Pennsville vs Woodstown

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

Pennsville and Woodstown 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 3,690 in Woodstown). Woodstown has the higher median household income ($101,855 vs $75,162 in Pennsville). Woodstown has the higher median home value ($231,700 vs $188,100 in Pennsville).

Population, income & housing

	Pennsville	Woodstown
Population	12,238	3,690
Median age	40.7 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,162	$101,855
Median home value	$188,100	$231,700
Median gross rent	$1,225	$1,223
Housing units	5,576	1,604
Homeownership rate	77.3%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pennsville	Woodstown
Population	11,164 → 12,238 (+9.6%)	3,456 → 3,690 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$67,043 → $75,162 (+12.1%)	$77,083 → $101,855 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$153,700 → $188,100 (+22.4%)	$251,400 → $231,700 (-7.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,014 → $1,225 (+20.8%)	$984 → $1,223 (+24.3%)

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

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)

	Pennsville	Woodstown
Under 5	5.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.3%	22.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	8.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	20.6%
55 to 64	14.7%	10.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	5.0%
75 and over	8.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pennsville	Woodstown
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	78.1%
Black or African American	3.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pennsville	Woodstown
No high school diploma	6.6%	6.4%
High school graduate	37.1%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pennsville	Woodstown
Drove alone	82.9%	74.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	17.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pennsville	Woodstown
1-unit, detached	76.6%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	14.9%
20 or more units	8.3%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Pennsville	Woodstown
Poverty rate	12.5%	7.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1963	1960