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Eagleswood Township’s best subject grades are an A− for health and civic life and an A for the outdoors; its weakest is a D for schools. 90% of households own their home in Eagleswood Township, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 77% and U.S. towns at 73%. Homes are expensive, about $365K for a typical one and 3.7 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 56% of the land in Eagleswood Township is conserved, above both New Jersey’s towns (11%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, at 5,398 acres. Eagleswood Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Eagleswood Township beats most towns.
Coastal flooding makes up 32% 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 Eagleswood Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 592 in 1880, a low of 420 in 1920, 1,722 in 2020. The archive holds 13 old photos and papers going back to 1866 and 5 maps from 1888 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Eagleswood 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 Eagleswood Township.
26 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. Eagleswood Township’s trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bass River State Forest | 0.8 mi | 420 |
| 2. Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve | — | 5,398 |
| 3. Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge | — | 4,417 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Eagleswood Township School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagleswood Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 136 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Eagleswood Township beats the New Jersey average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 29% of adults feel lonely in Eagleswood Township.
| Eagleswood Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Eagleswood Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.9% | 12.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.2% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Eagleswood Township for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Eagleswood Township is 26 minutes. The top destinations are Stafford Township (11%), Little Egg Harbor Township (7%) and Toms River Township (6%).
| Eagleswood Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $102,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 76% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 175 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Eagleswood Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Eagleswood Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 27° and about 10 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Eagleswood Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw35 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great Adventure2.2M visitors a year6 mi BeachLong Beach Island
22 mi Stadium & arenaBoardwalk Hall
26 mi LandmarkLucy the Elephant
21 mi Theme parkSteel PierPine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Six Flags Great Adventure: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Boardwalk Hall: Jack Boucher, Public domain · Lucy the Elephant: User:dtcdthingy 3:30 pm 30th July 2004 (Minolta Dimage X20), Public domain · Steel Pier: Make Lemons, CC BY-SA 2.0
None within 15 miles of Eagleswood Township; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Eagleswood Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
56.3% of the town is conserved land, across 6 parks and preserves.
Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, US
Eagleswood Township is a township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,722, the highest recorded in any decennial count and an increase of 119 (+7.4%) from the 2010 census count of 1,603, which in turn reflected an increase of 162 (+11.2%) from the 1,441 counted in the 2000 census. Eagleswood Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1874, from portions of Stafford Township. Portions of the township were taken to form Beach Haven (November 11, 1890) and Long Beach Township (March 23, 1899).
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3 towns share a border with Eagleswood Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagleswood Township | — | — | C | — | D | A− |
| Long Beach Township | #336 | C+ | D− | B− | C+ | A |
| Little Egg Harbor Township | #339 | C+ | D | B+ | D | B+ |
| Stafford Township | #241 | B | C− | B+ | B− | A− |
Eagleswood Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Eagleswood Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Eagleswood Township 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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