Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Merchantville grades C+ overall, 325th among New Jersey's 466 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Natural-hazard risk is low and it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 80% of U.S. towns. On the other side, the typical home is worth about $357K, 3.9 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. Merchantville's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 98% of U.S. towns. 17% of residents live below the poverty line in Merchantville, above both New Jersey’s towns (6%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Merchantville has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Collins and Pancoast Hall and Centennial House.
Where Merchantville beats most towns.
Collins and Pancoast HallWhere Merchantville’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 Merchantville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 245 in 1870, 3,820 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 7 maps from 1891 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Merchantville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw4 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw7 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw5 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw7 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw7 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
Big draw10 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 Merchantville, 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 Merchantville.
Merchantville carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of New Jersey (mostly inland flooding), sends many workers across the state line and is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 98% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $138 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
Merchantville’s FEMA risk score is 9 of 100. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Merchantville since 1999.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Merchantville School District. One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merchantville Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 394 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
57% of households own their home in Merchantville. Typical home values rose 7.2% in the year to September 2026. The median rent in Merchantville is $1,212 a month.
| Merchantville | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 57% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,212 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
21% of working residents cross a state line to work.
Most working residents leave Merchantville for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Merchantville fell to 551 in 2023, 34 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Philadelphia (14%), Cherry Hill Township (10%) and Camden (7%).
| Merchantville | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $91,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Merchantville has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 26° and about 22 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New Jersey average. Merchantville has grown 11% since 2020, to 4,241 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 24% of Merchantville residents are under 18.
| Merchantville | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36.2 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 24% | 21% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 45% | 29% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.5 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Merchantville | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.4% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.9% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.5% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.7% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.6% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 5.4% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.1% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.4% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.7% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.8% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.5% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.7% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.1% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.2% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,200, single groups can be off by several points
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 85% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
Merchantville beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11.
| Merchantville | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 36% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Merchantville | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.5% | 9.6% |
| More smokers | 14.6% | 10.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 6.6% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 19.7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 72% of New Jersey’s graded towns.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
| Merchantville | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.4% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wellwood Park | 0.2 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
35 within 15 miles of the center of Merchantville
About 5 of every 100 Merchantville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
5 places in Merchantville on the National Register of Historic Places.
8 notable people were born in Merchantville.
Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, US
Merchantville is a borough in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,820, a decrease of one person from the 2010 census count of 3,821, which in turn reflected an increase of 20 (+0.5%) from the 3,801 counted in the 2000 census. The borough had the 22nd-highest property tax rate in New Jersey in 2020, with an equalized rate of 4.367% in 2020, compared to 3.470% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%.
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3 towns share a border with Merchantville.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchantville | #325 | C+ | C− | B− | C | B− |
| Pennsauken Township | #423 | D | C+ | D | D | C+ |
| Cherry Hill Mall | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cherry Hill Township | #180 | B+ | D | — | B | A |
Cherry Hill Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Cherry Hill Mall isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Merchantville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Merchantville grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #325 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B− for health, B− for safety and C for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
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−.
8 notable people were born here, including Steve Sholes and Bob Greacen.
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