Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,078 people call this town in New Jersey home.
Shrewsbury Township’s best subject grade is an A− for health. On cost of living, just 3 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do better. Only 27 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on the outdoors. Shrewsbury Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 87% of U.S. towns. Only 38 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on history. Shrewsbury Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
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Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Shrewsbury Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 857 in 1930, 4,184 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1904 and 6 maps from 1888 on.
Explore the history →Shrewsbury Township takes its name from Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England, 3,350 miles across the Atlantic.
UKUK editionShrewsbury Township takes its name from Shrewsbury, a large town in Shropshire, England.
2 more U.S. towns are named after Shrewsbury:Shrewsbury, MA39,627Shrewsbury, NJ4,178
Named after: each U.S. town’s Wikipedia article. Grades compare each town with towns in its own country, so they aren’t a head-to-head.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Shrewsbury Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw33 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw19 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw32 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw33 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a yearMadison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Shrewsbury 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 Shrewsbury Township.
Nearly a third of adults have obesity in Shrewsbury Township. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Shrewsbury Township is ahead of New Jersey on 6 and behind on 1. In Shrewsbury Township, 15% of adults have been diagnosed with depression, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 23%. Two figures for adults locally: 29% feel lonely, 14% report frequent mental distress.
| Shrewsbury Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 28% | 35% |
| What stands out | Shrewsbury Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.6% | 11.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.7% | 14.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.3% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Among workers in Shrewsbury Township, 8.2% work remotely from home. Since 2013, Shrewsbury Township has lost 435 jobs, to 260 in 2023. In Shrewsbury Township, just over one in ten residents live below the poverty line, above both the New Jersey town median (6.1%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Its median household income stands at $81,000.
| Shrewsbury Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 8.2% | 16% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $81,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A winter brings about 25 inches of snow, with January nights at 26° and July afternoons at 85°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Households in Shrewsbury Township have drawn federal disaster aid in 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2012. Compared with 59% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is higher. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 41% come from inland flooding and 32% from strong winds.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
4 within 15 miles of the center of Shrewsbury Township
About 4 of every 100 Shrewsbury Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Where Shrewsbury Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US
Shrewsbury is a borough in eastern Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located within the heart of the northern Jersey Shore region, the borough is a bedroom community of New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,184, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 375 (+9.8%) from the 2010 census count of 3,809, which in turn reflected an increase of 219 (+6.1%) from the 3,590 counted in the 2000 census. Shrewsbury was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 22, 1926, from portions of Shrewsbury Township, based on the results of a referendum held on May 11, 1926. The borough's name comes from Shrewsbury…
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Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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