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.
Glassboro, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the borough.
The citizens of Glassboro are among the most well-educated in the nation: 40.25% of adults in Glassboro have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Glassboro in 2018 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.
