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A town of 7,014, settled in 1877.
Tabernacle Township's standout: the median household earns $121K. Overall it grades B−, ranked 299th of 466 in New Jersey. Residents are healthier than 78% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and it has 92 miles of trail and 27% conserved land. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $520K for a typical one and 5.7 times the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. 27% of the land in Tabernacle Township is conserved, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. On walkability, just 19 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. Wharton State Forest, at 13,504 acres with 72.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Tabernacle Township beats most towns.
Where Tabernacle 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 Tabernacle Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 11%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
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Census counts: 487 in 1910, 6,776 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 5 maps from 1888 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tabernacle 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 Tabernacle Township.
Tabernacle Township is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Jersey; it also has commutes longer than most of New Jersey.
At 1.9 miles per square mile, Tabernacle Township’s trail density is against 0.7 in New Jersey’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wharton State Forest | 72.9 mi | 13,504 |
| 2. Franklin Parker Preserve | 4.4 mi | 591 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Lenape Regional High School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Seneca High School, with 1,058 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tabernacle Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 416 | – |
| Seneca High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,058 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 64% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Against the 5,645 U.S. towns with household incomes like Tabernacle Township’s, it is less healthy than 50%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
28% of Tabernacle Township adults feel lonely. Tabernacle Township beats the New Jersey average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 32% of Tabernacle Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Tabernacle Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 36% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Tabernacle Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.9% | 14.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.1% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The average commute for its 3,421 working residents takes 38.8 minutes, against 30.5 across New Jersey.
Most working residents leave Tabernacle Township for work: only 5% work in town. Tabernacle Township’s average trip to work is 39 minutes. Jobs based in Tabernacle Township grew to 1,079 in 2023, 70 more than in 2013.
| Tabernacle Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 39 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $121,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 14% | 17% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Tabernacle Township since 2010.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Tabernacle Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 25° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (21% statewide); people 65 and older are 23% of residents (17% statewide). The median age in Tabernacle Township is 49.2 years. Tabernacle Township has grown 3.5% since 2020, to 7,014 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Tabernacle Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.2 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 50% | 45% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 18% | 21% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 18% | 18% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.8 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Tabernacle Township | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.3% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.3% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.8% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.2% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.2% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.2% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.4% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.5% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.2% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.7% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.8% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.9% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.8% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 29.8% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19.9% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
97% of households own their home in Tabernacle Township. The typical Tabernacle Township home is worth about $520,000, up 3.3% in a year, 10% below the New Jersey typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tabernacle Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw7 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw27 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw25 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great Adventure2.2M visitors a year
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw28 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a yearPine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Six Flags Great Adventure: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Tabernacle Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Tabernacle Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, US
Tabernacle Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 6,776, a decrease of 173 (−2.5%) from the 2010 census count of 6,949, which in turn reflected a decline of 221 (−3.1%) from the 7,170 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Tabernacle was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 22, 1901, from portions of Shamong Township, Southampton Township and Woodland Township. The township was named for a tabernacle constructed by missionaries David and John Brainerd. New Jersey Mont…
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5 towns share a border with Tabernacle Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabernacle Township | #299 | B− | D | — | B− | A− |
| Shamong Township | #302 | B− | D | — | B− | A− |
| Woodland Township | — | — | C | — | B− | B− |
| Southampton Township | #334 | C+ | C− | — | B− | A− |
| Medford Township | #115 | A | D | A− | B+ | A+ |
| Washington Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Woodland Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Tabernacle Township, Shamong Township, Woodland Township and Southampton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Washington Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Tabernacle Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Tabernacle Township grades B− overall, better than 48% of U.S. towns and #299 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A− for health and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. 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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