Beckett vs Paulsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Beckett and Paulsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paulsboro has the higher population (6,213 vs 5,072 in Beckett). Beckett has the higher median household income ($119,063 vs $68,750 in Paulsboro). Beckett has the higher median home value ($279,300 vs $169,400 in Paulsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Beckett	Paulsboro
Population	5,072	6,213
Median age	43.4 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$119,063	$68,750
Median home value	$279,300	$169,400
Median gross rent	$1,839	$970
Housing units	1,811	2,727
Homeownership rate	96.0%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beckett	Paulsboro
Population	4,947 → 5,072 (+2.5%)	5,904 → 6,213 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$129,429 → $119,063 (-8.0%)	$45,450 → $68,750 (+51.3%)
Median home value	$232,900 → $279,300 (+19.9%)	$111,100 → $169,400 (+52.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,448 → $1,839 (+27.0%)	$1,101 → $970 (-11.9%)

Beckett

Population

4,9475,072

Median household income

$129,429$119,063

Median home value

$232,900$279,300

Median gross rent

$1,448$1,839

Paulsboro

Population

5,9046,213

Median household income

$45,450$68,750

Median home value

$111,100$169,400

Median gross rent

$1,101$970

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beckett	Paulsboro
Under 5	5.4%	11.3%
5 to 17	18.9%	11.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	8.2%	17.2%
35 to 44	16.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	9.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	13.0%	8.4%
75 and over	2.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beckett	Paulsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	38.9%
Black or African American	9.5%	34.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	2.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beckett	Paulsboro
No high school diploma	5.4%	10.1%
High school graduate	27.9%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beckett	Paulsboro
Drove alone	84.6%	80.1%
Carpooled	1.9%	9.7%
Public transit	1.2%	1.4%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.2%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beckett	Paulsboro
1-unit, detached	82.8%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beckett	Paulsboro
Poverty rate	6.7%	12.7%
Average household size	2.80	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1983	1953