New Gretna vs Wrightstown

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

New Gretna 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 249 in New Gretna). New Gretna has the higher median household income ($93,438 vs $52,222 in Wrightstown). New Gretna has the higher median home value ($289,700 vs $224,000 in Wrightstown).

Population, income & housing

	New Gretna	Wrightstown
Population	249	522
Median age	39.3 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$93,438	$52,222
Median home value	$289,700	$224,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,114
Housing units	93	244
Homeownership rate	87.0%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Gretna	Wrightstown
Population	360 → 249 (-30.8%)	701 → 522 (-25.5%)
Median household income	$91,250 → $93,438 (+2.4%)	$46,833 → $52,222 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$218,800 → $289,700 (+32.4%)	$150,000 → $224,000 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$946 → $1,114 (+17.8%)

New Gretna

Population

360249

Median household income

$91,250$93,438

Median home value

$218,800$289,700

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)

	New Gretna	Wrightstown
Under 5	11.2%	12.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	12.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	14.2%
25 to 34	6.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	6.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	22.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	14.5%	6.7%
75 and over	0.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Gretna	Wrightstown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	43.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	36.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Gretna	Wrightstown
No high school diploma	2.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	43.4%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Gretna	Wrightstown
Drove alone	86.8%	76.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	8.0%
Other means	5.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Gretna	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

	New Gretna	Wrightstown
Poverty rate	10.8%	15.3%
Average household size	3.23	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1938	1971