Metro · Density Score
Trenton–Princeton, NJ
Metro area in New Jersey
74 Combined score #5 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 100 #1 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 54 #23 of 109
Trenton–Princeton ranks #5 overall, #23 in Startup & VC and #1 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #2 of 103: 130 patents per 100k people
- #3 of 109: $142K GDP per person
- #6 of 102: 0.75 startup exits per year per 100k people
The inputs
Ranks are among the metros with data for each input; higher is better.
- Venture capital per year, per 100k people
- $17M #30 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 2.2 #17 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.09 #52 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.75 #6 of 102
- GDP per person
- $142K #3 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 130 #2 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 444 #11 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 4.5% #16 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- +163 #39 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company $48.2B
- Church & Dwight Company Inc. $6.2B
- Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation $1.6B
- Clearway Energy Inc. $1.4B
- Miami International Holdings Inc. $1.4B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
