Sewell vs Swedesboro

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

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

Sewell has the higher population (3,065 vs 2,720 in Swedesboro). Sewell has the higher median household income ($135,141 vs $91,000 in Swedesboro). Sewell has the higher median home value ($303,900 vs $247,500 in Swedesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Sewell	Swedesboro
Population	3,065	2,720
Median age	52.4 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$135,141	$91,000
Median home value	$303,900	$247,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,461
Housing units	1,255	984
Homeownership rate	99.1%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sewell	Swedesboro
Population	3,067 → 3,065 (-0.1%)	2,579 → 2,720 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$115,100 → $135,141 (+17.4%)	$81,071 → $91,000 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$231,300 → $303,900 (+31.4%)	$202,600 → $247,500 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,338 → $1,461 (+9.2%)

Sewell

Population

3,0673,065

Median household income

$115,100$135,141

Median home value

$231,300$303,900

Swedesboro

Population

2,5792,720

Median household income

$81,071$91,000

Median home value

$202,600$247,500

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,461

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sewell	Swedesboro
Under 5	3.7%	8.9%
5 to 17	5.2%	24.6%
18 to 24	9.2%	4.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	19.4%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	29.2%	8.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.1%
75 and over	5.4%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sewell	Swedesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	54.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	27.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sewell	Swedesboro
No high school diploma	4.1%	15.7%
High school graduate	28.9%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sewell	Swedesboro
Drove alone	79.5%	76.1%
Carpooled	4.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.9%
Worked from home	15.7%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sewell	Swedesboro
1-unit, detached	91.8%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	24.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sewell	Swedesboro
Poverty rate	6.8%	6.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1979	1964