Penns Grove vs Woodstown

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

Penns Grove and Woodstown 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 3,690 in Woodstown). Woodstown has the higher median household income ($101,855 vs $43,889 in Penns Grove). Woodstown has the higher median home value ($231,700 vs $170,100 in Penns Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Penns Grove	Woodstown
Population	4,860	3,690
Median age	26.1 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,889	$101,855
Median home value	$170,100	$231,700
Median gross rent	$1,031	$1,223
Housing units	1,838	1,604
Homeownership rate	38.2%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penns Grove	Woodstown
Population	4,816 → 4,860 (+0.9%)	3,456 → 3,690 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$31,940 → $43,889 (+37.4%)	$77,083 → $101,855 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$127,000 → $170,100 (+33.9%)	$251,400 → $231,700 (-7.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,028 → $1,031 (+0.3%)	$984 → $1,223 (+24.3%)

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

Woodstown

Population

3,4563,690

Median household income

$77,083$101,855

Median home value

$251,400$231,700

Median gross rent

$984$1,223

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Penns Grove	Woodstown
Under 5	6.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	33.3%	22.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	8.6%	20.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	5.5%	5.0%
75 and over	2.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penns Grove	Woodstown
White (non-Hispanic)	32.1%	78.1%
Black or African American	30.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penns Grove	Woodstown
No high school diploma	19.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	34.0%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penns Grove	Woodstown
Drove alone	86.4%	74.3%
Carpooled	3.1%	5.7%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	17.3%
Other means	5.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penns Grove	Woodstown
1-unit, detached	48.7%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	14.9%
20 or more units	11.2%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Penns Grove	Woodstown
Poverty rate	36.3%	7.5%
Average household size	3.15	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1956	1960