What is the population of Princeton city?

Princeton city has 20,966 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #153 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Princeton city?

Median household income in Princeton city is $96,766 a year, 23.2% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Princeton city?

Median gross rent is $2,059 a month and the median home value is $310,700, so rent absorbs about 25.5% of median household income.

Is Princeton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Princeton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Princeton, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Princeton, Texas (Princeton, TX — Census place “Princeton city”) is 20,966 residents, ranking #153 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $96,766, the median home is worth $310,700 and median gross rent runs $2,059 a month. Looking for the Princeton Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Princeton, TX: 75407.

Population: 20,966Princeton city residents
Median household income: $96,766Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $310,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,059Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 32.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 80%Owner-occupied households

Princeton ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Princeton.

The Princeton TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

75407

What the numbers mean in Princeton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Princeton city median would spend about 25.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.3% of residents and 80% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Princeton city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Princeton city is a mid-size town in Texas, with 20,966 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #153 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 32.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Princeton city earn a median of $96,766 a year, 23.2% above the national figure of $78,538 and 50% above the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 5.3% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Princeton city is valued at $310,700, 2.4% above the national figure and 73% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,059 a month, 46.4% above the national figure, or roughly $24,708 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 80% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Princeton city?: Princeton city has 20,966 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #153 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Princeton city?: Median household income in Princeton city is $96,766 a year, 23.2% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Princeton city?: Median gross rent is $2,059 a month and the median home value is $310,700, so rent absorbs about 25.5% of median household income.
Is Princeton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Princeton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Princeton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.