Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Edgewater Park Township’s overall grade is C−, better than 18% of U.S. towns. Its place in the ranking is 401st of 466 in New Jersey. The weak point is schools (D): its public schools trail 89% of New Jersey towns on state tests and graduation. It also trails on cost of living: the typical home is worth about $347K, 3.8 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. Where it does best is walkability: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 89% of U.S. towns. Edgewater Park Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 92% of U.S. towns. The town has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Beverly National Cemetery and Coopertown Meetinghouse. 19% of residents live below the poverty line locally, above both the New Jersey town median (6%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Edgewater Park Township beats most towns.
Where Edgewater Park Township’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 Edgewater Park Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,243 in 1930, 8,930 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 1806 and 4 maps from 1942 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Edgewater Park Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw12 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw14 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw15 mi MuseumEastern State PenitentiaryUSS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Edgewater Park 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 Edgewater Park Township.
Edgewater Park Township has more 90° days than almost anywhere else in New Jersey and is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New Jersey (mostly inland flooding).
Public schools: the Edgewater Park Township School District. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mildred Magowan Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 583 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
The going rate for rent in Edgewater Park Township is $1,491 a month. Values rose 6.2% in the 12 months to September 2026. For households locally, the share who own their home is 75%.
| Edgewater Park Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,491 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 90% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $370 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Of the losses FEMA expects in Edgewater Park Township, 78% come from inland flooding. For Edgewater Park Township, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 82 of 100. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid in 8 declared disasters, most recently in 2020.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The top destinations are Philadelphia (6%), Burlington Township (5%) and Trenton (5%). For Edgewater Park Township, the average trip to work is 34 minutes. Half commute less than 13 miles.
| Edgewater Park Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.5% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Neshaminy Falls weather station, 7 miles away, records that about 27 days a year reach 90°, the highest of 941 New Jersey places with climate records.
The midsummer high for Edgewater Park Township comes to 88°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Across 2 parks and preserves: 0.6 miles of trail. Edgewater Park Township’s trail network density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Edgewater Park Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wood Lake Park | 0.5 mi | 14 |
| 2. Roosevelt Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 85% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
In Edgewater Park Township, 14% of adults report frequent physical distress. Among adults here, 28% get no exercise outside work and 39% sleep under 7 hours.
| Edgewater Park Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 22% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 32% | 35% |
| What stands out | Edgewater Park Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.2% | 9.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 9.3% | 7% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 9.2% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 20.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 73% of New Jersey’s graded towns.
Edgewater Park Township’s rate of thefts and burglaries comes in at 15.9 per 1,000 residents. In Edgewater Park Township, the rate of reported violence is 0.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Edgewater Park Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 15.9 per 1,000 residents | 7.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.9 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
26 within 15 miles of the center of Edgewater Park Township
About 6 of every 100 Edgewater Park Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
3 places in Edgewater Park Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, US
Edgewater Park is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey and a northeastern suburb of Philadelphia within the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 8,930, an increase of 49 (+0.6%) from the 2010 census count of 8,881, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,017 (+12.9%) from the 7,864 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Edgewater Park was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 26, 1924, from portions of Beverly Township (now known as Delanco Township).} The township was named for i…
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6 towns share a border with Edgewater Park Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewater Park Township | #401 | C− | C− | B− | D | B |
| Delanco Township | #361 | C | C | — | D− | B+ |
| Beverly | #318 | C+ | C+ | B− | C | B− |
| Burlington Township | #300 | B− | C− | B− | B− | B |
| Willingboro Township | #426 | D | D | C | D | C+ |
Delanco Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Edgewater Park Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
It grades B for health, B− for safety and D for schools. Schools 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 C−.
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