Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Stratford is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, ranked 209th of 466 in New Jersey, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $98K. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $347K, 3.8 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. Stratford is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 50 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do better. Ephraim and Sarah Tomlinson House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Stratford beats most towns.
Where Stratford’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 Stratford is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 958 in 1930, a peak of 9,801 in 1970, 6,981 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1844 and 7 maps from 1891 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Stratford. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw11 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw15 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw13 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 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Stratford, 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 Stratford.
Stratford carries less natural-hazard risk than most of New Jersey (mostly inland flooding), reports less crime than Gloucester Township or any other graded neighbor and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey.
Typical home values rose 5.3% in the year to September 2026. At $1,190 a month, Stratford’s median rent is where New Jersey’s towns sit at $1,780 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month.
| Stratford | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,190 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 69% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Stratford School District. One of its 4 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel S. Yellin Elementary SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 4–8 | Grades 4–8 | 527 | C+ |
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 $230 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
At 19 of 100, Stratford’s FEMA risk score is below both New Jersey’s towns (52 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100). One flood insurance claim has been paid in Stratford since 2012.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Stratford for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Stratford is 30 minutes. The top destinations are Philadelphia (11%), Cherry Hill Township (7%) and Voorhees Township (6%).
| Stratford | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $98,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 9.8% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 12% | 17% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 71% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
Stratford beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 19% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Stratford.
| Stratford | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 28% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 36% | 36% |
| What stands out | Stratford | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with depression | 18.8% | 15.1% |
| More smokers | 13.4% | 10.9% |
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 16.6% | 14.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Stratford has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 26° and about 22 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Its B+ tops all 3 graded towns on its borders; Gloucester Township (B) comes closest. At 13 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 52% of New Jersey’s graded towns.
Stratford’s violent crime rate is 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Stratford | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 10.2 per 1,000 residents | 7.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Vassar Park | — | 5 |
| 2. Saratoga Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
16 within 15 miles of the center of Stratford
About 5 of every 100 Stratford residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
7 notable people were born in Stratford.
Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, US
Stratford is a borough in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,981, a decrease of 59 (−0.8%) from the 2010 census count of 7,040, which in turn reflected a decline of 231 (−3.2%) from the 7,271 counted in the 2000 census. Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine is located in Stratford.
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5 towns share a border with Stratford.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Gloucester Township (B−) comes closest.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford | #209 | B+ | C | B+ | C+ | B+ |
| Gloucester Township | #306 | B− | C− | B | C | B+ |
| Lindenwold | #439 | D− | C | C− | D− | C− |
| Hi-Nella | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Laurel Springs | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | A |
| Somerdale | #395 | C− | C+ | D | C− | B− |
Laurel Springs has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Laurel Springs reports no FBI crime data of its own. Hi-Nella isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Stratford with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Stratford grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #209 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B+ for health, B+ for safety and C+ for schools.
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 Kelly Ripa and Tamika Catchings.
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