Swedesboro vs Turnersville

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

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

Turnersville has the higher population (3,071 vs 2,720 in Swedesboro). Turnersville has the higher median household income ($156,176 vs $91,000 in Swedesboro). Turnersville has the higher median home value ($352,600 vs $247,500 in Swedesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Swedesboro	Turnersville
Population	2,720	3,071
Median age	34.3 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,000	$156,176
Median home value	$247,500	$352,600
Median gross rent	$1,461	—
Housing units	984	1,138
Homeownership rate	62.9%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Swedesboro	Turnersville
Population	2,579 → 2,720 (+5.5%)	3,731 → 3,071 (-17.7%)
Median household income	$81,071 → $91,000 (+12.2%)	$118,564 → $156,176 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$202,600 → $247,500 (+22.2%)	$258,600 → $352,600 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,461 (+9.2%)	$1,463 → $2,283 (+56.0%)

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

Turnersville

Population

3,7313,071

Median household income

$118,564$156,176

Median home value

$258,600$352,600

Median gross rent

$1,463$2,283

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Swedesboro	Turnersville
Under 5	8.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	24.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	13.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	19.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	8.9%	16.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.0%
75 and over	2.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Swedesboro	Turnersville
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	86.6%
Black or African American	15.3%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	27.2%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Swedesboro	Turnersville
No high school diploma	15.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	34.1%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	38.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Swedesboro	Turnersville
Drove alone	76.1%	69.9%
Carpooled	10.7%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	3.8%
Walked	1.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	4.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	15.1%
Other means	1.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Swedesboro	Turnersville
1-unit, detached	52.2%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	24.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Swedesboro	Turnersville
Poverty rate	6.8%	1.1%
Average household size	2.99	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1964	1980