Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,706, settled in 1913.
White Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 314th of 466 graded towns in New Jersey, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $76K. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $350K, 4.1 years of the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income. 27% of the land in White Township is conserved, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Only 29 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on history. The biggest park or preserve is Jenny Jump State Forest, at 624 acres.
Where White Township beats most towns.
Where White 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 White Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,161 in 1920, 4,606 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 7 maps from 1891 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around White Township. Close and well known come first.
32 mi GardenDrew University
19 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
31 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
37 mi Stadium & arenaSHI Stadium
10 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
13 mi Park & preserveLehigh RiverDrew University: CUBJONES83 (talk), Public domain · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · SHI Stadium: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in White 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 White Township.
White Township has better schools than Harmony Township or any other neighbor and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey.
Its B− is the best School Grade on its borders; Harmony Township (C+) is next.
Its public schools are run by the White Township Consolidated School District. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Township Consolidated SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 274 | B |
| Warren RCHLargest public high schoolGrades 11 | Grades 11 | – | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
10 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jenny Jump State Forest | — | 624 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave White Township for work: only 7% work in town. At 33 minutes, White Township’s average trip to work is above both New Jersey’s towns (30 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in White Township fell to 1,046 in 2023, 68 fewer than in 2013.
| White Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $76,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.6% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 78% of U.S. communities. Since 1989, 49 flood insurance claims have been paid out in White Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 77% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
White Township beats the New Jersey average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 38% of adults have high blood pressure in White Township.
| White Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 32% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | White Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.9% | 12.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.3% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.4% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
White Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in White Township is 84°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
4 within 15 miles of the center of White Township
About 3 of every 100 White Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Township in Warren County, New Jersey, US
White Township is a township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 4,606, a decrease of 276 (−5.7%) from the 2010 census count of 4,882, which in turn reflected an increase of 637 (+15.0%) from the 4,245 counted in the 2000 census. White Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 9, 1913, from portions of Oxford Township, based on the results of a referendum held on May 1, 1913, making it the second-youngest township in the county.
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10 towns share a border with White Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Township | #314 | C+ | C | — | B− | B+ |
| Belvidere | #276 | B− | C | B+ | C | B+ |
| Oxford Township | — | — | C | A | C | A− |
| Brookfield | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Buttzville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Harmony Township | #408 | C− | C− | — | C+ | B |
| Hutchinson | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hope Township | — | — | D | — | C | A− |
Oxford Township and Hope Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. White Township, Harmony Township and Hope Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Brookfield, Buttzville and Hutchinson aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare White Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
White Township grades C+ overall, better than 44% of U.S. towns and #314 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B+ for health and B− for schools. Hazard risk 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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