Sewell vs Woodbury Heights

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

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

Woodbury Heights has the higher population (3,116 vs 3,065 in Sewell). Sewell has the higher median household income ($135,141 vs $130,101 in Woodbury Heights). Sewell has the higher median home value ($303,900 vs $260,000 in Woodbury Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Sewell	Woodbury Heights
Population	3,065	3,116
Median age	52.4 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$135,141	$130,101
Median home value	$303,900	$260,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,353
Housing units	1,255	1,116
Homeownership rate	99.1%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sewell	Woodbury Heights
Population	3,067 → 3,065 (-0.1%)	2,986 → 3,116 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$115,100 → $135,141 (+17.4%)	$96,875 → $130,101 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$231,300 → $303,900 (+31.4%)	$201,900 → $260,000 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,081 → $1,353 (+25.2%)

Sewell

Population

3,0673,065

Median household income

$115,100$135,141

Median home value

$231,300$303,900

Woodbury Heights

Population

2,9863,116

Median household income

$96,875$130,101

Median home value

$201,900$260,000

Median gross rent

$1,081$1,353

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sewell	Woodbury Heights
Under 5	3.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	5.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	15.4%
55 to 64	29.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.1%
75 and over	5.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sewell	Woodbury Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	86.5%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sewell	Woodbury Heights
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	28.9%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sewell	Woodbury Heights
Drove alone	79.5%	82.6%
Carpooled	4.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.8%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sewell	Woodbury Heights
1-unit, detached	91.8%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sewell	Woodbury Heights
Poverty rate	6.8%	5.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1979	1963