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Much to like here, and you pay for it. On health it is strong: it is healthier than 96% of U.S. towns. With an A overall, Medford Lakes is better than 86% of U.S. towns and ranks 122nd of 466 in New Jersey. Add incomes to its strengths (A+): the median household earns $141K. The trade-off is cost of living — the typical home is worth about $546K, 6 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. Only 11 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on the outdoors. The town has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Log Cabin Lodge. 66% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in the town, above both New Jersey’s towns (45%) and U.S. towns (29%).
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · USGS PAD-US · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Medford Lakes beats most towns.
Where Medford Lakes’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Medford Lakes is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 11%), so the A overall blends very different results.
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Census counts: 137 in 1940, 4,264 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1931 and 6 maps from 1888 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Medford Lakes. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw18 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw19 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw21 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Medford Lakes, 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 Medford Lakes.
Medford Lakes pairs an A overall with homes cheaper than the New Jersey norm, has less food insecurity than most of New Jersey and sends most of its workers to Medford Township and beyond.
Its widest gap with New Jersey is food insecurity: 6.2% of its 3,235 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.3% statewide.
In Medford Lakes, 12% of adults say their health is fair or poor. Of 32 CDC measures, Medford Lakes beats the New Jersey average on 16 and trails it on 2.
| Medford Lakes | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 36% | 36% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 25% |
| What stands out | Medford Lakes | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.2% | 14.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. The Medford Lakes School District runs its public schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neeta SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 3–8 | Grades 3–8 | 308 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
Medford Lakes’ level of property crime comes in at 3.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Medford Lakes | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.4 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Medford Lakes has 464 jobs for its 2,155 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 308 in 2013 to 464.
Most working residents leave Medford Lakes for work: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Medford Lakes grew to 464 in 2023, 156 more than in 2013. The average trip to work for Medford Lakes comes to 32 minutes. For half of commuters, work is under 13 miles away.
| Medford Lakes | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $141,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 1.1% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In July, afternoons reach 87°; in January, nights fall to 25°, and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Medford Lakes’ risk rating from FEMA is 39 of 100. It has had 24 paid flood insurance claims since 1987. FEMA puts 64% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 7% to strong winds. Also worth knowing: households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 10 declared disasters, most recently in 2018.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Medford Lakes grades A overall with a typical home of about $546K, below the New Jersey typical value; only 24 of the 132 New Jersey towns graded A− or better can say that.
Among households in Medford Lakes, 90% are owner-occupiers. The typical Medford Lakes home is worth about $546,000, up 4.2% in a year, 5% below the New Jersey typical home. The rent at the middle of the market in the town is $2,211 a month.
| Medford Lakes | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,211 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 90% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2 within 15 miles of the center of Medford Lakes
About 5 of every 100 Medford Lakes residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
3 places in Medford Lakes on the National Register of Historic Places.
Borough in Burlington County, New Jersey, US
Medford Lakes is a borough in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,264, an increase of 118 (+2.8%) from the 2010 census count of 4,146, which in turn reflected a decline of 27 (−0.6%) from the 4,173 counted in the 2000 census. The borough, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Medford Lakes was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 17, 1939, from portions of Medford Township. The borough was named for Medford Township, which was named by a developer for Medford, Massachusetts. The borough's 22 lakes and surrounding lake communities ar…
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Medford Lakes grades A overall, better than 86% of U.S. towns and #122 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.
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