FortescueNJ
A town of 120, settled in 1905.
Is Fortescue a good place to live?
The biggest park or preserve is Glades Wildlife Refuge, at 40 acres. Fortescue has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Fortescue lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 67% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Moving to Fortescue: who provides what
Fortescue is unincorporated, so Cumberland County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Fortescue.
The typical home in Fortescue: about $169K
Typical home values fell 4% in the year to September 2026. In Fortescue, just over three quarters of households own their home, close to both New Jersey’s towns (77%) and U.S. towns (73%).
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The FEMA risk score in Fortescue is higher than in the typical New Jersey or U.S. town
Of the losses FEMA expects in Fortescue, 67% come from coastal flooding and 17% from inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 99% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fortescue stands out in New Jersey and nationally: the average trip to work there is longer
Jobs in Fortescue fell by 54 from 2013 to 2023, to 30. Half of commuters travel less than 22 miles. The top destinations are Vineland (12%), Millville (10%) and Trenton (9%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Fortescue
Expect July afternoons of 85° and January nights of 28°, with about 13 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Fortescue is
For adults in Fortescue, the share who have been diagnosed with depression is 16%. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Fortescue is ahead of New Jersey on 6 and behind on 12. No town among the 469 in New Jersey we compare has a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Fortescue. Among adults in the town, 17% report frequent physical distress and 13% binge drink.
| Fortescue | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 32% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 9.7% | 12% |
| What stands out | Fortescue | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.1% | 12.3% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.6% | 7% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Glades Wildlife Refuge | — | 40 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Fortescue
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Fortescue; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Fortescue residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
120 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
About Fortescue
Populated place in Cumberland County, New Jersey, US
Fortescue is a community and census-designated place (CDP) in Downe Township, Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The community is located on the state's southern coast, on the Delaware Bay, surrounded on three sides by marshland. The area was named for John Fortescue, a local property owner at the time of American independence. As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 189. During the late 1970s and mid 1980s, Fortescue experienced the best fishing it had ever seen. Anglers were catching enormous numbers of weakfish every summer. Fortescue was the self-proclaimed "weakfish capital of the world". Overfishing led federal authorities to establish limits in …
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- Area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3 ft
- ZIP code
- 08321
Questions about Fortescue
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fortescue, NJ a good place to live?
Fortescue has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.