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Lawrence Township grades D− overall, 446th of 466 graded towns in New Jersey, mostly because of schools. Its schools rank behind 79% of the state's. In its favor, 43% of its land is conserved. 43% of the land in Lawrence Township is conserved, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. On walkability, just 20 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. The typical home is worth about $230K, 3.4 years of the Vineland metro’s $67K median household income.
Coastal flooding makes up 29% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Lawrence Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,729 in 1890, 3,087 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 4 maps from 1890 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lawrence 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 Lawrence Township.
Lawrence Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of New Jersey, is healthier than Downe Township and its other neighbors and has better schools than Millville or any other neighbor.
Its 10,454 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 95% of New Jersey towns.
1.8 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Millville Wildlife Management Area, at 2,785 acres. Lawrence Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile, against 0.7 in New Jersey’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Millville Wildlife Management Area | 0.6 mi | 2,785 |
| 2. New Sweden Wildlife Management Area | 0.2 mi | 2,064 |
| 3. Lummis Pond Preserve | — | 1,507 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its C− is the best School Grade on its borders; Millville (D) is next.
Its public schools are run by the Lawrence Township School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myron L. Powell Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 479 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
Lawrence Township has 285 jobs for its 1,425 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 366 in 2013 to 285.
Most working residents leave Lawrence Township for work: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Lawrence Township fell to 285 in 2023, 81 fewer than in 2013. The median household income in Lawrence Township is $86,000.
| Lawrence Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $86,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.2% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
211 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 17 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 211 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lawrence Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lawrence 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
Its C+ for health tops all 3 graded neighbors; Downe Township (C) comes closest.
Lawrence Township beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 16. 41% of Lawrence Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Lawrence Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 36% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lawrence Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 15.7% | 10.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.2% | 5.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.6% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Lawrence Township
About 3 of every 100 Lawrence Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
42.8% of the town is conserved land, across 8 parks and preserves.
Township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, US
Lawrence 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 for statistical purposes. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 3,087, a decrease of 203 (−6.2%) from the 2010 census count of 3,290, which in turn reflected an increase of 569 (+20.9%) from the 2,721 counted in the 2000 census. Lawrence Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 17, 1885, from portions of Fairfield Township. The township was named in honor of Captain James Lawrence—commander of the frigate USS Chesapeake and one of the naval heroes of the War of…
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6 towns share a border with Lawrence Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Township | #446 | D− | D | — | C− | C+ |
| Downe Township | — | — | C− | — | D− | C |
| Fairfield Township | #464 | D− | C− | — | D | D |
| Millville | #454 | D− | D | D | D | C− |
| Newport | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Money Island | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cedarville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Downe Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Lawrence Township, Downe Township and Fairfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Newport, Money Island and Cedarville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lawrence Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Lawrence Township grades D− overall, better than 2% of U.S. towns and #446 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades C+ for health and C− 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.