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The typical home is worth about $381K, 4.6 years of the Atlantic City metro’s $82K median household income. Overall it grades C+, ranked 338th of 466 in New Jersey. It has 40 miles of trail and 39% conserved land. 39% of the land in Hammonton is conserved, above both New Jersey’s towns (11%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Wharton State Forest, at 9,108 acres with 26.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Only 6 of the 468 New Jersey towns we compare have a higher share of working residents who work in town than Hammonton.
Where Hammonton beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Hammonton is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,404 in 1870, 14,711 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1884 and 6 maps from 1890 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hammonton, 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 Hammonton.
Hammonton keeps more of its land conserved than most of New Jersey, trades workers with Atlantic City and other neighbors and is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s.
Its 10,214 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 93% of New Jersey towns.
41 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. At 1.0 miles per square mile, Hammonton’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. Wharton State Forest | 26.3 mi | 9,108 |
| 2. Batsto Natural Area | 6.3 mi | 1,020 |
| 3. Hammonton Lake Park | 1.2 mi | 31 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Hammonton School District. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Hammonton High School, with 1,315 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammonton Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 795 | B− |
| Hammonton High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,315 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Hammonton’s median rent is $1,611 a month. The typical Hammonton home is worth about $381,000, up 3.7% in a year, 34% below the New Jersey typical home.
| Hammonton | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,611 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 71% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 75% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
Hammonton beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 17% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Hammonton.
| Hammonton | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 28% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 22% | 25% |
| What stands out | Hammonton | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.2% | 9.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 6.2% | 5.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 6.5% | 5.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hammonton has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 25° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Hammonton has about as many jobs (6,688) as working residents, but only 1,486 people both live and work here.
About one in 4 of Hammonton’s working residents works in town. The median household income in Hammonton is $78,000. Jobs based in Hammonton grew to 6,688 in 2023, 534 more than in 2013.
| Hammonton | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $78,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 9.6% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 15.9 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 61% of New Jersey’s graded towns.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Hammonton.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hammonton. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw27 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw29 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw30 mi MuseumEastern State PenitentiaryPine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Hammonton
About 3 of every 100 Hammonton residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
10 notable people were born in Hammonton.
Town in Atlantic County, New Jersey, US
Hammonton is a town in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that has been referred to as the "Blueberry Capital of the World". As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 14,711, a decrease of 80 (−0.5%) from the 2010 census count of 14,791, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,187 (+17.4%) from the 12,604 counted in the 2000 census. Geographically, the town, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The first European settlement of Hammonton was in 1812. It was named for John Hammond Coffin, …
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4 towns share a border with Hammonton.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammonton | #338 | C+ | D− | B | B− | B+ |
| Washington Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Folsom | — | — | C | — | C+ | B+ |
| Mullica Township | #280 | B− | C+ | B | C | B |
| Shamong Township | #302 | B− | D | — | B− | A− |
Folsom has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Folsom and Shamong Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Washington Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hammonton with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Hammonton grades C+ overall, better than 37% of U.S. towns and #338 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B+ for health, B for safety and B− for schools. Cost of living 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 D−.
10 notable people were born here, including Jill Biden and Ray Blanchard.
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