Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Mullica Township's standout: it has 59 miles of trail and 30% conserved land. Overall it grades B−, 280th among New Jersey's 466 graded towns. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $93K. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 71% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $296K, 3.6 years of the Atlantic City metro’s $82K median household income. 30% of the land in Mullica Township is conserved, above both New Jersey’s towns (11%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 30 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score higher on cost of living. Wharton State Forest, at 3,382 acres with 18.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Mullica Township beats most towns.
Where Mullica 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 Mullica Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,056 in 1840, a low of 697 in 1890, 5,816 in 2020. The archive holds 13 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 5 maps from 1890 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mullica 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 Mullica Township.
Mullica Township reports less crime than Hammonton or any other graded neighbor and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey; it also has a long record of flood insurance claims.
59 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. At 1.1 miles per square mile, Mullica Township’s trail density is above both the New Jersey town median (0.7) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wharton State Forest | 18.4 mi | 3,382 |
| 2. Makepeace Lake Wildlife Management Area | 4 mi | 1,487 |
| 3. Batsto Natural Area | 0.9 mi | 181 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Mullica Township School District. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mullica Township Primary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 371 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Mullica Township for work: only 6% work in town. The average trip to work in Mullica Township is 32 minutes. Jobs based in Mullica Township grew to 985 in 2023, 54 more than in 2013.
| Mullica Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $93,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.7% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mullica Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 25° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Its B tops all 4 graded towns on its borders; Hammonton (B) comes closest. At 13.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 53% of New Jersey’s graded towns.
Mullica Township’s violent crime rate is 1.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Mullica Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.9 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 9 per 1,000 residents | 7.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 80% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
Mullica Township beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 17% of Mullica Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Mullica Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 22% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Mullica Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 6.6% | 5.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.1% | 9.6% |
| More smokers | 13.3% | 10.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
146 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 14 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 146 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Mullica Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mullica Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw34 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw35 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw37 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
2 within 15 miles of the center of Mullica Township
About 6 of every 100 Mullica Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Township in Atlantic County, New Jersey, US
Mullica Township is a township in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 5,816, a decrease of 331 (−5.4%) from the 2010 census count of 6,147, which in turn reflected an increase of 235 (+4.0%) from the 5,912 counted in the 2000 census. Geographically, the township, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Mullica Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 13, 1838, from the western section of Galloway Tow…
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6 towns share a border with Mullica Township.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Hammonton (C+) comes closest.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mullica Township | #280 | B− | C+ | B | C | B |
| Washington Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sweetwater | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Galloway Township | #378 | C− | D | B− | C− | B+ |
| Egg Harbor City | #418 | D | C− | C | D | C+ |
| Hammonton | #338 | C+ | D− | B | B− | B+ |
| Hamilton Township | #419 | D | D | C | D | B+ |
Washington Township and Sweetwater aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Mullica Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Mullica Township grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #280 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B for health, B for safety and C for schools.
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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