Glassboro is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 23,987 people and five associated neighborhoods, Glassboro is the 81st largest community in New Jersey.Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Glassboro is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Glassboro is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Glassboro who work in sales jobs (13.63%), office and administrative support (10.64%), and teaching (9.65%). Also of interest is that Glassboro has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Glassboro telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.77% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Glassboro is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Glassboro have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. Glassboro’s economy is one such example of this. The education level of Glassboro ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Glassboro, 40.25% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Glassboro in 2022 was $34,417, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $137,668 for a family of four. However, Glassboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Glassboro is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Glassboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glassboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Glassboro also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.33% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Glassboro include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Glassboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
