Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Ewing Township grades C− overall, ranked 397th of 466 in New Jersey, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. It is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns and it has 10 miles of trail. On the other side, its public schools trail 83% of New Jersey towns on state tests and graduation. Ewing Township is home to The College of New Jersey. 15% of residents are under 18 in Ewing Township, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 21% and U.S. towns at 22%. Ewing Township has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them West Trenton Station and William Green House.
Where Ewing Township beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Ewing Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.4% | 7% |
Census counts: 1,017 in 1840, a low of 1,017 in 1840, 37,264 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1750 and 4 maps from 1954 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 Ewing Township is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ewing Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw21 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great Adventure2.2M visitors a year
Big draw22 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw29 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw36 mi Park & preservePine BarrensUSS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Six Flags Great Adventure: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · 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 · Pine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ewing 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 Ewing Township.
Ewing Township has homes that are cheap against local pay and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey; it also has a long record of flood insurance claims.
Its public schools are run by the Ewing Township School District. Two of its 11 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. The largest public high school is Ewing High School, with 1,118 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmore J Fisher Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 789 | C |
| Ewing High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,118 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes fell from 1,068 to 761 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
For Ewing Township, the level of property crime is 19.7 per 1,000 residents. The rate of reported violence in the town is 1.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Ewing Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 19.7 per 1,000 residents | 7.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.7 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The biggest park or preserve is Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park, at 94 acres. Count the trails in 6 parks and preserves and they come to 10 miles. Parks and preserves in Ewing Township: 6, covering 231 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Banchoff Park | 0.8 mi | 39 |
| 2. Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park | 0.5 mi | 94 |
| 3. Armstrong Park | 0.3 mi | 51 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 73% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
For adults in Ewing Township, the share who get no exercise outside work is 25%. 19% of adults in Ewing Township worry about having enough food; 14% binge drink.
| Ewing Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 11% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 36% |
| What stands out | Ewing Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.4% | 7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.4% | 9.6% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 16.4% | 12.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Among adults 25 and older in Ewing Township, 46% hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Since 2020, Ewing Township has grown 4.5%, to 39,030 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. The midpoint age for Ewing Township comes to 37.9 years.
| Ewing Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 46% | 45% | 29% |
| Median age | 37.9 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Ewing Township | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.1% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.1% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 20.8% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.9% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.3% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.5% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.6% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.1% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.6% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.1% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.2% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.1% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.3% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.3% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 20.1% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
375 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 60 properties have flooded more than once.
FEMA puts 64% of Ewing Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 10% to hurricanes. The town’s natural-hazard score from FEMA is 68 of 100. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 1978: 375.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 23°, with about 27 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jobs based here fell from 31,654 in 2013 to 22,568. The average commute for its 17,798 working residents takes 24.1 minutes, against 30.5 across New Jersey.
In Ewing Township, 12% of residents live below the poverty line. Just 8% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Employers in Ewing Township shed 9,086 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 22,568. For Ewing Township, the average trip to work is 24 minutes.
| Ewing Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 14% | 17% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 2.9 years of the Trenton metro’s $101K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 97% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living.
The share of households in Ewing Township who own their home: 67%. On the market in the town: a median 35 days to sell. In Ewing Township, 54% of sales closed above the list price.
| Ewing Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 67% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,679 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
9 within 15 miles of the center of Ewing Township
College town 18 of every 100 Ewing Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
4 places in Ewing Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 notable people were born in Ewing Township.
Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, US
Ewing Township is a township in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township falls within the Trenton-Princeton metropolitan statistical area (which includes all of Mercer County), which is part of the New York combined statistical area as defined by the United States Census Bureau. It borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is part of the Federal Communications Commission's Philadelphia Designated Market Area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 37,264, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 1,474 (+4.1%) from the 35,790 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 83 (+0.2%) from the 35,707 counted i…
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5 towns share a border with Ewing Township.
Trenton next door grades lower for schools (D− to Ewing Township’s C−) and higher for cost of living (B− to C−).
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ewing Township | #397 | C− | C− | C− | C− | B+ |
| Hopewell Township | #100 | A | C− | A− | A− | A+ |
| Lawrence Township | #228 | B | D | B− | B− | A+ |
| Trenton | #450 | D− | B− | D | D− | D |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Ewing Township grades C− overall, better than 18% of U.S. towns and #397 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B+ for health, C− for safety and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $294,000, 49% below the New Jersey typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
5 notable people were born here, including Davon Reed and Frantz Massenat.
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