Glassboro vs Williamstown

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

Glassboro and Williamstown 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 14,855 in Williamstown). Williamstown has the higher median household income ($87,021 vs $80,388 in Glassboro). Glassboro has the higher median home value ($276,900 vs $255,000 in Williamstown).

Population, income & housing

	Glassboro	Williamstown
Population	23,375	14,855
Median age	28.7 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$80,388	$87,021
Median home value	$276,900	$255,000
Median gross rent	$1,561	$1,262
Housing units	8,558	6,082
Homeownership rate	59.9%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glassboro	Williamstown
Population	19,826 → 23,375 (+17.9%)	14,641 → 14,855 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$74,222 → $80,388 (+8.3%)	$83,232 → $87,021 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$202,800 → $276,900 (+36.5%)	$205,900 → $255,000 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,242 → $1,561 (+25.7%)	$1,003 → $1,262 (+25.8%)

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

Williamstown

Population

14,64114,855

Median household income

$83,232$87,021

Median home value

$205,900$255,000

Median gross rent

$1,003$1,262

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glassboro	Williamstown
Under 5	3.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	8.7%	15.4%
18 to 24	31.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.0%	15.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.7%
75 and over	6.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glassboro	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	61.9%	76.8%
Black or African American	17.4%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glassboro	Williamstown
No high school diploma	8.1%	3.5%
High school graduate	25.8%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glassboro	Williamstown
Drove alone	70.7%	81.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	7.7%
Public transit	2.5%	1.9%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.8%	8.8%
Other means	1.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glassboro	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	58.4%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	1.9%
20 or more units	13.6%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glassboro	Williamstown
Poverty rate	16.4%	7.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1986	1981