Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Weymouth Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 388th among New Jersey's 466 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 70% of the country. Its lowest everyday mark is in incomes: the median household income is $72K, and 17% of residents live below the poverty line. A typical home there costs about $170K, 2.1 years of the Atlantic City metro’s $82K median household income. Weymouth Township’s median age is 60.2 years, above both the New Jersey town median (42 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). On walkability, just 10 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. Belcoville Post Office is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Weymouth Township beats most towns.
Where Weymouth 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 Weymouth Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,029 in 1810, a low of 538 in 1890, 2,614 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 6 maps from 1890 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Weymouth Township takes its name from Weymouth in Dorset, England, 3,470 miles across the Atlantic.
UKUK editionWeymouth Township, settled in 1798, takes its name from Weymouth, a large town in Dorset, England.
1 more U.S. town is named after Weymouth:Weymouth Town, MA59,759
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.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Weymouth 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 Weymouth Township.
Weymouth Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has better schools than Estell Manor or any other neighbor and sends most of its workers to Atlantic City and beyond.
Its C+ is the best School Grade on its borders; Estell Manor (C) is next.
Its public schools are run by the Weymouth Township School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weymouth Township Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 178 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
Weymouth Township has 256 jobs for its 1,180 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Weymouth Township for work: only 3% work in town. Weymouth Township’s average trip to work is 33 minutes. Since 2013, Weymouth Township has added 35 jobs, to 256 in 2023.
| Weymouth Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 10,710 U.S. towns with household incomes like Weymouth Township’s, it is healthier than 85%, so its B+ isn’t only a matter of income. Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 75% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
Weymouth Township beats the New Jersey average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 30% of Weymouth Township adults have obesity.
| Weymouth Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Weymouth Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.4% | 11.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 6.3% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
6.9 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Peaslee Wildlife Management Area, at 170 acres.
| Weymouth Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 15% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Peaslee Wildlife Management Area | 0.2 mi | 170 |
| 2. Maple Lake Wildlife Management Area | — | 38 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Weymouth Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 25° and about 22 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 15 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Weymouth Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Weymouth Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
39 mi Park & preserveSchuylkill River
21 mi Stadium & arenaBoardwalk Hall
18 mi LandmarkLucy the ElephantPine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Schuylkill River: Emy111 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Boardwalk Hall: Jack Boucher, Public domain · Lucy the Elephant: User:dtcdthingy 3:30 pm 30th July 2004 (Minolta Dimage X20), Public domain
2 within 15 miles of the center of Weymouth Township
About 3 of every 100 Weymouth Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Township in Atlantic County, New Jersey, US
Weymouth Township is a township in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 2,614, a decrease of 101 (−3.7%) from the 2010 census count of 2,715, which in turn reflected an increase of 458 (+20.3%) from the 2,257 counted in the 2000 census. Named for Weymouth, Dorset, the township was created as a constablewick in 1694 and was known in its early days as "New Waymouth Township". Weymouth Township was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 12, 1798, from portions of Egg Harbor Township, while the area was still part of Gloucester County, and was incorporated nine days later. Portions of the t…
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5 towns share a border with Weymouth Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weymouth Township | #388 | C− | C+ | — | C+ | B+ |
| Estell Manor | — | — | C− | — | C | B |
| Dorothy | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maurice River Township | #462 | D− | C− | — | D | C+ |
| Hamilton Township | #419 | D | D | C | D | B+ |
| Mays Landing | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Estell Manor has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Weymouth Township, Estell Manor and Maurice River Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Dorothy and Mays Landing aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Weymouth Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Weymouth Township grades C− overall, better than 20% of U.S. towns and #388 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B+ for health and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
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