Glassboro vs Pitman

A side-by-side comparison of Glassboro and Pitman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glassboro has the higher population (23,375 vs 8,834 in Pitman). Pitman has the higher median household income ($96,199 vs $80,388 in Glassboro). Glassboro has the higher median home value ($276,900 vs $258,400 in Pitman).

Population, income & housing

	Glassboro	Pitman
Population	23,375	8,834
Median age	28.7 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,388	$96,199
Median home value	$276,900	$258,400
Median gross rent	$1,561	$1,474
Housing units	8,558	3,819
Homeownership rate	59.9%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	43.3%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glassboro	Pitman
Population	19,826 → 23,375 (+17.9%)	8,805 → 8,834 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$74,222 → $80,388 (+8.3%)	$75,909 → $96,199 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$202,800 → $276,900 (+36.5%)	$185,600 → $258,400 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,242 → $1,561 (+25.7%)	$1,204 → $1,474 (+22.4%)

Glassboro

Population

19,82623,375

Median household income

$74,222$80,388

Median home value

$202,800$276,900

Median gross rent

$1,242$1,561

Pitman

Population

8,8058,834

Median household income

$75,909$96,199

Median home value

$185,600$258,400

Median gross rent

$1,204$1,474

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glassboro	Pitman
Under 5	3.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	8.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	31.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	16.2%
35 to 44	8.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.4%
75 and over	6.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glassboro	Pitman
White (non-Hispanic)	61.9%	92.3%
Black or African American	17.4%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glassboro	Pitman
No high school diploma	8.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	25.8%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glassboro	Pitman
Drove alone	70.7%	81.9%
Carpooled	5.8%	2.3%
Public transit	2.5%	1.1%
Walked	5.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.8%	13.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glassboro	Pitman
1-unit, detached	58.4%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	8.3%
20 or more units	13.6%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Glassboro	Pitman
Poverty rate	16.4%	4.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1986	1946