOOMBERG (400 COLLEGE RD E in PLAINSBORO, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-NJR000049296, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: BLOOMBERG LP, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: BLOOMBERG LP
BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO (777 SCUDDERS MILL RD in PLAINSBORO, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-1074, MINERAL EXPLORATION, NJEMS-1218-05-0001.1, LAND USE - COASTAL AND LAND USE, NJEMS-16784, AIR PROGRAM, NJEMS-19511600018, EPCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO FORRESTAL R&D LAB (675 COLLEGE RD in PLAINSBORO, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-133602, REFUSE DISPOSAL, NJEMS-15770, AIR PROGRAM, NJEMS-19511600013, EPCRA, NJEMS-G000006369, STATE CLEANUP SITE Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Business SIC classification: DRUGS, DRUG PROPRIETARIES, AND DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES Organizations: SQUIBB ER & SONS INC, GAYLORD WILLIAM, PRUDENTIAL PROPERTIES (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB INSTITUTE
PRINCETON FORRESTAL ASSOC (LOT 4 BLOCK 4 in PLAINSBORO, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-018380, STATE CLEANUP SITE (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: PRINCETON FORRESTAL ASSN (CONTACT/OWNER)
GE AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS INC (4 RESEARCH WAY in PLAINSBORO, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-00000001421, EPCRA, NJEMS-61067, AIR PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES Alternative names: G E AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-NJR000050328, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: FMC (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
PRINCETON POLYMER LABS INC (501 PLAINSBORO RD in PLAINSBORO, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-G000006803, STATE CLEANUP SITE (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
PRINCETON UNIV @ FORRESTAL CAMPUS (RTE 1 in PLAINSBORO, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-12471, LAB CERTIFICATION - NON-COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAB, NJEMS-015326, STATE CLEANUP SITE, NJEMS-15310, AIR PROGRAM, NJEMS-31549000002, EPCRA Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS Organizations: TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Alternative names: FORRESTAL CAMPUS PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
FEI TECHNOLOGIES INC (109A MORGAN LANE in PLAINSBORO, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-NJD986637650, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: LINPRO PRINCETON O R OFFICES II (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: F E I TECHNOLOGIES INC
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 16.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1.3%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Electricity (44%)
Utility gas (44%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
Other fuel (2%)
No fuel used (2%)
Population in 1990: 13,008. Population change in the 1990s: +4,740 (+36.4%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 5,647
Northeast: 3,717
Midwest: 679
South: 938
West: 224
39% of the 08536 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in New Jersey.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 635
Here:
24.2%
New Jersey:
11.1%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 270
Here:
19.8%
New Jersey:
11.8%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 390
Here:
25.9%
New Jersey:
27.8%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code (PLAINSBORO, NJ):
DYMAS RESEARCH (2910 FOX RUN DRIVE; small business) : $1,995,171 in 13 contractsfrom 2003 to 2006
Contracts for Defense Electronics and Communication Equipment -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D), Other Defense -- Advanced Development (R&D), Defense Electronics and Communication Equipment -- Management and Support (R&D), Defense Missile and Space Systems -- Basic Research (R&D), and moreby Air Force, Navy, Army Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $139,637; 2004: $299,918; 2005: $848,986; 2006: $706,630.
Biggest contracts:
$338,462 with Air Force for Defense Electronics and Communication Equipment -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 2006-03-30. Completion date: 2007-03-19.
$268,175 with Navy for Other Defense -- Advanced Development (R&D). Signed on 2006-05-30. Completion date: 2007-01-10.
$250,000, same as above.Signed on 2005-07-14. Completion date: 2006-05-31.
$250,000 with Air Force for Defense Electronics and Communication Equipment -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 2005-04-05. Completion date: 2007-03-19.
ENERGIA M L INC (SCHALKS CROSSING RD; small business) : $401,872 in 9 contractsfrom 2000 to 2005
Contracts for Space Science and Applications -- Basic Research (R&D), Defense Missile and Space Systems -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D), R&D-Other Space-B Res, Ammunition -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D) by NASA, Air Force, Army Signed by year:2000: $460,872; 2001: $125,000; 2002: $-154,000; 2003: $0; 2004: $0; 2005: $-30,000; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$125,000 with NASA for Space Science and Applications -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2001-12-15. Completion date: 2002-01-15.
$125,000, same as above.Signed on 2000-11-15. Completion date: 2001-06-15.
$100,000 with Air Force for Defense Missile and Space Systems -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 2000-05-12. Completion date: 2001-02-15.
$100,000 with NASA for Space Science and Applications -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2000-07-15. Completion date: 2001-06-15.
INPHOT, INC (13 BLOSSOM HILL DRIVE; small business) : $199,999 in 2 contractsfrom 2003 to 2004
$100,000 with Air Force for Defense Electronics and Communication Equipment -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2003-07-09. Completion date: 2004-07-19.
$99,999 with Air Force for Other Defense -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 2004-05-14. Completion date: 2005-05-13.
FORUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC (1 SERINA DR; small business) : $169,978 in 2 contractsfrom 2003 to 2004
$99,979 with Missile Defense Agency for Defense Missile and Space Systems -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2004-05-28. Completion date: 2004-11-28.
$69,999 with Department of Defense for Other Defense -- Advanced Development (R&D). Signed on 2003-08-04. Completion date: 2004-01-31.
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS (311 ENTERPRISE DR) : $84,250 in 4 contractsfrom 2004 to 2006
$68,015 with Navy for Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies. Signed on 2006-01-24. Completion date: 2006-02-01.
$10,850 with Navy for Drugs and Biologicals. Taking place in CA. Signed on 2005-11-22. Completion date: 2005-11-14.
$5,269 with Navy for Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies. Taking place in CA. Signed on 2004-09-21. Completion date: 2004-07-06.
$116, same as above.Signed on 2006-01-30. Completion date: 2004-07-06.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Management of Companies and Enterprises: Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices (over 1000 employees: 2 establishments, 500-999 employees: 1 establishment)
Accommodation and Food Services: Food Service Contractors (100-249: 1, 50-99: 1, 20-49: 1, 10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (100-249: 1, 50-99: 1, 1-4: 1)