Hot-summer humid continental
Hightstown, New Jersey
Mercer County, New Jersey · Population 5.9k · 95 ft elevation
Living in Hightstown
Hightstown has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 87°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 47″ a year, and it gets light snow (24″ a season).
Skies are sunny (60% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 40 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 43, with about 6 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Hightstown at a glance
- Population
- 5.9k
- Elevation
- 95 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 47″63th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 24″63th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,705 hrs39th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4356th percentile
- Median home value
- $333k63th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,638/mo73th percentile
- Median household income
- $107k78th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.75%98th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.764th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 43%47th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 59%
- Violent crime rate
- 50 per 100k15th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 567 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9564th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 6766th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 8%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 361 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41°F | 21°F | 3.5″ | 5.8″ | 161 hrs |
| Feb | 43°F | 23°F | 2.6″ | 8.0″ | 172 hrs |
| Mar | 51°F | 30°F | 4.3″ | 4.6″ | 204 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 39°F | 3.7″ | 0.6″ | 233 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 48°F | 4.1″ | — | 258 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 58°F | 4.6″ | — | 292 hrs |
| Jul | 87°F | 63°F | 4.8″ | — | 324 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 61°F | 4.3″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 54°F | 4.2″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Oct | 66°F | 42°F | 4.0″ | — | 198 hrs |
| Nov | 55°F | 33°F | 3.3″ | 0.3″ | 177 hrs |
| Dec | 46°F | 27°F | 4.2″ | 4.4″ | 149 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology