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Deerfield Township earns a D−, 461st of 466 graded towns in New Jersey, mostly because of schools and health. Its public schools trail 90% of New Jersey towns on state tests and graduation. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 88% of the country. One bright spot: natural-hazard risk is low. The typical home is worth about $244K, 3.6 years of the Vineland metro’s $67K median household income. Only 29 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on walkability. Deerfield Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 96% of U.S. towns.
Where Deerfield Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Beth Hillel Synagogue| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Deerfield Township Elementary School | PK–8 | 325 |
Census counts: 1,889 in 1810, a low of 927 in 1850, 3,136 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1876 and 4 maps from 1890 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Deerfield Township is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Deerfield Township, and how to reach them.
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Ordered by what stands out in Deerfield Township.
Deerfield Township carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of New Jersey (mostly hurricanes) and trades workers with Vineland and other neighbors.
Its public schools are run by the Deerfield Township School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield Township Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 325 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
41% of adults have obesity in Deerfield Township, against 28% in New Jersey’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 39% of adults have high blood pressure in Deerfield Township. Deerfield Township beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 22.
| Deerfield Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 11% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 36% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 22% | 25% |
| What stands out | Deerfield Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 14.1% | 7% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 27.2% | 14.3% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 13.9% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 94% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $306 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
At 14 of 100, Deerfield Township’s FEMA risk score is below both New Jersey’s towns (52 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100). Since 2006, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Deerfield Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Deerfield Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 25° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Deerfield Township has about as many jobs (1,287) as working residents, but only 73 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 20.4 minutes, against 30.5 across New Jersey.
Most working residents leave Deerfield Township for work: only 5% work in town. Deerfield Township’s average trip to work is 20 minutes. The top destinations are Vineland (19%), Bridgeton (8%) and Upper Deerfield Township (6%).
| Deerfield Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.2% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
0.7 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Union Lake Wildlife Management Area, at 80 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Union Lake Wildlife Management Area | 0.6 mi | 80 |
| 2. Buckshutem Wildlife Management Area | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Deerfield Township
About 5 of every 100 Deerfield Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Borough in Cumberland County, New Jersey, US
Deerfield Township is a township in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the Vineland--Bridgeton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses those cities and all of Cumberland County for statistical purposes and which constitutes a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 3,136, an increase of 17 (+0.5%) from the 2010 census count of 3,119, which in turn reflected an increase of 192 (+6.6%) from the 2,927 counted in the 2000 census. Deerfield Township was formed as a precinct on January 19, 1748, and was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as one of …
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5 towns share a border with Deerfield Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield Township | #461 | D− | D | — | D | D |
| Millville | #454 | D− | D | D | D | C− |
| Vineland | #447 | D− | D | D | D | C |
| Upper Deerfield Township | #443 | D− | D | — | D | D |
| Pittsgrove Township | #381 | C− | C | — | C | B |
| Fairfield Township | #464 | D− | C− | — | D | D |
Deerfield Township, Upper Deerfield Township, Pittsgrove Township and Fairfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Deerfield Township with a neighbor →
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Deerfield Township grades D− overall, in the bottom 2% of U.S. towns and #461 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades D for health and D for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.