South Amboy vs Spotswood

A side-by-side comparison of South Amboy and Spotswood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Amboy has the higher population (9,714 vs 8,112 in Spotswood). South Amboy has the higher median household income ($110,125 vs $101,388 in Spotswood). South Amboy has the higher median home value ($365,000 vs $359,000 in Spotswood).

Population, income & housing

	South Amboy	Spotswood
Population	9,714	8,112
Median age	42.3 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$110,125	$101,388
Median home value	$365,000	$359,000
Median gross rent	$1,644	$1,097
Housing units	4,361	3,297
Homeownership rate	55.2%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South Amboy	Spotswood
Population	8,772 → 9,714 (+10.7%)	8,269 → 8,112 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$73,056 → $110,125 (+50.7%)	$80,074 → $101,388 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$294,500 → $365,000 (+23.9%)	$305,100 → $359,000 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,332 → $1,644 (+23.4%)	$938 → $1,097 (+17.0%)

South Amboy

Population

8,7729,714

Median household income

$73,056$110,125

Median home value

$294,500$365,000

Median gross rent

$1,332$1,644

Spotswood

Population

8,2698,112

Median household income

$80,074$101,388

Median home value

$305,100$359,000

Median gross rent

$938$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	South Amboy	Spotswood
Under 5	4.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	13.0%	12.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	17.9%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	14.7%
75 and over	3.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South Amboy	Spotswood
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	75.9%
Black or African American	8.7%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	4.4%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.5%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South Amboy	Spotswood
No high school diploma	12.2%	9.2%
High school graduate	28.5%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South Amboy	Spotswood
Drove alone	68.2%	76.1%
Carpooled	11.4%	6.4%
Public transit	8.8%	2.5%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	13.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South Amboy	Spotswood
1-unit, detached	45.1%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	22.2%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	3.6%
20 or more units	9.6%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	South Amboy	Spotswood
Poverty rate	7.5%	3.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1958	1967