Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
New Hanover Township’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes, an A for walkability, and an A− for history; its weakest is a D− for cost of living. New Hanover Township’s median rent is $2,985 a month, above both the New Jersey town median ($1,778 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). On hazard risk, just 38 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do better. Only 2 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on the outdoors. New Hanover Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 87% of U.S. towns. Edward S. Godfrey Gen. House is on the National Register of Historic Places. New Hanover Township has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and schools, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
Where New Hanover Township beats most towns.
Edward S. Godfrey Gen. House
Census counts: 2,536 in 1810, a low of 646 in 1930, 6,367 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2004 and 7 maps from 1888 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far New Hanover Township is from typical.
New Hanover Township has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and schools, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Hanover Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great Adventure2.2M visitors a year
Big draw21 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw30 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw30 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile ArenaSix Flags Great Adventure: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Pine 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 · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in New Hanover 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 New Hanover Township.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in New Hanover Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
26% of adults have high blood pressure in New Hanover Township, below both New Jersey’s towns (32%) and U.S. towns (35%). 15% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in New Hanover Township. New Hanover Township beats the New Jersey average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13.
| New Hanover Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 78% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 32% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| What stands out | New Hanover Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 3.4% | 7.5% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 3.2% | 5.6% |
| More binge drinkers | 22.1% | 15.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical New Hanover Township home is worth about $444,000, up 1.7% in a year, 23% below the New Jersey typical home. 35% of New Hanover Township households own their home.
| New Hanover Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 35% | 77% | 73% |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 51% | 52% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
New Hanover Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 24° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
New Hanover Township’s average trip to work is 13 minutes. Since 2013, New Hanover Township has lost 721 jobs, to 1,170 in 2023. Only 1 of the 468 New Jersey towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than New Hanover Township.
| New Hanover Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 13 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.6% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $107,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
2.0 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in New Hanover Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| New Hanover Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.3% | 11% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of New Hanover Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 New Hanover Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
7,385 counted in 2010 and 6,367 in 2020; an estimated 6,237 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, US
New Hanover Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 6,367, a decrease of 1,018 (−13.8%) from the 2010 census count of 7,385, which in turn reflected decline of 2,359 (−24.2%) from the 9,744 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
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7 towns share a border with New Hanover Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hanover Township | — | — | D− | — | — | B+ |
| North Hanover Township | #351 | C | D− | — | B | B |
| Cookstown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| McGuire AFB | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wrightstown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fort Dix | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pemberton Township | #387 | C− | C+ | C+ | C | C+ |
| Plumsted Township | #349 | C | C− | — | B− | A− |
New Hanover Township, North Hanover Township and Plumsted Township report no FBI crime data of their own. New Hanover Township, Cookstown, McGuire AFB, Wrightstown and Fort Dix aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare New Hanover Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
New Hanover Township has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and schools, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
Yes. That is 4.9 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 D−.
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