Salem vs Woodstown

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

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

Salem has the higher population (5,315 vs 3,690 in Woodstown). Woodstown has the higher median household income ($101,855 vs $40,650 in Salem). Woodstown has the higher median home value ($231,700 vs $69,300 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Salem	Woodstown
Population	5,315	3,690
Median age	36.1 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,650	$101,855
Median home value	$69,300	$231,700
Median gross rent	$992	$1,223
Housing units	2,889	1,604
Homeownership rate	34.7%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salem	Woodstown
Population	4,781 → 5,315 (+11.2%)	3,456 → 3,690 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$24,926 → $40,650 (+63.1%)	$77,083 → $101,855 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$82,500 → $69,300 (-16.0%)	$251,400 → $231,700 (-7.8%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $992 (+14.2%)	$984 → $1,223 (+24.3%)

Salem

Population

4,7815,315

Median household income

$24,926$40,650

Median home value

$82,500$69,300

Median gross rent

$869$992

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)

	Salem	Woodstown
Under 5	11.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	22.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	8.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	6.5%	20.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	5.0%
75 and over	7.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salem	Woodstown
White (non-Hispanic)	30.2%	78.1%
Black or African American	56.2%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salem	Woodstown
No high school diploma	20.7%	6.4%
High school graduate	43.7%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salem	Woodstown
Drove alone	60.8%	74.3%
Carpooled	20.1%	5.7%
Public transit	4.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	17.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salem	Woodstown
1-unit, detached	34.5%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	22.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	25.6%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	14.9%
20 or more units	3.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Salem	Woodstown
Poverty rate	31.2%	7.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1943	1960