Paulsboro vs Williamstown

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

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

Williamstown has the higher population (14,855 vs 6,213 in Paulsboro). Williamstown has the higher median household income ($87,021 vs $68,750 in Paulsboro). Williamstown has the higher median home value ($255,000 vs $169,400 in Paulsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Paulsboro	Williamstown
Population	6,213	14,855
Median age	36.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$87,021
Median home value	$169,400	$255,000
Median gross rent	$970	$1,262
Housing units	2,727	6,082
Homeownership rate	66.1%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paulsboro	Williamstown
Population	5,904 → 6,213 (+5.2%)	14,641 → 14,855 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$45,450 → $68,750 (+51.3%)	$83,232 → $87,021 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$111,100 → $169,400 (+52.5%)	$205,900 → $255,000 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,101 → $970 (-11.9%)	$1,003 → $1,262 (+25.8%)

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

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)

	Paulsboro	Williamstown
Under 5	11.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	17.2%	14.3%
35 to 44	14.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.1%	15.8%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.7%
75 and over	7.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paulsboro	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	38.9%	76.8%
Black or African American	34.7%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paulsboro	Williamstown
No high school diploma	10.1%	3.5%
High school graduate	32.8%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paulsboro	Williamstown
Drove alone	80.1%	81.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	7.7%
Public transit	1.4%	1.9%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.5%	8.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paulsboro	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	69.0%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	19.4%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Paulsboro	Williamstown
Poverty rate	12.7%	7.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1953	1981