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Carneys Point Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 404th of 466 graded towns in New Jersey, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is safety: it reports less crime per resident than 62% of U.S. towns. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $268K for a typical one and 2.9 times the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. On health, just 27 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. Carneys Point Township is home to Salem Community College. Among 347 New Jersey towns, just 10 have a lower typical home value than Carneys Point Township.
Where Carneys Point Township beats most towns.
| College | Students |
|---|---|
| Salem Community College | 931 |
Census counts: 1,638 in 1810, a low of 744 in 1910, 8,637 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 6 maps from 1890 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Carneys Point Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Carneys Point Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw24 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw24 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
Big draw37 mi Park & preservePine BarrensUSS 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 · Pine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Carneys Point 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 Carneys Point Township.
Carneys Point Township sends many workers across the state line to Philadelphia, has homes that are cheap against local pay and is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s.
At 2.9 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income, the typical home (about $268K) costs less against local pay than in 97% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to its C for cost of living.
At $1,432 a month, Carneys Point Township’s median rent is where New Jersey’s towns sit at $1,780 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. Typical home values rose 5.3% in the year to September 2026. The typical Carneys Point Township home is worth about $268,000, up 5.3% in a year, 53% below the New Jersey typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Penns Grove High School, with 632 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field Street SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 1–3 | Grades 1–3 | 463 | D− |
| Penns Grove High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 632 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Carneys Point Township beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 23. 45% of Carneys Point Township adults sleep under 7 hours, against 36% in New Jersey’s towns and 36% across U.S. towns. 33% of Carneys Point Township adults get no exercise outside work.
| Carneys Point Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 36% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 22% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 11% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 15% | 19% |
| What stands out | Carneys Point Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 12.2% | 7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.4% | 9.6% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 23.3% | 14.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 77% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 56 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Carneys Point Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Carneys Point Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 26° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
22% of working residents cross a state line to work, Philadelphia among the top destinations. Carneys Point Township has about as many jobs (3,845) as working residents, but only 389 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Carneys Point Township for work: only 9% work in town. Jobs based in Carneys Point Township grew to 3,845 in 2023, 779 more than in 2013. 12% of residents live below the poverty line in Carneys Point Township.
| Carneys Point Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $79,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 11% | 17% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 13.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 55% of New Jersey’s graded towns.
The violent crime rate in Carneys Point Township is 1.8 per 1,000 residents.
| Carneys Point Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.8 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.3 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
0.7 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Salem River Wildlife Management Area, at 44 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Carney's Point Recreational Park | 0.5 mi | 40 |
| 2. Salem River Wildlife Management Area | 0.1 mi | 44 |
| 3. Dunns Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
7 within 15 miles of the center of Carneys Point Township
About 4 of every 100 Carneys Point Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Coastal flooding makes up 48% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Township in Salem County, New Jersey, US
Carneys Point 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 8,637, an increase of 588 (+7.3%) from the 2010 census count of 8,049, which in turn reflected an increase of 365 (+4.8%) from the 7,684 counted in the 2000 census. Upper Penns Neck Township was formed on July 10, 1721, when Penn's Neck Township was subdivided and Lower Penns Neck Township (now Pennsville Township) was also formed. The township was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's original group of 104 townships. Portions of the township were taken to form Oldmans Township (F…
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6 towns share a border with Carneys Point Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carneys Point Township | #404 | C− | C | B | C− | C− |
| Mannington Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | C+ |
| Pennsville Township | #427 | D | C | C | C− | B− |
| Oldmans Township | — | — | C | — | B+ | A− |
| Penns Grove | #445 | D− | C+ | — | C− | D− |
| Pilesgrove Township | #158 | A− | C+ | — | B− | A |
Mannington Township and Oldmans Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Mannington Township, Oldmans Township, Penns Grove and Pilesgrove Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Carneys Point Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Carneys Point Township grades C− overall, better than 17% of U.S. towns and #404 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades C− for health, B for safety and C− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
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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