VoorheesNJ
A town in New Jersey, home to 2,000 people.
Is Voorhees a good place to live?
No town among the 469 in New Jersey we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Voorhees. 17% of residents live below the poverty line in Voorhees, against 6.1% in New Jersey’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. We don’t grade Voorhees yet; the figures below are still real.
Madison Square Garden and 514 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Voorhees. Close and well known come first.
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw35 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw33 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw28 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw35 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Madison 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 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Moving to Voorhees: who provides what
Voorhees is unincorporated, so Somerset County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Voorhees.
In Voorhees, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 87°; in January, nights fall to 23°, and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Voorhees has 1.2 jobs for every working resident, and 873 people commute in
The top destinations are New Brunswick (14%), Franklin Township (10%) and Edison Township (8%). Most working residents leave Voorhees for work: only 1% work in town. Employers in Voorhees shed 257 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 877. Also worth knowing: the mean commuting time locally is 31 minutes.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More of Voorhees’ adults sleep under 7 hours than in the typical New Jersey or U.S. town
Of 32 CDC measures, Voorhees beats the New Jersey average on 3 and trails it on 18. In Voorhees, a third of adults get no exercise outside work. Among 469 New Jersey towns, just 3 have a lower share of adults who binge drink than Voorhees.
| Voorhees | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 36% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 11% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Voorhees | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.3% | 7.5% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.7% | 15.5% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 14.1% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Voorhees faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
62% of Voorhees’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by earthquakes at 10%. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bascom Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Voorhees
Colleges nearby
10 within 15 miles of the center of Voorhees
About 11 of every 100 Voorhees residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Voorhees’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Voorhees.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voorhees | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Six Mile Run | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clyde | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| New Brunswick | #458 | D− | D | D | D− | C |
| East Franklin | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Somerset | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Franklin Township | #246 | B | D | B+ | C | A |
Voorhees, Six Mile Run, Clyde, East Franklin and Somerset aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Voorhees with a neighbor →
Questions about Voorhees
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Voorhees, NJ a good place to live?
We don’t grade Voorhees yet; the figures below are still real.