Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Overall it grades A−, 179th among New Jersey's 466 graded towns. The median household earns $92K and crime is low: it reports less per resident than 75% of U.S. towns. On cost of living, just 7 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do better. Greenwich Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 83% of U.S. towns. Only 4 of the 468 New Jersey towns we compare have a higher July high than Greenwich Township.
Where Greenwich Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
C. A. Nothnagle Log House
Census counts: 2,526 in 1800, a low of 874 in 1910, 4,917 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 6 maps from 1894 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Greenwich Township takes its name from Greenwich in London, England, 3,560 miles across the Atlantic.
UKUK editionGreenwich Township, settled in 1695, takes its name from Greenwich, a London borough.
3 more U.S. towns are named after Greenwich:Greenwich, CT64,801Greenwich Township, NJWarren County · 5,726Greenwich Township, NJCumberland County · 779
Named after: each U.S. town’s Wikipedia article. Grades compare each town with towns in its own country, so they aren’t a head-to-head.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Greenwich Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A for jobs and income (better than 87% of comparable towns) to D− for hazard risk (better than 3%), so the A− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Greenwich Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw11 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw11 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw11 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
6 mi Park & preserveSchuylkill RiverLincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · 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 Greenwich 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 Greenwich Township.
Greenwich Township has hotter summers than almost anywhere else in New Jersey and sends many workers across the state line, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New Jersey (mostly inland flooding).
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 99% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $1,221 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1978, 48 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Greenwich Township. Only 6 of the 468 New Jersey towns we compare have a higher FEMA risk score than Greenwich Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Greenwich Township School District. One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broad Street Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 290 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
At 10.1 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 62% of New Jersey’s graded towns.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
20% of working residents cross a state line to work.
Most working residents leave Greenwich Township for work: only 7% work in town. At $92,000, Greenwich Township’s median household income is where New Jersey’s towns sit at $113,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Jobs based in Greenwich Township grew to 1,585 in 2023, 91 more than in 2013.
| Greenwich Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $92,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 14% | 17% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 73% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
Greenwich Township beats the New Jersey average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 40% of Greenwich Township adults sleep under 7 hours, above both New Jersey’s towns (36%) and U.S. towns (36%). 38% of adults have high blood pressure in Greenwich Township.
| Greenwich Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 32% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 28% | 35% |
| What stands out | Greenwich Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.6% | 11.3% |
| More adults with depression | 19.1% | 15.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
July afternoons average 87.7°, the highest of 941 New Jersey places with climate records; January nights average 26.2°.
Greenwich Township has chilly winters and warm summers. About 23 inches of snow falls in a winter. The January low in Greenwich Township is 26°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.9 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Greenwich Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Memorial Park, at 44 acres.
| Greenwich Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 9% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Memorial Park | 0.6 mi | 44 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
32 within 15 miles of the center of Greenwich Township
About 4 of every 100 Greenwich Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Coastal flooding makes up 37% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, US
Greenwich Township is a township in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 4,917, an increase of 18 (+0.4%) from the 2010 census count of 4,899, which in turn reflected an increase of 20 (+0.4%) from the 4,879 counted in the 2000 census. Greenwich Township was first formed on March 1, 1695, and was formally incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Over the centuries, portions of the township were taken to form Woolwich Township (March 7, 1767), Franklin Township (January 27, 1820), Spicer Township (March 13, 1844; now Harriso…
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7 towns share a border with Greenwich Township.
East Greenwich Township next door grades higher for schools (B+ to Greenwich Township’s C+) and lower for cost of living (D to B−).
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich Township | #179 | A− | B− | A− | C+ | B+ |
| Logan Township | #269 | B− | C− | C+ | B | A− |
| Paulsboro | #434 | D | C+ | C− | D | C+ |
| East Greenwich Township | #131 | A | D | A− | B+ | A |
| Gibbstown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Gibbstown isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Greenwich Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Greenwich Township grades A− overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #179 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B+ for health, A− for safety and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
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