Pennsville is home to 12,233 people in New Jersey. 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. 79% of homes are owner-occupied. The foreign-born share is 3%. Households here earn about 27% less than in New Jersey as a whole. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $207,600.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $76,032, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
22% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Pennsville
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate6.4% → 12.5%(+6.1 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median age36.3 → 38.5(+2.2 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Median household income (2024 dollars)$90,778 → $76,032(−16%)US over the same years: +14%
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)30.1%(186)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)13.3%(82)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era43.1%(266)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.9%(24)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 617 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Pennsville, decade by decade
Pennsville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
12,166
$90,778
$209,286
10.0%
3.8
2000
11,657
$86,518
$182,712
12.9%
9.6
2010
11,888
$85,097
$263,978
19.5%
15.7
2020
12,043
$82,866
$185,806
17.3%
34.4
2024
12,233
$76,032
$207,600
21.9%
34.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
