Port Reading vs Sewaren

A side-by-side comparison of Port Reading and Sewaren: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Reading has the higher population (3,775 vs 3,196 in Sewaren). Port Reading has the higher median household income ($142,986 vs $106,926 in Sewaren). Both have a median home value of $414,900.

Population, income & housing

	Port Reading	Sewaren
Population	3,775	3,196
Median age	40.0 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$142,986	$106,926
Median home value	$414,900	$414,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,382
Housing units	1,225	1,302
Homeownership rate	93.2%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Reading	Sewaren
Population	3,864 → 3,775 (-2.3%)	2,627 → 3,196 (+21.7%)
Median household income	$89,022 → $142,986 (+60.6%)	$76,813 → $106,926 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$293,200 → $414,900 (+41.5%)	$285,900 → $414,900 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,365 → $1,307 (-4.2%)	$1,353 → $1,382 (+2.1%)

Port Reading

Population

3,8643,775

Median household income

$89,022$142,986

Median home value

$293,200$414,900

Median gross rent

$1,365$1,307

Sewaren

Population

2,6273,196

Median household income

$76,813$106,926

Median home value

$285,900$414,900

Median gross rent

$1,353$1,382

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Reading	Sewaren
Under 5	5.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	11.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	16.0%	18.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.4%
75 and over	5.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Reading	Sewaren
White (non-Hispanic)	31.0%	47.8%
Black or African American	11.0%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.0%	10.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	44.7%	24.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Reading	Sewaren
No high school diploma	7.0%	10.9%
High school graduate	34.6%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Reading	Sewaren
Drove alone	75.2%	66.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.3%
Public transit	7.0%	11.5%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	16.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Reading	Sewaren
1-unit, detached	93.1%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Port Reading	Sewaren
Poverty rate	1.8%	2.6%
Average household size	3.21	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1962	1958