Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Port Republic’s best subject grades are an A for incomes and health and an A+ for the outdoors; its weakest is a D for cost of living. Only 14 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on walkability. 35% of the land in Port Republic is conserved, against 11% in New Jersey’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 25 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do better. The biggest place to walk is Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, 1,693 acres with 1.8 miles of trail. Port Republic has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Port Republic beats most towns.
Coastal flooding makes up 13% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Port Republic is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 405 in 1910, 1,101 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1933 and 5 maps from 1888 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Port Republic, 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 Port Republic.
Port Republic beats the New Jersey average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 29% of adults feel lonely in Port Republic, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 33%. 17% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Port Republic.
| Port Republic | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 78% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 28% | 35% |
| What stands out | Port Republic | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8% | 14.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.5% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.8% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Port Republic School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Republic Elementary School DistrictLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 110 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
4.8 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve | 1.8 mi | 1,693 |
| 2. Mill Pond Trails | 0.3 mi | 53 |
| 3. Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge | 0.1 mi | 460 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Port Republic for work: only 0% work in town. 1.3% of Port Republic residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Port Republic fell to 93 in 2023, 28 fewer than in 2013.
| Port Republic | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.3% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $123,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 76% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 60 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Port Republic.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Port Republic home is worth about $438,000, up 2.3% in a year, 24% below the New Jersey typical home. Port Republic’s median rent is $2,031 a month.
| Port Republic | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 96% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $2,031 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Port Republic has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 27° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Port Republic. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
13 mi Stadium & arenaBoardwalk Hall
15 mi LandmarkLucy the Elephant18 mi BeachLong Beach Island
13 mi Theme parkSteel Pier
6 mi Park & preservePinelands National ReservePine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Boardwalk Hall: Jack Boucher, Public domain · Lucy the Elephant: User:dtcdthingy 3:30 pm 30th July 2004 (Minolta Dimage X20), Public domain · Steel Pier: Make Lemons, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Pinelands National Reserve: New Jersey Pinelands Commission, CC BY-SA 4.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Port Republic
About 2 of every 100 Port Republic residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
2 places in Port Republic on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Atlantic County, New Jersey, US
Port Republic is a city on the Mullica River, located in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 1,101, a decrease of 14 (−1.3%) from the 2010 census count of 1,115, which in turn reflected an increase of 78 (+7.5%) from the 1,037 counted in the 2000 census. It is a dry town, where alcohol is not permitted to be sold by law. Geographically, the city, 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.
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Yes. That is 5.3 years of the area's median household income ($82,105 across the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 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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