Gibbstown vs Sewell

A side-by-side comparison of Gibbstown and Sewell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gibbstown has the higher population (3,494 vs 3,065 in Sewell). Sewell has the higher median household income ($135,141 vs $90,371 in Gibbstown). Sewell has the higher median home value ($303,900 vs $228,800 in Gibbstown).

Population, income & housing

	Gibbstown	Sewell
Population	3,494	3,065
Median age	44.8 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,371	$135,141
Median home value	$228,800	$303,900
Median gross rent	$1,538	—
Housing units	1,469	1,255
Homeownership rate	86.8%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibbstown	Sewell
Population	3,778 → 3,494 (-7.5%)	3,067 → 3,065 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$72,292 → $90,371 (+25.0%)	$115,100 → $135,141 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$172,900 → $228,800 (+32.3%)	$231,300 → $303,900 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,258 → $1,538 (+22.3%)	—

Gibbstown

Population

3,7783,494

Median household income

$72,292$90,371

Median home value

$172,900$228,800

Median gross rent

$1,258$1,538

Sewell

Population

3,0673,065

Median household income

$115,100$135,141

Median home value

$231,300$303,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gibbstown	Sewell
Under 5	5.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.5%	5.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	16.9%	29.2%
65 to 74	14.5%	10.9%
75 and over	9.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibbstown	Sewell
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	94.4%
Black or African American	4.4%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibbstown	Sewell
No high school diploma	6.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	36.5%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibbstown	Sewell
Drove alone	82.9%	79.5%
Carpooled	4.4%	4.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.8%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibbstown	Sewell
1-unit, detached	87.1%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gibbstown	Sewell
Poverty rate	7.4%	6.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1963	1979