Jobstown vs New Gretna

A side-by-side comparison of Jobstown and New Gretna: population, income, housing, and more.

Jobstown and New Gretna are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jobstown has the higher population (258 vs 249 in New Gretna). New Gretna has the higher median household income ($93,438 vs $81,000 in Jobstown). Jobstown has the higher median home value ($483,300 vs $289,700 in New Gretna).

Population, income & housing

	Jobstown	New Gretna
Population	258	249
Median age	55.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,000	$93,438
Median home value	$483,300	$289,700
Housing units	125	93
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	19.9%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jobstown	New Gretna
Population	418 → 258 (-38.3%)	360 → 249 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$82,361 → $81,000 (-1.7%)	$91,250 → $93,438 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$425,000 → $483,300 (+13.7%)	$218,800 → $289,700 (+32.4%)

Jobstown

Population

418258

Median household income

$82,361$81,000

Median home value

$425,000$483,300

New Gretna

Population

360249

Median household income

$91,250$93,438

Median home value

$218,800$289,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jobstown	New Gretna
Under 5	2.3%	11.2%
5 to 17	10.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	6.4%
35 to 44	7.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	6.0%
55 to 64	29.1%	22.5%
65 to 74	15.1%	14.5%
75 and over	8.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jobstown	New Gretna
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	93.2%
Black or African American	13.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jobstown	New Gretna
No high school diploma	11.3%	2.5%
High school graduate	44.1%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jobstown	New Gretna
Drove alone	78.0%	86.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.0%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jobstown	New Gretna
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jobstown	New Gretna
Poverty rate	9.3%	10.8%
Average household size	2.30	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	43	23
Median year structure built	1985	1938