Jobstown vs Wrightstown

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

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

Wrightstown has the higher population (522 vs 258 in Jobstown). Jobstown has the higher median household income ($81,000 vs $52,222 in Wrightstown). Jobstown has the higher median home value ($483,300 vs $224,000 in Wrightstown).

Population, income & housing

	Jobstown	Wrightstown
Population	258	522
Median age	55.6 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,000	$52,222
Median home value	$483,300	$224,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,114
Housing units	125	244
Homeownership rate	100.0%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	19.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jobstown	Wrightstown
Population	418 → 258 (-38.3%)	701 → 522 (-25.5%)
Median household income	$82,361 → $81,000 (-1.7%)	$46,833 → $52,222 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$425,000 → $483,300 (+13.7%)	$150,000 → $224,000 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$946 → $1,114 (+17.8%)

Jobstown

Population

418258

Median household income

$82,361$81,000

Median home value

$425,000$483,300

Wrightstown

Population

701522

Median household income

$46,833$52,222

Median home value

$150,000$224,000

Median gross rent

$946$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jobstown	Wrightstown
Under 5	2.3%	12.3%
5 to 17	10.1%	12.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	14.2%
25 to 34	12.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	7.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	29.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	15.1%	6.7%
75 and over	8.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jobstown	Wrightstown
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	43.7%
Black or African American	13.2%	36.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jobstown	Wrightstown
No high school diploma	11.3%	8.4%
High school graduate	44.1%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jobstown	Wrightstown
Drove alone	78.0%	76.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jobstown	Wrightstown
1-unit, detached	100.0%	41.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	36.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Jobstown	Wrightstown
Poverty rate	9.3%	15.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	43	27
Median year structure built	1985	1971