Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Monroe Township grades B− overall, 281st of 466 graded towns in New Jersey, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Natural-hazard risk is low and it has 26 miles of trail. On the other side, homes are expensive, about $283K for a typical one and 3.1 times the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. Monroe Township has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Hall Street School and Downer Methodist Episcopal Church. Monroe Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 75% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Glassboro Wildlife Management Area, at 285 acres.
Where Monroe Township beats most towns.
Where Monroe Township’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 Monroe Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,417 in 1860, 37,117 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 6 maps from 1890 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Monroe Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw21 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw22 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw24 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 Monroe 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 Monroe Township.
Monroe Township carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of New Jersey (mostly inland flooding), is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 96% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $186 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on. 128 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 13 properties have flooded more than once.
At 12 of 100, Monroe Township’s FEMA risk score is below both New Jersey’s towns (52 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100). Since 1978, 128 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Monroe Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Monroe Township Public School District. Two of its 8 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamstown Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 1,694 | C+ |
| Williamstown High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,769 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Monroe Township for work: only 9% work in town. At 32 minutes, Monroe Township’s average trip to work is where New Jersey’s towns sit at 30 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Since 2013, Monroe Township has added 1,617 jobs, to 7,598 in 2023.
| Monroe Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 14% | 17% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.2% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 73% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
Monroe Township beats the New Jersey average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 40% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Monroe Township.
| Monroe Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 32% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 28% | 35% |
| What stands out | Monroe Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.6% | 11.3% |
| More adults with depression | 18.6% | 15.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Owens Park | 1.5 mi | 37 |
| 2. Mary Mazza Duffy Memorial Park | 1.1 mi | 46 |
| 3. Monroe Township Dog Park | 0.9 mi | 40 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Monroe Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 25° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 15.6 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 60% of New Jersey’s graded towns.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
3 within 15 miles of the center of Monroe Township
About 6 of every 100 Monroe Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
3 places in Monroe Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, US
Monroe Township is a township in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 37,117, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 988 (+2.7%) from the 36,129 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 7,162 (+24.7%) from the 28,967 counted in the 2000 census. The township is part of the South Jersey region of the state and a suburb of Philadelphia, within the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Monroe Township was originally formed as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 3, 1859, from portions of Washington Township while the area was still part of Camden County. Mon…
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7 towns share a border with Monroe Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | #281 | B− | C− | B | C+ | B+ |
| Winslow Township | #344 | C | C− | — | D | B+ |
| Williamstown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sicklerville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Franklin Township | #353 | C | C− | B | C− | B |
| Washington Township | #227 | B | D | — | B− | A− |
| Glassboro | #337 | C+ | D | B− | C− | A− |
| Clayton | #255 | B | C | B+ | C− | B |
Winslow Township and Washington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Williamstown and Sicklerville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Monroe Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Monroe Township grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #281 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−.
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