Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Pennsauken Township grades D overall, 423rd among New Jersey's 466 graded towns, mostly because of safety and schools. Its police reported 67 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 92% of U.S. towns. Its public schools trail 87% of New Jersey towns on state tests and graduation. What it does well: it is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. Pennsauken Township’s property crime rate is 44.1 per 1,000 residents, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 7.4 and U.S. towns at 9.9. Only 37 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score higher on cost of living. Pennsauken Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 91% of U.S. towns.
Where Pennsauken Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Griffith Morgan HouseEach subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Pennsauken Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,145 in 1900, 37,074 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 7 maps from 1891 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pennsauken Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw5 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw5 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw6 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
Big draw9 mi MuseumLynnewood HallUSS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pennsauken 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 Pennsauken Township.
Pennsauken Township has hotter summers than almost anywhere else in New Jersey and trades workers with Philadelphia and other neighbors, but it reports property crime at 3 times the New Jersey rate.
Property crime runs at 44.1 per 1,000 residents, 3 times the New Jersey rate, most of it theft.
The level of violent crime in Pennsauken Township is 1.8 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Two of the 17 schools are below, and why each made the list. The Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District runs its public schools. Public school enrollment here: 2,128 students across 6 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard M. Phifer Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 988 | C |
| Pennsauken High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,588 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Values rose 8.1% in the 12 months to September 2026. Pennsauken Township’s typical rent stands at $1,209 a month. A home in Pennsauken Township typically sold within 33 days of listing.
| Pennsauken Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,209 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 74% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
July afternoons average 87.7°, the highest of 941 New Jersey places with climate records; January nights average 25.4°.
Only 4 of the 468 New Jersey towns we compare have a higher typical July afternoon high than Pennsauken Township. About 22 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Pennsauken Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 88°F | 86°F | 85°F |
| January low | 25°F | 24°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
108 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 15 properties have flooded more than once.
Federal aid has come to Pennsauken Township households in 8 declared disasters; the latest was in 2016. On expected storm and flood damage, Pennsauken Township sits below 66% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims here since 1978: 108. FEMA puts 64% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 9% to earthquakes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Pennsauken Township has about as many jobs (18,483) as working residents, but only 1,629 people both live and work here.
The top destinations are Philadelphia (11%), Cherry Hill Township (9%) and Camden (9%). 14% of Pennsauken Township residents live below the poverty line. Half of commuters travel less than 7 miles. The town’s median household income comes in at $88,000.
| Pennsauken Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $88,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 11% | 17% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For adults in Pennsauken Township, the share who report frequent mental distress is 17%. Of 32 CDC measures, Pennsauken Township beats the New Jersey average on 1 and trails it on 18.
| Pennsauken Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 11% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 36% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 22% | 25% |
| What stands out | Pennsauken Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6% | 7.5% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 24.2% | 14.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Pennsauken Township, the concentration of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile. Count the trails in 8 parks and preserves and they come to 2.8 miles. The biggest park or preserve is Petty's Island Preserve, at 297 acres.
| Pennsauken Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.8% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cooper River Park | 0.5 mi | 56 |
| 2. Petty's Island Preserve | — | 297 |
| 3. Gateway Park | — | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
35 within 15 miles of the center of Pennsauken Township
About 6 of every 100 Pennsauken Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
3 places in Pennsauken Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
7 notable people were born in Pennsauken Township.
Township in Camden County, New Jersey, US
Pennsauken Township is a township in Camden County, in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and it is located outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which it borders directly on the Delaware River. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 37,074, an increase of 1,189 (+3.3%) from the 2010 census count of 35,885, which in turn increased by 148 (+0.4%) from the 35,737 counted in the 2000 census. The township is part of the South Jersey region of the state.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
10 towns share a border with Pennsauken Township.
Cherry Hill Township next door grades higher for schools (B to Pennsauken Township’s D) and lower for cost of living (D to C+).
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsauken Township | #423 | D | C+ | D | D | C+ |
| Cinnaminson Township | #289 | B− | D | C+ | B | A |
| Camden | #449 | D− | B | D− | D− | D− |
| Palmyra | #359 | C | C− | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Maple Shade Township | #412 | D | C− | C− | C− | B |
| Merchantville | #325 | C+ | C− | B− | C | B− |
| Cherry Hill Township | #180 | B+ | D | — | B | A |
| Cherry Hill Mall | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cherry Hill Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Cherry Hill Mall isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Pennsauken Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Pennsauken Township grades D overall, better than 10% of U.S. towns and #423 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades C+ for health, D for safety and D 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+.
7 notable people were born here, including John Taylor and Dotty Attie.
.JPG){kind=link}
