Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Pittsgrove Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 381st of 466 graded towns in New Jersey, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $93K. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $302K for a typical one and 3.3 times the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. 32% of the land in Pittsgrove Township is conserved, above both the New Jersey town median (11%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). On walkability, just 11 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. Parvin State Park, at 1,633 acres with 12.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Pittsgrove Township beats most towns.
Where Pittsgrove 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 Pittsgrove Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,991 in 1810, a low of 1,151 in 1850, 8,777 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 5 maps from 1890 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pittsgrove 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 Pittsgrove Township.
Pittsgrove Township carries less natural-hazard risk than most of New Jersey (mostly inland flooding), keeps more of its land conserved than most of New Jersey and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey.
Its 9,244 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 86% of New Jersey towns.
13 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. At 0.3 miles per square mile, Pittsgrove Township’s trail density is below New Jersey’s towns (0.7) and close to U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Parvin State Park | 12.5 mi | 1,633 |
| 2. Union Lake Wildlife Management Area | — | 1,505 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Pittsgrove Township School District. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Arthur P. Schalick High School, with 482 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsgrove Township Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 495 | C+ |
| Arthur P. Schalick High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 482 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 90% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $269 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
Pittsgrove Township’s FEMA risk score is 19 of 100. Since 2007, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pittsgrove Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here grew from 1,711 in 2013 to 2,262.
Most working residents leave Pittsgrove Township for work: only 6% work in town. Jobs based in Pittsgrove Township grew to 2,262 in 2023, 551 more than in 2013. 7.2% of Pittsgrove Township workers work from home.
| Pittsgrove Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 7.2% | 17% | 11% |
| Median household income | $93,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8.5% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pittsgrove Township 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
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 83% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
Pittsgrove Township beats the New Jersey average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 40% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Pittsgrove Township.
| Pittsgrove Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Pittsgrove Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.5% | 11.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.2% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pittsgrove Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw27 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw25 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw28 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw30 mi MuseumEastern State PenitentiaryUSS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 Pittsgrove Township
About 5 of every 100 Pittsgrove Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Township in Salem County, New Jersey, US
Pittsgrove Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 8,777, a decrease of 616 (−6.6%) from the 2010 census count of 9,393, which in turn reflected an increase of 500 (+5.6%) from the 8,893 counted in the 2000 census. Pittsgrove Township was formed by Royal charter on December 6, 1769 and was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as one of the initial group of 104 townships established in New Jersey. Portions of the township were taken on March 4, 1822, to form Centreville Township (which was restored in 1829 when the township was dissolved), on March 10, 184…
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6 towns share a border with Pittsgrove Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsgrove Township | #381 | C− | C | — | C | B |
| Vineland | #447 | D− | D | D | D | C |
| Upper Pittsgrove Township | #215 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Elmer | — | — | C− | — | C | A− |
| Deerfield Township | #461 | D− | D | — | D | D |
| Upper Deerfield Township | #443 | D− | D | — | D | D |
| Franklin Township | #353 | C | C− | B | C− | B |
Elmer has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Pittsgrove Township, Upper Pittsgrove Township, Elmer, Deerfield Township and Upper Deerfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Pittsgrove Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Pittsgrove Township grades C− overall, better than 23% of U.S. towns and #381 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B for health and C for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
2 notable people were born here, including Kevin Jackson and Matthew Newkirk.
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