What is the population of Swedesboro borough?

Swedesboro borough has 2,720 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #408 of 700 in New Jersey.

What is the median household income in Swedesboro borough?

Median household income in Swedesboro borough is $91,000 a year, 15.9% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Swedesboro borough?

Median gross rent is $1,461 a month and the median home value is $247,500, so rent absorbs about 19.3% of median household income.

Is Swedesboro borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Swedesboro borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Swedesboro, NJ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Swedesboro, New Jersey (Swedesboro, NJ — Census place “Swedesboro borough”) is 2,720 residents, ranking #408 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $91,000, the median home is worth $247,500 and median gross rent runs $1,461 a month. Looking for the Swedesboro New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Swedesboro, NJ: 08085.

Population: 2,720Swedesboro borough residents
Median household income: $91,000Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $247,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,461Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 62.9%Owner-occupied households

Swedesboro ZIP codes (New Jersey)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Swedesboro.

The Swedesboro NJ ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

08085

What the numbers mean in Swedesboro borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Swedesboro borough median would spend about 19.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.8% of residents and 62.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Swedesboro borough, NJ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Swedesboro borough is a small town in New Jersey, with 2,720 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #408 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 41% of them. The median age here is 34.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Swedesboro borough earn a median of $91,000 a year, 15.9% above the national figure of $78,538 and 15% below the $106,926 median for the 543 New Jersey cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 6.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Swedesboro borough is valued at $247,500, 18.4% below the national figure and 40% below the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,461 a month, 3.9% above the national figure, or roughly $17,532 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 62.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Swedesboro borough?: Swedesboro borough has 2,720 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #408 of 700 in New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Swedesboro borough?: Median household income in Swedesboro borough is $91,000 a year, 15.9% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Swedesboro borough?: Median gross rent is $1,461 a month and the median home value is $247,500, so rent absorbs about 19.3% of median household income.
Is Swedesboro borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Swedesboro borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Swedesboro borough data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.