Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Egg Harbor City earns a D, 418th among New Jersey's 466 graded towns, mostly because of schools. Its schools rank behind 87% of the state's. In its favor, it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 98% of U.S. towns. Egg Harbor City’s trail density is 1.5 miles per square mile, above both the New Jersey town median (0.7) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Only 48 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on health. Egg Harbor City has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Neutral Water Health Resort Sanitarium and Egg Harbor Commercial Bank.
Where Egg Harbor City beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Egg Harbor City is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D for schools (better than 13%), so the D overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 789 in 1860, 4,396 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1865 and 5 maps from 1890 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Egg Harbor City, 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 Egg Harbor City.
Egg Harbor City trades workers with Atlantic City and other neighbors and is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s.
On this, Egg Harbor City is below New Jersey’s towns (11%) and close to U.S. towns (4.3%). 17 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, at 385 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve | — | 385 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Cedar Creek High School, with 928 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles L. Spragg SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–3 | Grades PK–3 | 285 | D− |
| Cedar Creek High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 928 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
The typical Egg Harbor City home is worth about $339,000, up 1.5% in a year, 41% below the New Jersey typical home. 51% of households own their home in Egg Harbor City.
| Egg Harbor City | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 51% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,451 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
At 27.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 82% of New Jersey’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 115 to 67 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Egg Harbor City’s property crime rate is 13 per 1,000 residents.
| Egg Harbor City | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 13 per 1,000 residents | 7.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Egg Harbor City has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 25° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Egg Harbor City has about as many jobs (1,715) as working residents, but only 100 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 1,313 in 2013 to 1,715.
Most working residents leave Egg Harbor City for work: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Egg Harbor City grew to 1,715 in 2023, 402 more than in 2013. The median household income in Egg Harbor City is $72,000.
| Egg Harbor City | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $72,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.9% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Egg Harbor City beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 18. 15% of Egg Harbor City adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| Egg Harbor City | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 11% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 22% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 36% |
| What stands out | Egg Harbor City | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.3% | 9.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.4% | 7% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 10.8% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 58% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Egg Harbor City.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Egg Harbor City. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw39 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw40 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
39 mi Park & preserveSchuylkill RiverPine 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 · Schuylkill River: Emy111 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
2 within 15 miles of the center of Egg Harbor City
About 3 of every 100 Egg Harbor City residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
2 places in Egg Harbor City on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Egg Harbor City.
City in Atlantic County, New Jersey, US
Egg Harbor City is a city in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The city, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 4,396, an increase of 153 (+3.6%) from the 2010 census count of 4,243, which in turn reflected a decline of 302 (−6.6%) from the 4,545 counted in the 2000 census. The city had the seventh-highest property tax rate in New Jersey, with an equalized rate of 5.044% in 2020, compared to 2.560% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%.
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3 towns share a border with Egg Harbor City.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egg Harbor City | #418 | D | C− | C | D | C+ |
| Washington Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mullica Township | #280 | B− | C+ | B | C | B |
| Galloway Township | #378 | C− | D | B− | C− | B+ |
Washington Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Egg Harbor City with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Egg Harbor City grades D overall, better than 13% of U.S. towns and #418 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades C+ for health, C for safety and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. That is 4.1 years of the area's median household income ($82,105 across the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
3 notable people were born here, including Peace Pilgrim and Frank Morgenweck.
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