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Pennsville township, Salem County, NJ

12,706 Population
21.3 square miles 597.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±2.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Salem County: 41.8 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$39,038 ±$3,078 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Salem County: $37,904 ±$1,035
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$74,429 ±$7,280 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Salem County: $73,378 ±$3,047
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

13.3% ±4.4% (1,684  ±554) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Salem County: 13% † 8,271 (±1.6% / ±988)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

24.8 minutes ±1.9 (126,180  ±14,386) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Salem County: 26.6 698,120 (±0.8 / ±30,540)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

5,190 ±262 Number of households
  • Salem County: 24,744 ±321
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.5 ±0.1 (12,706  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Salem County: 2.6 63,378 (±0 / ±38)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

7% ±5.1% (175  ±128) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Salem County: 5.4% † 735 (±1.6% / ±220)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

5,831 ±238 Number of housing units
  • Salem County: 27,739 ±56
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$179,900 ±$10,519 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Salem County: $208,200 ±$7,413
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

7.5% ±2.4% (940  ±,304.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Salem County: 9.1% † 5,813 (±1.1% / ±,693.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

92.8% ±6% (8,325  ±,615.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Salem County: 90.2% 40,866 (±2.7% / ±1,229.4)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
18.7% ±3.3% (1,677  ±,303.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Salem County: 22.8% 10,320 (±1.4% / ±,644.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

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

2.6% ±1.3% (325  ±159) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Salem County: 3.3% 2,118
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

6.7% ±1.8% (670  ±185) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Salem County: 6.6% 3,376 (±0.6% / ±307)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
670 Total veterans ±185 633 Male ±180 37 Female ±26

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