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Alloway Township grades B− overall, 266th of 466 graded towns in New Jersey, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $105K. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its public schools trail 68% of New Jersey towns on state tests and graduation. A typical home there costs about $298K, 3.3 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 92% of U.S. towns, with 2 places on the National Register. 33% of the land in Alloway Township is conserved, against 11% in New Jersey’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Only 5 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score higher on cost of living. The biggest park or preserve is Thundergut Pond Wildlife Management Area, at 2,188 acres.
Where Alloway Township beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,921 in 1810, a low of 1,431 in 1920, 3,283 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1808 and 4 maps from 1890 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Alloway Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Alloway Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw33 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw28 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw29 mi MuseumEastern State PenitentiaryUSS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Pine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Alloway Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Alloway Township.
Alloway Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of New Jersey and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey.
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 2.8% in value. 87% of households live in a home they own in Alloway Township, above both New Jersey’s towns (77%) and U.S. towns (73%).
| Alloway Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $749 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 87% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Public schools: the Alloway Twp School District. Its two schools are below. Enrollment at Alloway Township’s public school: 285 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alloway Township SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 285 | B− |
| Strang School/Ranch Hope PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 27 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
Its 7,039 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 88% of New Jersey towns.
Count the trails in 2 parks and preserves and they come to 0.1 miles.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Thundergut Pond Wildlife Management Area | — | 2,188 |
| 2. Burden Hill Preserve | — | 80 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Just 6% of Alloway Township’s working residents have a job in town. In Alloway Township, 1.5% of residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Salem (5%), Philadelphia (4%) and Vineland (4%). Its mean commuting time comes in at 31 minutes.
| Alloway Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.5% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $105,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Federal aid has come to Alloway Township households in 6 declared disasters; the latest was in 2012. On expected storm and flood damage, Alloway Township sits below 70% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 1989: one. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 50% come from inland flooding and 11% from strong winds.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 26° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Here, 34% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 44% in New Jersey as a whole. Adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (21% statewide); people 65 and older are 23% of residents (17% statewide). Alloway Township’s median age stands at 48.7 years. Since 2020, Alloway Township has grown 2.3%, to 3,338 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Alloway Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48.7 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 45% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 90% are men (NJ 51%).
| Alloway Township | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.3% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.2% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.2% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.5% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.8% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.6% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.7% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.9% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.7% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.4% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36.5% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.9% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.1% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.3% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.8% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,300, single groups can be off by several points
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 86% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Its B− for health tops all 4 graded neighbors; Mannington Township (C+) comes closest.
Among adults in Alloway Township, 17% worry about having enough food. For adults locally, the share who sleep under 7 hours is 41%.
| Alloway Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 36% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Alloway Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 14.5% | 10.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.7% | 9.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 6.7% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Alloway Township
About 2 of every 100 Alloway Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Where Alloway Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Alloway Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Salem County, New Jersey, US
Alloway Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 3,283, a decrease of 184 (−5.3%) from the 2010 census count of 3,467, which in turn reflected an increase of 693 (+25.0%) from the 2,774 counted in the 2000 census.
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4 towns share a border with Alloway Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alloway Township | #266 | B− | B− | — | C | B− |
| Mannington Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | C+ |
| Quinton Township | #402 | C− | B− | — | C− | C− |
| Stow Creek Township | — | — | D | — | C− | D |
| Hopewell Township | #411 | D | C | — | C− | D |
Mannington Township and Stow Creek Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Alloway Township, Mannington Township, Quinton Township, Stow Creek Township and Hopewell Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Alloway Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Alloway Township grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #266 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B− for health and C for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
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