Southfield Meadows

Southfield Meadows is a small detached-colonial enclave in the eastern half of West Windsor Township, Mercer County, accessed off Old Trenton Road. Recorded BrightMLS sales place homes along Zaitz Farm Road and Benjamin Court, a late-1990s pocket built out on generous lots inside the top-ranked West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District. Homes here are large 5-bedroom colonials, and recent activity has run from roughly $1.58 million to about $1.75 million.

The homes

The community is entirely detached single-family colonials, the late-1990s vintage that defined this stretch of West Windsor build-out. Floor plans typically run 4 to 5 bedrooms with full basements and 2 to 3 car attached garages, and interiors run from roughly 3,640 to 4,230 square feet. Recorded examples include a 5-bedroom, 3,640-square-foot home on Benjamin Court built in 1998 and a 5-bedroom, 4,232-square-foot home on Zaitz Farm Road built in 1999.

The build era matters for buyers comparing inventory. Roofs, mechanicals and kitchens in homes built around 1998 and 1999 are roughly a generation old, but the layouts (two-story foyers, kitchen-family room flow, primary suites with walk-in closets) read as contemporary to today's buyers, so the renovation lift is smaller than what an older West Windsor farmhouse demands.

Streets and setting

Southfield Meadows is organized along Zaitz Farm Road and Benjamin Court, reached from Old Trenton Road in the eastern half of the township. Lots run around three-quarters of an acre, which is generous by West Windsor standards and gives the community a low-density feel without venturing into the truly rural lot sizes seen further out in the county.

The setting is quiet and residential, and turnover is low, so the same homes rarely come to market twice in a short span. For buyers, that means a listing here is worth acting on when it appears, and walking the specific lot and its exposure is worth the time.

Schools and commute

Every home is zoned for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, consistently one of the top-ranked public systems in New Jersey and the main draw for buyers targeting West Windsor. Specific elementary catchment depends on the street address.

For commuters, Princeton Junction station on the NJ Transit Northeast Corridor line puts Midtown Manhattan roughly 50 minutes out, and the Route 1 corridor handles the drive north and south. Princeton and Princeton University are a short trip away.

Market position

Southfield Meadows sits in the upper tier of West Windsor's detached-home market. BrightMLS shows a 5-bedroom home on Benjamin Court closing at $1,576,000 in July 2025, and a larger home on Zaitz Farm Road more recently brought to market around $1,750,000, so recent pricing runs from roughly $1.58 million to about $1.75 million.

Inventory is thin and turnover is low, so pricing a home accurately against the handful of true comparables is where working with an agent who knows the community pays off. Sale data on this page will fill in as more transactions hit the MLS.