Swedesboro vs Wenonah

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

Swedesboro and Wenonah 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 2,248 in Wenonah). Wenonah has the higher median household income ($130,473 vs $91,000 in Swedesboro). Wenonah has the higher median home value ($341,300 vs $247,500 in Swedesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Swedesboro	Wenonah
Population	2,720	2,248
Median age	34.3 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,000	$130,473
Median home value	$247,500	$341,300
Median gross rent	$1,461	$1,156
Housing units	984	868
Homeownership rate	62.9%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	55.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Swedesboro	Wenonah
Population	2,579 → 2,720 (+5.5%)	2,259 → 2,248 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$81,071 → $91,000 (+12.2%)	$124,821 → $130,473 (+4.5%)
Median home value	$202,600 → $247,500 (+22.2%)	$274,400 → $341,300 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,461 (+9.2%)	$1,170 → $1,156 (-1.2%)

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

Wenonah

Population

2,2592,248

Median household income

$124,821$130,473

Median home value

$274,400$341,300

Median gross rent

$1,170$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Swedesboro	Wenonah
Under 5	8.9%	9.5%
5 to 17	24.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	19.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	17.8%
55 to 64	8.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	10.8%
75 and over	2.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Swedesboro	Wenonah
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	90.6%
Black or African American	15.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	4.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	27.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Swedesboro	Wenonah
No high school diploma	15.7%	1.8%
High school graduate	34.1%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Swedesboro	Wenonah
Drove alone	76.1%	75.3%
Carpooled	10.7%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	4.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	16.6%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Swedesboro	Wenonah
1-unit, detached	52.2%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	24.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Swedesboro	Wenonah
Poverty rate	6.8%	2.1%
Average household size	2.99	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1964	1947