Alloway vs Penns Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Alloway and Penns Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Penns Grove has the higher population (4,860 vs 1,473 in Alloway). Alloway has the higher median household income ($138,260 vs $43,889 in Penns Grove). Alloway has the higher median home value ($282,500 vs $170,100 in Penns Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Alloway	Penns Grove
Population	1,473	4,860
Median age	50.5 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$138,260	$43,889
Median home value	$282,500	$170,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,031
Housing units	563	1,838
Homeownership rate	98.0%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alloway	Penns Grove
Population	1,342 → 1,473 (+9.8%)	4,816 → 4,860 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$80,156 → $138,260 (+72.5%)	$31,940 → $43,889 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$202,400 → $282,500 (+39.6%)	$127,000 → $170,100 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,578 (+51.4%)	$1,028 → $1,031 (+0.3%)

Alloway

Population

1,3421,473

Median household income

$80,156$138,260

Median home value

$202,400$282,500

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,578

Penns Grove

Population

4,8164,860

Median household income

$31,940$43,889

Median home value

$127,000$170,100

Median gross rent

$1,028$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alloway	Penns Grove
Under 5	1.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	33.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	5.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	25.3%	8.6%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	5.5%
75 and over	4.9%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alloway	Penns Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	32.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	30.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	31.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alloway	Penns Grove
No high school diploma	0.0%	19.1%
High school graduate	41.2%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alloway	Penns Grove
Drove alone	85.0%	86.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	1.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	1.2%
Other means	6.3%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alloway	Penns Grove
1-unit, detached	100.0%	48.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	18.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alloway	Penns Grove
Poverty rate	0.0%	36.3%
Average household size	2.66	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	36	22
Median year structure built	1979	1956