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Penns Grove borough, Salem County, NJ

4,860 Population
0.9 square miles 5,444.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.1 ±4 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Salem County: 41.9 ±0.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$18,364 ±$2,623 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Salem County: $39,397 ±$1,200
  • about one-third of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$43,889 ±$15,493 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Salem County: $78,412 ±$3,254
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

36.3% ±9.9% (1,736  ±473) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Salem County: 12.8% † 8,131 (±1.6% / ±1,000)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

21.9 minutes ±3.6 (28,060  ±5,855) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Salem County: 26.3 681,505 (±0.9 / ±32,437)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

1,540 ±197 Number of households
  • Salem County: 24,881 ±323
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
3.2 ±0.4 (4,847  ±40) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Salem County: 2.6 63,569 (±0 / ±109)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

10% ±8% (121  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Salem County: 5.6% † 769 (±1.6% / ±219)
  • about double the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

1,838 ±205 Number of housing units
  • Salem County: 27,740 ±129
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$170,100 ±$23,482 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Salem County: $223,000 ±$6,636
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

8% ±5.4% (385  ±257.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Salem County: 9.4% † 6,049 (±1.2% / ±758.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

80.9% ±10% (2,025  ±307.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Salem County: 90.1% 40,868 (±2.5% / ±1,154.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
14.6% ±4.7% (365  ±121.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Salem County: 24% 10,877 (±1.4% / ±611.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.2% ±1.3% (154  ±65) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Salem County: 3% 1,972
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

6.6% ±3.9% (194  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Salem County: 6.5% 3,306 (±0.6% / ±323)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
194 Total veterans ±114 114 Male ±63 80 Female ±84

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