Swedesboro vs Woodbury Heights

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

Swedesboro 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 2,720 in Swedesboro). Woodbury Heights has the higher median household income ($130,101 vs $91,000 in Swedesboro). Woodbury Heights has the higher median home value ($260,000 vs $247,500 in Swedesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Swedesboro	Woodbury Heights
Population	2,720	3,116
Median age	34.3 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$91,000	$130,101
Median home value	$247,500	$260,000
Median gross rent	$1,461	$1,353
Housing units	984	1,116
Homeownership rate	62.9%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Swedesboro	Woodbury Heights
Population	2,579 → 2,720 (+5.5%)	2,986 → 3,116 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$81,071 → $91,000 (+12.2%)	$96,875 → $130,101 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$202,600 → $247,500 (+22.2%)	$201,900 → $260,000 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,461 (+9.2%)	$1,081 → $1,353 (+25.2%)

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

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)

	Swedesboro	Woodbury Heights
Under 5	8.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	24.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	19.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	15.4%
55 to 64	8.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	10.1%
75 and over	2.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Swedesboro	Woodbury Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	86.5%
Black or African American	15.3%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	27.2%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Swedesboro	Woodbury Heights
No high school diploma	15.7%	3.3%
High school graduate	34.1%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Swedesboro	Woodbury Heights
Drove alone	76.1%	82.6%
Carpooled	10.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	1.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	4.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	6.7%
Other means	1.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Swedesboro	Woodbury Heights
1-unit, detached	52.2%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	24.6%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	3.6%
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	Woodbury Heights
Poverty rate	6.8%	5.2%
Average household size	2.99	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1964	1963