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Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Trash day: FridayMaurice River Township earns a D−, 462nd of 466 graded towns in New Jersey, mostly because of schools and incomes. Its public schools trail 86% of New Jersey towns on state tests and graduation. The median household income is $77K, and 19% of residents live below the poverty line. In its favor, it has 56 miles of trail and 57% conserved land. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 92% of U.S. towns, with 2 places on the National Register. 57% of the land in Maurice River Township is conserved, against 11% in New Jersey’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 99% of U.S. towns. Only 47 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on health.
Where Maurice River Township beats most towns.
Census counts: 2,085 in 1810, 6,218 in 2020. The archive holds 25 old photos and papers going back to 1849 and 6 maps from 1890 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Maurice River Township is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Maurice River 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 Maurice River Township.
Maurice River Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of New Jersey, but it has poverty well above the New Jersey rate and has a long record of flood insurance claims.
Its 34,797 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 99% of New Jersey towns.
56 miles of trail in 10 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Peaslee Wildlife Management Area, 16,075 acres with 13.8 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Manumuskin River Preserve | 13.9 mi | 3,457 |
| 2. Peaslee Wildlife Management Area | 13.8 mi | 16,075 |
| 3. Heislerville Wildlife Management Area | 3.1 mi | 6,647 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Maurice River Township School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice River Township SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 369 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
Most working residents leave Maurice River Township for work: only 6% work in town. Maurice River Township’s median household income is $77,000, where New Jersey’s towns sit at $113,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Maurice River Township’s average trip to work is 29 minutes.
| Maurice River Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $77,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Maurice River Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 25° and about 22 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Maurice River Township beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 41% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Maurice River Township.
| Maurice River Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 36% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 11% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Maurice River Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 16.9% | 10.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.4% | 5.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.7% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
124 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 15 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 63% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 124 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Maurice River Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Maurice River Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
27 mi Stadium & arenaBoardwalk Hall
23 mi LandmarkLucy the Elephant
23 mi Theme parkMorey's Piers35 mi Theme parkClementon Amusement Park
28 mi Theme parkSteel PierPine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Boardwalk Hall: Jack Boucher, Public domain · Lucy the Elephant: User:dtcdthingy 3:30 pm 30th July 2004 (Minolta Dimage X20), Public domain · Morey's Piers: Smallbones, CC0 · Steel Pier: Make Lemons, CC BY-SA 2.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Maurice River Township
About 1 of every 100 Maurice River Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
7,976 counted in 2010 and 6,218 in 2020; an estimated 4,780 in 2025.
The decline has continued: down 23% since 2020, after 22% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
2 places in Maurice River Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, US
Maurice River Township () is the easternmost township in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township, and all of Cumberland County, is part of the Vineland-Bridgeton metropolitan statistical area for statistical purposes, and the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 6,218, a decrease of 1,758 (−22.0%) from the 2010 census count of 7,976, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,048 (+15.1%) from the 6,928 counted in the 2000 census. Maurice River Township was first formed as a precinct on January 19, 1748, and was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey'…
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10 towns share a border with Maurice River Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice River Township | #462 | D− | C− | — | D | C+ |
| Vineland | #447 | D− | D | D | D | C |
| Dennis Township | #356 | C | C | — | C | B |
| Commercial Township | #466 | D− | C− | — | D− | D |
| Estell Manor | — | — | C− | — | C | B |
| Weymouth Township | #388 | C− | C+ | — | C+ | B+ |
| Dorothy | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Port Norris | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Estell Manor has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Maurice River Township, Dennis Township, Commercial Township, Estell Manor and Weymouth Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Dorothy and Port Norris aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Maurice River Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Maurice River Township grades D− overall, in the bottom 2% of U.S. towns and #462 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades C+ for health and D for schools. Walkability 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 C−.
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