Swedesboro vs Thorofare

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

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

Swedesboro has the higher population (2,720 vs 2,419 in Thorofare). Swedesboro has the higher median household income ($91,000 vs $87,344 in Thorofare). Thorofare has the higher median home value ($272,700 vs $247,500 in Swedesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Swedesboro	Thorofare
Population	2,720	2,419
Median age	34.3 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,000	$87,344
Median home value	$247,500	$272,700
Median gross rent	$1,461	$1,868
Housing units	984	1,237
Homeownership rate	62.9%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Swedesboro	Thorofare
Population	2,579 → 2,720 (+5.5%)	2,576 → 2,419 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$81,071 → $91,000 (+12.2%)	$61,833 → $87,344 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$202,600 → $247,500 (+22.2%)	$212,600 → $272,700 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,461 (+9.2%)	$1,583 → $1,868 (+18.0%)

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

Thorofare

Population

2,5762,419

Median household income

$61,833$87,344

Median home value

$212,600$272,700

Median gross rent

$1,583$1,868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Swedesboro	Thorofare
Under 5	8.9%	1.6%
5 to 17	24.6%	11.7%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.9%	11.8%
35 to 44	19.4%	5.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.9%	15.8%
65 to 74	7.1%	17.4%
75 and over	2.3%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Swedesboro	Thorofare
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	87.3%
Black or African American	15.3%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	27.2%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Swedesboro	Thorofare
No high school diploma	15.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	34.1%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Swedesboro	Thorofare
Drove alone	76.1%	80.4%
Carpooled	10.7%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	4.7%
Walked	1.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	4.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	5.6%
Other means	1.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Swedesboro	Thorofare
1-unit, detached	52.2%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	24.6%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	20.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Swedesboro	Thorofare
Poverty rate	6.8%	6.0%
Average household size	2.99	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	25	35
Median year structure built	1964	2000