Oak Valley vs Paulsboro

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

Oak Valley 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 4,374 in Oak Valley). Oak Valley has the higher median household income ($90,563 vs $68,750 in Paulsboro). Oak Valley has the higher median home value ($226,000 vs $169,400 in Paulsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Valley	Paulsboro
Population	4,374	6,213
Median age	32.5 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,563	$68,750
Median home value	$226,000	$169,400
Median gross rent	—	$970
Housing units	1,291	2,727
Homeownership rate	86.1%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Valley	Paulsboro
Population	3,345 → 4,374 (+30.8%)	5,904 → 6,213 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$85,313 → $90,563 (+6.2%)	$45,450 → $68,750 (+51.3%)
Median home value	$169,100 → $226,000 (+33.6%)	$111,100 → $169,400 (+52.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,101 → $970 (-11.9%)

Oak Valley

Population

3,3454,374

Median household income

$85,313$90,563

Median home value

$169,100$226,000

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)

	Oak Valley	Paulsboro
Under 5	9.6%	11.3%
5 to 17	21.8%	11.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	17.1%	17.2%
35 to 44	9.2%	14.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	5.3%	8.4%
75 and over	6.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Valley	Paulsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	38.9%
Black or African American	15.9%	34.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Valley	Paulsboro
No high school diploma	8.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	43.2%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Valley	Paulsboro
Drove alone	81.1%	80.1%
Carpooled	4.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.8%	1.4%
Walked	1.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.7%	6.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Valley	Paulsboro
1-unit, detached	94.0%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	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

	Oak Valley	Paulsboro
Poverty rate	16.1%	12.7%
Average household size	3.48	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1961	1953