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A town of 2,766. Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Swedesboro grades B+ overall, ranked 202nd of 466 in New Jersey. It reports less crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $483K, 5.3 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 94% of U.S. towns, with 3 places on the National Register. Only 40 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score higher on hazard risk. Swedesboro is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. Only 43 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score higher on history.
Where Swedesboro beats most towns.
Trinity ChurchWhere Swedesboro’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 Swedesboro is from typical.
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Census counts: 894 in 1880, 2,711 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1857 and 2 maps from 1955 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Swedesboro. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw16 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw16 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw17 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
11 mi Park & preserveSchuylkill RiverLincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain · Schuylkill River: Emy111 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Swedesboro, 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 Swedesboro.
Swedesboro carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of New Jersey (mostly inland flooding) and has seen reported crime fall by about half, but it has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Reported crimes fell from 16 to 6 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
Swedesboro’s property crime rate is 2.2 per 1,000 residents, below both New Jersey’s towns (7.5) and U.S. towns (9.9). Police in Swedesboro reported no violent crime.
| Swedesboro | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.2 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. The public schools here belong to the Swedesboro-Woolwich School District. 2 public schools serve Swedesboro, with 478 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret C. Clifford SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–K | Grades PK–K | 251 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 93% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $221 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
Households in Swedesboro have drawn federal disaster aid in 8 declared disasters, most recently in 2021. The town’s FEMA risk score is 15 of 100, below both the New Jersey town median (52 of 100) and the median of U.S. towns (44 of 100). 47% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by earthquakes at 13%. One flood insurance claim has been paid here since 1999.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here fell from 960 in 2013 to 636.
The share of residents in Swedesboro who live below the poverty line: 11%. Most working residents leave Swedesboro for work: only 3% work in town. In Swedesboro, the typical journey to work is 26 minutes. Also worth knowing: jobs based here fell to 636 in 2023, 324 fewer than in 2013.
| Swedesboro | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.8% | 17% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Summer afternoons peak near 87° in July, and January nights bottom out around 26°; snowfall runs to about 23 inches a winter. Swedesboro has chilly winters and warm summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Zillow values the typical Swedesboro home at about $483,000, up 4% in a year, 16% below the New Jersey typical home. Swedesboro: just over three in five households live in a home they own. The midpoint rent for Swedesboro comes to $1,606 a month.
| Swedesboro | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 61% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,606 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
16% of adults smoke cigarettes in Swedesboro. Of 32 CDC measures, Swedesboro beats the New Jersey average on 1 and trails it on 12. Among adults in the town, 19% report frequent mental distress and 36% feel lonely.
| Swedesboro | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 36% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 32% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Swedesboro | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.3% | 7.5% |
| More smokers | 15.5% | 10.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
11 within 15 miles of the center of Swedesboro
About 4 of every 100 Swedesboro residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
3 places in Swedesboro on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in Swedesboro.
Borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey, US
Swedesboro is a borough within Gloucester County in the U.S. state of New Jersey, within the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,711, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 127 (+4.9%) from the 2,584 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 529 (+25.7%) from the 2,055 counted in the 2000 census. Swedesboro and surrounding Gloucester County constitute part of South Jersey. Swedesboro was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 9, 1902, from portions of Woolwich Township. The borough was named for its early settlers from Sweden. Swedesboro has been recognized by…
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Swedesboro grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #202 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B− for health, A for safety and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
Swedesboro has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places. 4 notable people were born here, including Charles Creighton Stratton and Charles Garrison Harker.
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