Penns Grove vs Pennsville

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

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

Pennsville has the higher population (12,238 vs 4,860 in Penns Grove). Pennsville has the higher median household income ($75,162 vs $43,889 in Penns Grove). Pennsville has the higher median home value ($188,100 vs $170,100 in Penns Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Penns Grove	Pennsville
Population	4,860	12,238
Median age	26.1 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,889	$75,162
Median home value	$170,100	$188,100
Median gross rent	$1,031	$1,225
Housing units	1,838	5,576
Homeownership rate	38.2%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penns Grove	Pennsville
Population	4,816 → 4,860 (+0.9%)	11,164 → 12,238 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$31,940 → $43,889 (+37.4%)	$67,043 → $75,162 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$127,000 → $170,100 (+33.9%)	$153,700 → $188,100 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,028 → $1,031 (+0.3%)	$1,014 → $1,225 (+20.8%)

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

Pennsville

Population

11,16412,238

Median household income

$67,043$75,162

Median home value

$153,700$188,100

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,225

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Penns Grove	Pennsville
Under 5	6.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	33.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	5.5%	11.3%
75 and over	2.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penns Grove	Pennsville
White (non-Hispanic)	32.1%	84.1%
Black or African American	30.3%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penns Grove	Pennsville
No high school diploma	19.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	34.0%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penns Grove	Pennsville
Drove alone	86.4%	82.9%
Carpooled	3.1%	6.1%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	8.5%
Other means	5.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penns Grove	Pennsville
1-unit, detached	48.7%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	4.4%
20 or more units	11.2%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Penns Grove	Pennsville
Poverty rate	36.3%	12.5%
Average household size	3.15	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1956	1963