Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Mount Ephraim grades C overall, ranked 358th of 466 in New Jersey, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. It is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. On the other side, its police reported 4 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 91% of U.S. towns. Mount Ephraim’s property crime rate is 37 per 1,000 residents, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 7.4 and U.S. towns at 9.9. On the outdoors, just 31 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse.
Where Mount Ephraim beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Mount Ephraim’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 Mount Ephraim is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,319 in 1930, 4,651 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 2016 and 6 maps from 1891 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mount Ephraim. Close and well known come first.
Big draw5 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw4 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw5 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw6 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw8 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
6 mi Park & preserveSchuylkill RiverUSS 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 · Schuylkill River: Emy111 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mount Ephraim, 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 Mount Ephraim.
Mount Ephraim has commutes shorter than most of New Jersey and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey; it also reports more crime than Audubon and its other graded neighbors.
Each of the 3 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Audubon (D) to Bellmawr (B−). Property crime runs at 37 per 1,000 residents, 3 times the New Jersey rate, most of it theft.
Mount Ephraim reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 91% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the Mt. Ephraim School District. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Bray Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 289 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
The typical Mount Ephraim home is worth about $308,000, up 1.9% in a year, 46% below the New Jersey typical home. The median rent in Mount Ephraim is $1,373 a month.
| Mount Ephraim | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 68% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,373 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The average commute for its 2,399 working residents takes 22.5 minutes, against 30.5 across New Jersey.
Most working residents leave Mount Ephraim for work: only 3% work in town. Mount Ephraim’s average trip to work is 23 minutes. Jobs based in Mount Ephraim fell to 741 in 2023, 50 fewer than in 2013.
| Mount Ephraim | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $80,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mount Ephraim 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
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 78% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
Only 3 of the 468 New Jersey towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Mount Ephraim. 29% of Mount Ephraim adults have obesity. Mount Ephraim beats the New Jersey average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8.
| Mount Ephraim | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mount Ephraim | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.3% | 11.3% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 67.5% | 63.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.5% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 65% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Mount Ephraim.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mount Ephraim’s conserved land covers 0.5% of the town. 0.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Mount Ephraim | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.5% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shining Star Park | 0.1 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
28 within 15 miles of the center of Mount Ephraim
About 5 of every 100 Mount Ephraim residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, US
Mount Ephraim (pronounced "EEF-rum") 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 4,651, a decrease of 25 (−0.5%) from the 2010 census count of 4,676, which in turn reflected an increase of 181 (+4.0%) from the 4,495 counted in the 2000 census. The borough had the 20th-highest property tax rate in New Jersey with an equalized rate of 4.442% in 2020, compared to 3.470% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%.
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5 towns share a border with Mount Ephraim.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ephraim | #358 | C | C | D | B− | B |
| Bellmawr | #288 | B− | C | B− | C+ | B |
| Audubon | #251 | B | C+ | D | C | A |
| Haddon Township | #279 | B− | D | C− | B | A |
| Gloucester City | #391 | C− | C− | — | C− | B− |
| Haddon Heights | #45 | A | C | — | B | A+ |
Gloucester City and Haddon Heights report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Mount Ephraim with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Mount Ephraim grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #358 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B for health, D for safety and B− for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 3.4 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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