Pennsville vs Salem

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

Pennsville and Salem 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 5,315 in Salem). Pennsville has the higher median household income ($75,162 vs $40,650 in Salem). Pennsville has the higher median home value ($188,100 vs $69,300 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Pennsville	Salem
Population	12,238	5,315
Median age	40.7 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,162	$40,650
Median home value	$188,100	$69,300
Median gross rent	$1,225	$992
Housing units	5,576	2,889
Homeownership rate	77.3%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pennsville	Salem
Population	11,164 → 12,238 (+9.6%)	4,781 → 5,315 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$67,043 → $75,162 (+12.1%)	$24,926 → $40,650 (+63.1%)
Median home value	$153,700 → $188,100 (+22.4%)	$82,500 → $69,300 (-16.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,014 → $1,225 (+20.8%)	$869 → $992 (+14.2%)

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

Salem

Population

4,7815,315

Median household income

$24,926$40,650

Median home value

$82,500$69,300

Median gross rent

$869$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pennsville	Salem
Under 5	5.4%	11.6%
5 to 17	15.3%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	6.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.7%
75 and over	8.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pennsville	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	30.2%
Black or African American	3.6%	56.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pennsville	Salem
No high school diploma	6.6%	20.7%
High school graduate	37.1%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pennsville	Salem
Drove alone	82.9%	60.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	20.1%
Public transit	0.0%	4.2%
Walked	2.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.5%	12.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pennsville	Salem
1-unit, detached	76.6%	34.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	22.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	25.6%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	14.4%
20 or more units	8.3%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Pennsville	Salem
Poverty rate	12.5%	31.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1963	1943