Gloucester County vs Sussex County

A side-by-side comparison of Gloucester County and Sussex County: population, income, housing, and more.

Gloucester County and Sussex County are counties in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gloucester County has the higher population (304,504 vs 145,117 in Sussex County). Sussex County has the higher median household income ($114,316 vs $102,807 in Gloucester County). Sussex County has the higher median home value ($342,800 vs $283,500 in Gloucester County).

Population, income & housing

	Gloucester County	Sussex County
Population	304,504	145,117
Median age	40.1 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$102,807	$114,316
Median home value	$283,500	$342,800
Median gross rent	$1,480	$1,503
Housing units	117,530	62,825
Homeownership rate	79.4%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gloucester County	Sussex County
Population	291,165 → 304,504 (+4.6%)	141,483 → 145,117 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$87,283 → $102,807 (+17.8%)	$94,520 → $114,316 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$219,700 → $283,500 (+29.0%)	$267,500 → $342,800 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,225 → $1,480 (+20.8%)	$1,314 → $1,503 (+14.4%)

Gloucester County

Population

291,165304,504

Median household income

$87,283$102,807

Median home value

$219,700$283,500

Median gross rent

$1,225$1,480

Sussex County

Population

141,483145,117

Median household income

$94,520$114,316

Median home value

$267,500$342,800

Median gross rent

$1,314$1,503

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gloucester County	Sussex County
Under 5	5.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	16.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.6%
75 and over	6.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gloucester County	Sussex County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	81.0%
Black or African American	10.1%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gloucester County	Sussex County
No high school diploma	6.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	31.1%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gloucester County	Sussex County
Drove alone	76.1%	77.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.2%
Public transit	1.7%	1.1%
Walked	1.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	13.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gloucester County	Sussex County
1-unit, detached	73.5%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	5.4%
20 or more units	4.8%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Gloucester County	Sussex County
Poverty rate	7.6%	5.4%
Average household size	2.67	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	29	36
Median year structure built	1979	1972