Richwood vs Sewell

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

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

Richwood has the higher population (3,453 vs 3,065 in Sewell). Richwood has the higher median household income ($206,685 vs $135,141 in Sewell). Richwood has the higher median home value ($566,000 vs $303,900 in Sewell).

Population, income & housing

	Richwood	Sewell
Population	3,453	3,065
Median age	39.0 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$206,685	$135,141
Median home value	$566,000	$303,900
Housing units	1,101	1,255
Homeownership rate	95.5%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.5%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richwood	Sewell
Population	3,925 → 3,453 (-12.0%)	3,067 → 3,065 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$166,450 → $206,685 (+24.2%)	$115,100 → $135,141 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$385,300 → $566,000 (+46.9%)	$231,300 → $303,900 (+31.4%)

Richwood

Population

3,9253,453

Median household income

$166,450$206,685

Median home value

$385,300$566,000

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)

	Richwood	Sewell
Under 5	3.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	20.4%	5.2%
18 to 24	11.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	18.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	29.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.9%
75 and over	3.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richwood	Sewell
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richwood	Sewell
No high school diploma	1.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	16.4%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	39.5%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.0%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richwood	Sewell
Drove alone	70.7%	79.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.4%	15.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richwood	Sewell
1-unit, detached	95.4%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Richwood	Sewell
Poverty rate	4.2%	6.8%
Average household size	3.60	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	2000	1979