Central Jersey spans Middlesex, Mercer and Hunterdon county towns, including the state capital Trenton, university-anchored Princeton, and Edison's dense residential grid. Housing here ranges from Trenton's rowhouses and older multi-family stock to Princeton's mix of historic homes and university-affiliated housing, to Edison's postwar single-family suburbs.
That range means the right approach varies more by town than by any single regional pattern, an older rowhouse in Trenton has different hiding places than a newer Edison colonial, even though the underlying inspection and treatment process is the same.
This isn't about how clean a home is
Bed bugs hitchhike in on furniture, boxes and luggage, as true in a historic Princeton home as in a Trenton apartment.
What's distinctive about this region
Trenton's older rowhouse and multi-family stock, much of it well over a century old, means inspections there often spend extra time on baseboards, shared walls and converted upper-floor units. Princeton's university-affiliated housing brings some of the same seasonal turnover patterns seen in college towns elsewhere in the state. Edison and the surrounding postwar suburbs see more contained, single-household cases typical of standalone housing stock.
Towns in this region
Trenton
Mercer County
Princeton
Mercer County
Edison
Middlesex County
New Brunswick
Middlesex County
Perth Amboy
Middlesex County
Woodbridge
Middlesex County
Metuchen
Middlesex County
Piscataway
Middlesex County
South Brunswick
Middlesex County
Somerville
Somerset County
Highland Park
Middlesex County
East Brunswick
Middlesex County
Old Bridge
Middlesex County
Carteret
Middlesex County
Sayreville
Middlesex County
South Amboy
Middlesex County
South River
Middlesex County
Spotswood
Middlesex County
Helmetta
Middlesex County
Jamesburg
Middlesex County
Monroe Township
Middlesex County
Cranbury
Middlesex County
Plainsboro
Middlesex County
North Brunswick
Middlesex County
Milltown
Middlesex County
Middlesex
Middlesex County
Dunellen
Middlesex County
South Plainfield
Middlesex County
North Plainfield
Somerset County
Green Brook
Somerset County
Watchung
Somerset County
Bound Brook
Somerset County
South Bound Brook
Somerset County
Manville
Somerset County
Raritan
Somerset County
Bridgewater
Somerset County
Branchburg
Somerset County
Hillsborough
Somerset County
Millstone
Somerset County
Franklin Township
Somerset County
Rocky Hill
Somerset County
Montgomery
Somerset County
Warren Township
Somerset County
Bernards Township
Somerset County
Bernardsville
Somerset County
Far Hills
Somerset County
Bedminster
Somerset County
Peapack-Gladstone
Somerset County
East Windsor
Mercer County
Hightstown
Mercer County
West Windsor
Mercer County
Robbinsville
Mercer County
Hamilton
Mercer County
Ewing
Mercer County
Lawrence
Mercer County
Hopewell Township
Mercer County
Hopewell Borough
Mercer County
Pennington
Mercer County
Lambertville
Hunterdon County
West Amwell
Hunterdon County
East Amwell
Hunterdon County
Stockton
Hunterdon County
Delaware Township
Hunterdon County
Flemington
Hunterdon County
Raritan Township
Hunterdon County
Readington
Hunterdon County
Alexandria
Hunterdon County
Holland
Hunterdon County
Milford
Hunterdon County
Frenchtown
Hunterdon County
Kingwood
Hunterdon County
Union Township
Hunterdon County
Bethlehem
Hunterdon County
Bloomsbury
Hunterdon County
Hampton
Hunterdon County
Glen Gardner
Hunterdon County
Lebanon Township
Hunterdon County
Califon
Hunterdon County
Tewksbury
Hunterdon County
Lebanon
Hunterdon County
Clinton Township
Hunterdon County
Clinton
Hunterdon County
High Bridge
Hunterdon County
Franklin Township
Hunterdon County
Common questions for this region
Do you cover Trenton's older rowhouse blocks?
Yes, older multi-family and rowhouse buildings are common in this region and regularly inspected.
Does Princeton's student housing change anything?
Turnover around the academic calendar is a factor, similar to other college towns in the state.
Is a newer Edison home less likely to get bed bugs?
No, building age affects how involved an inspection is, not the likelihood of bed bugs arriving in the first place.