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Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Trash & recyclingFairfield Township earns a D−, 464th among New Jersey's 466 graded towns, mostly because of schools and health. Its public schools trail 95% of New Jersey towns on state tests and graduation. Residents are less healthy than 92% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. What it does well: it has 5 miles of trail and 41% conserved land. 41% of the land in Fairfield Township is conserved, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Only 19 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on incomes. The biggest place to walk is Dix Wildlife Management Area, 5,207 acres with 2.3 miles of trail.
Where Fairfield Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Old Stone Church| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Township School | PK–8 | 526 |
| Cumberland Campus | PK–12 | 88 |
| Fairton Christian Center Academy | PK–12 | 79 |
Census counts: 2,279 in 1810, a low of 1,514 in 1920, 5,546 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1876 and 3 maps from 1890 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Fairfield Township is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Fairfield 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 Fairfield Township.
Fairfield Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of New Jersey and trades workers with Vineland and other neighbors, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
Its public schools are run by the Fairfield Township School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Township SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 526 | D− |
| Cumberland CampusLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 88 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
29% of Fairfield Township adults say their health is fair or poor, above both New Jersey’s towns (15%) and U.S. towns (19%). 17% of adults report frequent physical distress in Fairfield Township. Fairfield Township beats the New Jersey average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 23.
| Fairfield Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 15% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 22% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 36% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Fairfield Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.2% | 7.5% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 16.5% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its 11,423 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 94% of New Jersey towns.
5.4 miles of trail in 12 parks and preserves. The trail density in Fairfield Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dix Wildlife Management Area | 2.3 mi | 5,207 |
| 2. Cohansey River Wildlife Management Area | 0.8 mi | 135 |
| 3. PSEG Green Swamp Nature Area | 0.5 mi | 495 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1,845 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 285 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 68% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 1,845 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Fairfield Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fairfield Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 26° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fairfield Township has about as many jobs (1,907) as working residents, but only 99 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Fairfield Township for work: only 5% work in town. Fairfield Township’s median household income is $61,000. Since 2013, Fairfield Township has added 213 jobs, to 1,907 in 2023.
| Fairfield Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.3% | 17% | 11% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
1 within 15 miles of the center of Fairfield Township
About 4 of every 100 Fairfield Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Coastal flooding makes up 21% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
3 places in Fairfield Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, US
Fairfield Township is a township in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the Vineland-Bridgeton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Cumberland County for statistical purposes and which constitutes a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 5,546, a decrease of 749 (−11.9%) from the 2010 census count of 6,295, which in turn reflected an increase of 12 (+0.2%) from the 6,283 counted in the 2000 census. Fairfield Township was formed by royal charter on May 12, 1697, from portions of the Cohansey Township area, while still part of Salem County, and was formed as a precinct in t…
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9 towns share a border with Fairfield Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Township | #464 | D− | C− | — | D | D |
| Lawrence Township | #446 | D− | D | — | C− | C+ |
| Hopewell Township | #411 | D | C | — | C− | D |
| Greenwich Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bridgeton | #463 | D− | C− | D− | D− | D− |
| Upper Deerfield Township | #443 | D− | D | — | D | D |
| Gouldtown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fairton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Fairfield Township, Lawrence Township, Hopewell Township and Upper Deerfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Greenwich Township, Gouldtown and Fairton aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Fairfield Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Fairfield Township grades D− overall, in the bottom 2% of U.S. towns and #464 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades D for health 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−.
