Top Road is a

neighborhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neigh ...

located within the city of Trenton in Mercer County, in the

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. Much of Top Road was once part of Lawrence Township and then was added to the now-defunct Millham Township before being annexed by Trenton in 1888.

Demographics

2010 census

The

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estimates that the population of Top Road was 3,008 as of the 2010 United States Census. The population density was 9,490/sq mi. Top Road is an ethnically diverse neighborhood of Trenton. As of the 2010 United States Census, 44.5% of the population was foreign-born.

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

was the top country of origin, representing 35.7% of all foreign-born residents in Top Road. The

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was the second-most common country of origin with 18% of the total;

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Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

, and

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followed with 9.3%, 6.6%, and 5.8% respectively.

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was the top country of origin outside of Europe and the Americas, representing 5% of the foreign-born population. Spanish and Polish were the top two languages spoken at home. Spanish was spoken at home by 30.4% of residents, while 15.3% spoke Polish at home.

References

Neighborhoods in Trenton, New Jersey {{TrentonNJ-stub