Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Mansfield Township grades A− overall, ranked 167th of 466 in New Jersey. The median household earns $116K. It is healthier than 84% of U.S. towns and crime is low: it reports less per resident than 76% of U.S. towns. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $514K, 5.6 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. 27% of the land in Mansfield Township is conserved, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Barzillai Newbold House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Mansfield Township beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,810 in 1810, a low of 1,517 in 1920, 8,897 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Mansfield Township takes its name from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, England, 3,440 miles across the Atlantic.
UKUK editionMansfield Township, settled in 1688, takes its name from Mansfield, a large town in Nottinghamshire, England.
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 Mansfield Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 95% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 12%), so the A− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mansfield Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great Adventure2.2M visitors a year
Big draw25 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw23 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw23 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
Big draw25 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a yearSix Flags Great Adventure: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · USS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Pine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mansfield 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 Mansfield Township.
Mansfield Township pairs an A− overall with homes cheaper than the New Jersey norm, is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Jersey.
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 55% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Its widest gap with New Jersey is no health insurance: 6.8% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 11.3% statewide.
28% of adults feel lonely in Mansfield Township, against 32% in New Jersey’s towns and 33% across U.S. towns. 15% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Mansfield Township. Mansfield Township beats the New Jersey average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5.
| Mansfield Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 36% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Mansfield Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 11.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.9% | 14.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Northern Burlington County Regional School District. Three of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Northern Burlington County Regional High School, with 1,324 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Burlington County Regional Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 735 | B |
| Northern Burlington County Regional High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,324 | B |
| Mansfield Township Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades 3–6 | Grades 3–6 | 303 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
7.7 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Crystal Lake Park, 330 acres with 7.4 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Crystal Lake Park | 7.4 mi | 330 |
| 2. Township Park | 0.3 mi | 18 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 9.7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 64% of New Jersey’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2025, 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
The violent crime rate in Mansfield Township is 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Mansfield Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.5 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents leave Mansfield Township for work: only 6% work in town. Mansfield Township’s average trip to work is 35 minutes. Since 2013, Mansfield Township has added 247 jobs, to 2,262 in 2023.
| Mansfield Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $116,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
People 65 and older are 28% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (21% statewide). 39% of Mansfield Township adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Mansfield Township has grown 3.2% since 2020, to 9,199 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Mansfield Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 28% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 49.4 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 45% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 21% | 22% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.5 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Mansfield Township | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.1% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 4.9% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.8% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.4% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.2% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 14.6% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.8% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.1% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.2% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.6% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.7% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.7% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Mansfield Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 25° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 29 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Mansfield Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mansfield Township grades A− overall with a typical home of about $514K, below the New Jersey typical value; only 24 of the 132 New Jersey towns graded A− or better can say that.
The typical Mansfield Township home is worth about $514,000, up 3.4% in a year, 11% below the New Jersey typical home.
| Mansfield Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,213 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 96% | 77% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
8 within 15 miles of the center of Mansfield Township
About 5 of every 100 Mansfield Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Where Mansfield Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, US
Mansfield Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 8,897, an increase of 353 (+4.1%) from the 2010 census count of 8,544, which in turn reflected an increase of 3,454 (+67.9%) from the 5,090 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
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5 towns share a border with Mansfield Township.
Florence Township next door grades lower for schools (C to Mansfield Township’s B+) and higher for cost of living (C to D).
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield Township | #167 | A− | D | A− | B+ | A− |
| Springfield Township | #301 | B− | D | — | B+ | A− |
| Chesterfield Township | #36 | A+ | D | A+ | B+ | A+ |
| Florence Township | #239 | B | C | A− | C | B+ |
| Bordentown Township | #226 | B | D | B+ | B | A− |
| Roebling | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Springfield Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Roebling isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Mansfield Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Mansfield Township grades A− overall, better than 78% of U.S. towns and #167 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A− for health, A− 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.
2 notable people were born here, including Eddie Smith and Thomas Hornor.
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