City safety & data profile

WoodburyNJ

Woodbury, NJ is a 10K-resident city in Gloucester County with a median household income of $77,028.

Gloucester County, New Jersey. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Woodbury, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Woodbury has a population larger than 0% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $222,700.

Data updated 2026-09-03

10K
Population (place)
Bottom 1%
By size
$77,028
Median income (place)
$222,700
Median home (place)
13.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Woodbury

Woodbury posts a median household income higher than 46% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 47%
by median income, US cities

Where Woodbury income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$77,028 Bottom 46% higher than 46% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Woodbury $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in NJ

Population among 151 NJ places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Newark is the largest NJ city on this list; Short Hills leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in NJ

Median household income among the same 151-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Short Hills posts the highest place-level median income in NJ; Newark is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Woodbury, NJ beyond the headline numbers

Woodbury sits inside Gloucester County, New Jersey, at roughly 39.84°N, -75.15°W. Population 10,020, $77,028 median household income. Median home value $222,700, median rent $990. Poverty rate 13.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Woodbury, NJ stands at 13.2%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Woodbury runs about 2.9 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

14.4% of Woodbury workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, high blood pressure departs furthest from its peer median: 40.7% in Woodbury, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

4.7% of Woodbury workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Woodbury from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,020
Woodbury · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$77,028
-14% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$222,700
-46% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Gloucester County): Woodbury's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
307K+6%
Median Income
$105,115+41%
Median Home Value
$310,400+38%
Poverty Rate
7.7%-5%
Unemployment
5.3%-50%

Economics

Economics indicators for Woodbury, NJ
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$990/mo
Poverty Rate
13.2% +6% vs avg
Unemployment 7.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 28.1%
Work From Home 14.4%
Public Transit 4.7%

Population

White 49.6%
African American 24.7%
Asian 1.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 5.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
42.7%
High Blood Pressure
40.7%
Obesity
36%
Physical Inactivity
29.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.1%
Current Smoking
15.1%
Binge Drinking
14.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.6%
Diabetes
13%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 62.7%
Annual Checkup 77.8%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.5%
Stroke
3.9%

What alerts and safety updates affect Woodbury?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Woodbury right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet NJ-WOODBURY-NJ · Woodbury

Woodbury: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Woodbury

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Woodbury.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Woodbury; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse New Jersey state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Woodbury, NJ? ▼
Woodbury, NJ has a population of 10,020 people, located in Gloucester County, New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Woodbury? ▼
The median household income in Woodbury, NJ is $77,028 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 13.2%.
What is the median home value in Woodbury? ▼
The median home value in Woodbury, NJ is $222,700. Median rent is $990/month.
What are the top health concerns in Woodbury? ▼
The top health indicators in Woodbury include Short Sleep Duration (42.7%), High Blood Pressure (40.7%), Obesity (36%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Woodbury? ▼
The median age in Woodbury, NJ is 39.8 years. 28.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Woodbury, both outside New Jersey so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NJ (13.2% here).

Lakeland, FL 13.2% Medford, OR 13.2% Meriden, CT 13.2% Lakewood, WA 13.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NJ ($77,028 here).

Commerce, CA $77,064 Cedar Falls, IA $76,987 South Venice, FL $77,097 Jackson, MO $77,105

Compare Woodbury with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Gloucester City, NJ 11K Bellmawr, NJ 11K Sewell, NJ 37K Whitman, PA 50K Lower Moyamensing, PA 16K Wharton, PA 50K Pennsport, PA 26K Girard Estate, PA 11K
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Using Woodbury's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Woodbury area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Gloucester County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.