Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Elsinboro Township’s best subject grades are an A for history and an A− for the outdoors; its weakest is a D for hazard risk. 69% of the land in Elsinboro Township is conserved, above both New Jersey’s towns (11%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Alloway Creek Watershed Wetland Restoration Site, at 2,749 acres with 1.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Elsinboro Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Elsinboro Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Census counts: 517 in 1810, a low of 374 in 1920, 1,001 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1729 and 4 maps from 1948 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Elsinboro Township is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Elsinboro Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw34 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw35 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
29 mi Park & preserveSchuylkill RiverUSS 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 · Schuylkill River: Emy111 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Elsinboro 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 Elsinboro Township.
Count the trails in 5 parks and preserves and they come to 2.0 miles. The trail density for Elsinboro Township comes to 0.2 miles per square mile, below both the New Jersey town median (0.7) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alloway Creek Watershed Wetland Restoration Site | 1.1 mi | 2,749 |
| 2. Abbotts Meadow Wildlife Management Area | 0.7 mi | 1,443 |
| 3. Salem River Wildlife Management Area | — | 53 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The Elsinboro Township School District runs its public schools. Its one school is below. Enrollment at the town’s public school: 105 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elsinboro Township SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 105 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
Of the losses FEMA expects in Elsinboro Township, 56% come from coastal flooding and 28% from inland flooding. Since 1979, 32 flood insurance claims have been paid out locally. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2012.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Nearly a quarter of Elsinboro Township adults worry about having enough food. Among adults locally, 45% sleep under 7 hours.
| Elsinboro Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 36% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 11% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 22% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 32% | 35% |
| What stands out | Elsinboro Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.9% | 9.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 12.1% | 7% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.2% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Elsinboro Township, 2.1% of working residents work locally. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 21, to 95. Its average trip to work stands at 33 minutes. The top destinations are Salem (11%), Philadelphia (7%) and Quinton Township (4%).
| Elsinboro Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $90,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 9.2% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 27° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
3 within 15 miles of the center of Elsinboro Township
About 3 of every 100 Elsinboro Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Coastal flooding makes up 56% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
4 places in Elsinboro Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Salem County, New Jersey, US
Elsinboro Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,001, a decrease of 35 (−3.4%) from the 2010 census count of 1,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 56 (−5.1%) from the 1,092 counted in the 2000 census. Elsinboro's first mention dates back to May 12, 1701, though it was also mentioned in records on November 28, 1676. The details and date of its original incorporation are unknown. The township was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's original group of 104 townships.} The township was named for Fort Nya Elfsborg.
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