Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Brooklawn’s subject grades is an A+ for walkability; the weakest is a D− for safety. Brooklawn’s violent crime rate is 9.3 per 1,000 residents, above both the New Jersey town median (0.7) and the median of U.S. towns (1.6). Only 1 of New Jersey’s 359 towns score lower on safety. Brooklawn has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Brooklawn beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Coastal flooding makes up 19% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Brooklawn is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,753 in 1930, a peak of 2,870 in 1970, 1,815 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 6 maps from 1891 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Brooklawn. Close and well known come first.
Big draw4 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw3 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw3 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw5 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw7 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
4 mi Park & preserveSchuylkill RiverUSS 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 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain · Schuylkill River: Emy111 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Brooklawn, 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 Brooklawn.
Brooklawn’s property crime rate is 152.6 per 1,000 residents, against 7.5 in New Jersey’s towns and 9.9 across U.S. towns. Brooklawn reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 100% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the Brooklawn Public School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Costello Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 277 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
The typical Brooklawn home is worth about $244,000, down 1% in a year, 58% below the New Jersey typical home. The median rent in Brooklawn is $1,392 a month.
| Brooklawn | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,392 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 82% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Brooklawn’s average trip to work is 21 minutes. Since 2013, Brooklawn has lost 169 jobs, to 328 in 2023. Brooklawn’s median household income is $59,000.
| Brooklawn | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 9.7% | 16% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 21 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Brooklawn.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Brooklawn has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 26° and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Brooklawn beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 19% of adults report frequent mental distress in Brooklawn. No town among the 469 in New Jersey we compare has a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Brooklawn.
| Brooklawn | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 11% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 36% |
| What stands out | Brooklawn | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 17.4% | 10.9% |
| More adults with depression | 21.1% | 15.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.1% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
32 within 15 miles of the center of Brooklawn
About 8 of every 100 Brooklawn residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Where Brooklawn’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, US
Brooklawn is a borough in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,815, a decrease of 140 (−7.2%) from the 2010 census count of 1,955, which in turn reflected a decline of 399 (-16.9%) from the 2,354 counted in the 2000 census. Brooklawn was incorporated as a borough on March 11, 1924, from portions of the now-defunct Centre Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 5, 1924. The borough was reincorporated on March 23, 1926. The borough's name is derived from its location and setting.
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3 towns share a border with Brooklawn.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklawn | — | — | C | D− | C− | C+ |
| Gloucester City | #391 | C− | C− | — | C− | B− |
| Westville | #384 | C− | C | — | C | C |
| Bellmawr | #288 | B− | C | B− | C+ | B |
Brooklawn has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Gloucester City and Westville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Brooklawn with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Brooklawn reports more crime per resident than 100% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade: 17 violent and 280 property crimes in 2025.
That is 2.7 years of the area's median household income ($91,289 across the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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