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Maple Shade Township earns a D, 412th of 466 graded towns in New Jersey, mostly because of schools and safety. Its schools rank behind 82% of the state's. Its police reported 67 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 77% of U.S. towns. What it does well: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 89% of U.S. towns. 49% of households own their home in Maple Shade Township, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 77% and U.S. towns at 73%. Chesterford School is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Maple Shade Township beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,464 in 1800, a low of 1,464 in 1800, 19,980 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 7 maps from 1888 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Maple Shade Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Maple Shade Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw7 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw8 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw10 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
Big draw12 mi MuseumLynnewood HallUSS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Maple Shade 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 Maple Shade Township.
Its public schools are run by the Maple Shade School District. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Maple Shade High School, with 944 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maude M. Wilkins Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 2–4 | Grades 2–4 | 554 | D |
| Maple Shade High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 944 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
The typical Maple Shade Township home is worth about $333,000, up 1.6% in a year, 42% below the New Jersey typical home. The median rent in Maple Shade Township is $1,638 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Maple Shade Township’s violent crime rate is 3.3 per 1,000 residents. Maple Shade Township reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 77% report less. Maple Shade Township’s property crime rate is 17.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Maple Shade Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 17.2 per 1,000 residents | 7.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents leave Maple Shade Township for work: only 5% work in town. 13% of residents live below the poverty line in Maple Shade Township. Jobs based in Maple Shade Township grew to 5,647 in 2023, 338 more than in 2013.
| Maple Shade Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $79,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 15% | 17% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 76% of U.S. communities. Since 2004, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Maple Shade Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Maple Shade Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 26° and about 22 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 28% of residents (21% statewide). 19% of Maple Shade Township residents are under 18. Maple Shade Township has grown 2.9% since 2020, to 20,556 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Maple Shade Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37.3 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 45% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 18% | 18% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women. Median age: women 38.0, men 36.3.
| Maple Shade Township | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.4% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.9% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 19.7% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.4% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.2% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.6% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.1% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.8% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.3% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.5% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.6% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.7% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 81% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
Maple Shade Township beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10.
| Maple Shade Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 22% | 25% |
| What stands out | Maple Shade Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 8.8% | 7% |
| More smokers | 13.6% | 10.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 6.2% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
31 within 15 miles of the center of Maple Shade Township
About 7 of every 100 Maple Shade Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Where Maple Shade Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, US
Maple Shade 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 19,980, an increase of 849 (+4.4%) from the 2010 census count of 19,131, which in turn reflected an increase of 0.3% from the 19,079 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
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9 towns share a border with Maple Shade Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Shade Township | #412 | D | C− | C− | C− | B |
| Cherry Hill Township | #180 | B+ | D | — | B | A |
| Cherry Hill Mall | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Moorestown-Lenola | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Moorestown Township | #118 | A | D | B+ | A− | A+ |
| Pennsauken Township | #423 | D | C+ | D | D | C+ |
| Kingston Estates | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ramblewood | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cherry Hill Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Cherry Hill Mall, Moorestown-Lenola, Kingston Estates and Ramblewood aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Maple Shade Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Maple Shade Township grades D overall, better than 14% of U.S. towns and #412 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B for health, C− for safety and C− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. That is 3.6 years of the area's median household income ($91,289 across the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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