Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Newfield’s subject grades are an A for incomes and an A− for health; the weakest is a C− for cost of living. Only 2 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score higher on hazard risk. On the outdoors, just 18 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. Newfield has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Newfield beats most towns.
1,553 counted in 2010 and 1,774 in 2020; an estimated 1,823 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Newfield is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1850.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Newfield, 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 Newfield.
At 4 of 100, Newfield’s FEMA risk score is below both New Jersey’s towns (52 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100).
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgarton Christian Academy PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 351 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
The typical Newfield home is worth about $327,000, up 3.7% in a year, 43% below the New Jersey typical home. 91% of Newfield households own their home, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 77% and U.S. towns at 73%. The median rent in Newfield is $1,510 a month.
| Newfield | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,510 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Newfield beats the New Jersey average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 19% of Newfield adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Newfield | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 28% | 35% |
| What stands out | Newfield | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 14.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.7% | 11.3% |
| More adults with depression | 19% | 15.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Newfield for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Newfield grew to 304 in 2023, 137 more than in 2013. 7.3% of workers work from home in Newfield.
| Newfield | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 7.3% | 16% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $104,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Newfield has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 25° and about 12 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. Newfield has grown 2.1% since 2020, to 1,823 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 37% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 44% across New Jersey.
| Newfield | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 45% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 18% | 18% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.2 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Newfield | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.3% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.7% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.1% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.4% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.2% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.3% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.8% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.2% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.1% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.1% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.1% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.6% | 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 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Newfield. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw28 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw29 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw30 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 Newfield
About 7 of every 100 Newfield residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Where Newfield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey, US
Newfield is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,774, an increase of 221 (+14.2%) from the 2010 census count of 1,553, which in turn reflected a decline of 63 (−3.9%) from the 1,616 counted in the 2000 census. Newfield was formed as a borough by the New Jersey Legislature on March 8, 1924, from portions of Franklin Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 1, 1924. In the weeks before the legislature approved the formation of the borough, a group of 240 residents traveled to Trenton by train to lobby on behalf of the creation of an independent municipality. The borough's name d…
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One town shares a border with Newfield.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newfield | — | — | C− | — | — | A− |
| Franklin Township | #353 | C | C− | B | C− | B |
Newfield has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Newfield reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Newfield with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes. That is 3.6 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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