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A town of 1,564, settled in 1887.
The best of Chesilhurst’s subject grades is an A for walkability. 12% of residents are under 18 in Chesilhurst, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 21% and U.S. towns at 22%. Only 14 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score higher on hazard risk. On the outdoors, just 48 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. Grant A.M.E. Church is on the National Register of Historic Places. Chesilhurst has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Chesilhurst beats most towns.
Where Chesilhurst’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Chesilhurst is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 283 in 1900, 1,536 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 6 maps from 1890 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Chesilhurst. Close and well known come first.
Big draw7 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw20 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw21 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw23 mi MuseumEastern State PenitentiaryPine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Chesilhurst, 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 Chesilhurst.
Chesilhurst’s FEMA risk score is 9 of 100, against 52 of 100 in New Jersey’s towns and 44 of 100 across U.S. towns. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Chesilhurst since 2013.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Winslow Township School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winslow Township Early Childhood Education CenterLargest public school before high schoolGrades PK | Grades PK | 73 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
The typical Chesilhurst home is worth about $328,000, up 4% in a year, 43% below the New Jersey typical home. 89% of Chesilhurst households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Chesilhurst for work: only 1% work in town. Chesilhurst’s average trip to work is 36 minutes. The top destinations are Philadelphia (6%), Cherry Hill Township (4%) and Berlin Township (4%).
| Chesilhurst | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 7.7% | 16% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Chesilhurst has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 25° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
15% of adults have diabetes in Chesilhurst. Among 469 New Jersey towns, just 9 have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Chesilhurst. 17% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Chesilhurst.
| Chesilhurst | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 36% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 9.7% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 32% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 22% | 25% |
| What stands out | Chesilhurst | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.5% | 77.2% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 4.7% | 3.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Chesilhurst's reported crime rate is well below New Jersey's. The property crime rate in Chesilhurst is 4.5 per 1,000 residents. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
| Chesilhurst | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 4.5 per 1,000 residents | 10.4 | 13.1 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.8 |
FBI crime data, 2023 · crimes reported to police
| Chesilhurst | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.8% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wharton State Forest | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
3 within 15 miles of the center of Chesilhurst
About 8 of every 100 Chesilhurst residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, US
Chesilhurst 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 1,536, a decrease of 98 (−6.0%) from the 2010 census count of 1,634, which in turn reflected an increase of 114 (+7.5%) from the 1,520 counted in the 2000 census. Chesilhurst was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on November 26, 1887, from portions of Waterford and Winslow townships, based on the results of a referendum held on October 18, 1887. New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Chesilhurst the worst town in the state in its 2008 rankings of "Best Places to Live" in New Jersey (placing at # 566 of 566).
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One town shares a border with Chesilhurst.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesilhurst | — | — | C+ | — | — | C+ |
| Winslow Township | #344 | C | C− | — | D | B+ |
Chesilhurst has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Chesilhurst and Winslow Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Chesilhurst with a neighbor →
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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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