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Glassboro, NJ

23,375 Population
9.3 square miles 2,508 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$36,667 ±$2,887 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $49,178 ±$289
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$80,388 ±$12,156 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $89,273 ±$595
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

16.4% ±2.9% (3,113  ±556) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.7% 712,006 (±0.3% / ±15,436)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

28.4 minutes ±1.6 (264,620  ±26,762) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29 73,926,390 (±0.1 / ±414,384)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

7,877 ±345 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,445,882 ±4,260
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.4 ±0.1 (18,955  ±125) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,082,637
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

3.5% ±1.8% (230  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 72,141 (±0.2% / ±2,565)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

8,558 ±380 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,608,248 ±586
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$276,900 ±$16,148 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $326,700 ±$1,400
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

27.8% ±3.1% (6,435  ±712.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11% 679,574 (±0.2% / ±11,191.4)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

91.9% ±5.5% (11,964  ±861.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.1% 4,004,383 (±0.4% / ±15,888.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
41% ±4.3% (5,343  ±594.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 41.5% 1,802,641 (±0.2% / ±9,808.4)
  • a little less than 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

8.9% ±1.8% (2,088  ±431) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 718,497
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

4.1% ±1% (830  ±213) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.2% 253,749 (±0.1% / ±3,578)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
830 Total veterans ±213 786 Male ±208 44 Female ±35

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