Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Estell Manor’s subject grades are an A− for incomes, an A+ for the outdoors, and an A for civic life; the weakest is a D for walkability. On walkability, just 4 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. 65% of the land in Estell Manor is conserved, above both New Jersey’s towns (11%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Tuckahoe Wildlife Management Area, at 9,340 acres with 9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Only 30 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score higher on the outdoors. Estell Manor has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Estell Manor beats most towns.
Head of the River Church64.5% of the town is conserved land, across 6 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Estell Manor is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 423 in 1930, 1,668 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 2006 and 6 maps from 1890 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Estell Manor. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
18 mi Stadium & arenaBoardwalk Hall
14 mi LandmarkLucy the Elephant39 mi BeachLong Beach Island
19 mi Theme parkSteel Pier33 mi Theme parkClementon Amusement ParkPine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Estell Manor, 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 Estell Manor.
61 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. At 1.1 miles per square mile, Estell Manor’s trail density is above both the New Jersey town median (0.7) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Estell Manor Park | 16.9 mi | 1,687 |
| 2. Maple Lake Wildlife Management Area | 11.3 mi | 4,640 |
| 3. Tuckahoe Wildlife Management Area | 9 mi | 9,340 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Estell Manor School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estell Manor Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 199 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
96% of Estell Manor households own their home. The typical Estell Manor home is worth about $372,000, up 4.4% in a year, 35% below the New Jersey typical home. The median rent in Estell Manor is $1,500 a month.
| Estell Manor | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 96% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,500 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Estell Manor for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Estell Manor grew to 225 in 2023, 47 more than in 2013. 6.8% of workers work from home in Estell Manor.
| Estell Manor | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.8% | 16% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.8% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Estell Manor has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 25° and about 22 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Estell Manor beats the New Jersey average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8.
| Estell Manor | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Estell Manor | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.6% | 11.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.2% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities. Since 1998, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Estell Manor.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Estell Manor
About 3 of every 100 Estell Manor residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Where Estell Manor’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Estell Manor on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Atlantic County, New Jersey, US
Estell Manor is a city in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Geographically, the city, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the South Jersey region and 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 1,668, a decrease of 67 (−3.9%) from the 2010 census count of 1,735, which in turn reflected an increase of 150 (+9.5%) from the 1,585 counted in the 2000 census. Estell Manor was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1925, from portions of Weymouth Township.
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7 towns share a border with Estell Manor.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estell Manor | — | — | C− | — | C | B |
| Corbin City | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Upper Township | #252 | B | D | — | A− | B+ |
| Maurice River Township | #462 | D− | C− | — | D | C+ |
| Weymouth Township | #388 | C− | C+ | — | C+ | B+ |
| Egg Harbor Township | #373 | C | D | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Dorothy | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hamilton Township | #419 | D | D | C | D | B+ |
Estell Manor has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Estell Manor, Upper Township, Maurice River Township and Weymouth Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Corbin City and Dorothy aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Estell Manor with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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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