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A town of 40,562, settled in 1832.
Winslow Township grades C overall, 344th of 466 graded towns in New Jersey, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Natural-hazard risk is low and it has 26 miles of trail. On the other side, its schools rank behind 90% of the state's. 18% of the land in Winslow Township is conserved, above both New Jersey’s towns (11%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Winslow Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 92% of U.S. towns. Homes are expensive, about $273K for a typical one and 3 times the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income.
Where Winslow Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Winslow Township Elementary School Four | PK–3 | 517 |
| Winslow Township Elementary School Three | PK–3 | 464 |
| Winslow Township Elementary School One | PK–3 | 380 |
Where Winslow 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 Winslow Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,540 in 1850, 39,907 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 6 maps from 1890 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Winslow Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw20 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw21 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw23 mi MuseumEastern State PenitentiaryPine 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 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Winslow 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 Winslow Township.
Winslow Township carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of New Jersey (mostly inland flooding) and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey; it also trails Berlin and its other neighbors on schools.
Each of its 3 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than its D, Berlin highest at B.
Its public schools are run by the Winslow Township School District. Two of its 10 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winslow Township Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 790 | C |
| Winslow Township High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,299 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 97% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $179 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
Winslow Township’s FEMA risk score is 11 of 100, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 52 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100. Since 2003, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Winslow Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Winslow Township for work: only 4% work in town. Winslow Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes. The top destinations are Philadelphia (10%), Camden (4%) and Cherry Hill Township (4%).
| Winslow Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $99,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 12% | 17% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.2% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 75% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
Winslow Township beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 39% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Winslow Township.
| Winslow Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Winslow Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.6% | 9.6% |
| More smokers | 13% | 10.9% |
| More adults with depression | 17.9% | 15.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest place to walk is Wharton State Forest, 536 acres with 3.5 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wharton State Forest | 3.5 mi | 536 |
| 2. Frank Donio Memorial Park | 0.8 mi | 49 |
| 3. Carmelo Felix Memorial Park | 0.3 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Winslow 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
Winslow Township's reported crime rate is close to New Jersey's. The property crime rate in Winslow Township is 13.2 per 1,000 residents. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
| Winslow Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 13.2 per 1,000 residents | 7.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.2 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
3 within 15 miles of the center of Winslow Township
About 7 of every 100 Winslow Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Township in Camden County, New Jersey, US
Winslow Township is a township in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 39,907, an increase of 408 (+1.0%) from the 2010 census count of 39,499, which in turn reflected an increase of 4,888 (+14.1%) from the 34,611 counted in the 2000 census. Winslow Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 8, 1845, from portions of Gloucester Township. Portions of the township were taken on November 26, 1867, to create Chesilhurst. In 1950, the township annexed a portion of Monroe Township in Gloucester County. The township, and all of Camden County, is part of South Jersey and the P…
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6 towns share a border with Winslow Township.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C; Waterford Township (B−) is closest.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winslow Township | #344 | C | C− | — | D | B+ |
| Monroe Township | #281 | B− | C− | B | C+ | B+ |
| Williamstown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sicklerville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Berlin | #173 | A− | C− | B | B | A− |
| Chesilhurst | — | — | C+ | — | — | C+ |
| Waterford Township | #282 | B− | C− | A− | C− | B+ |
Chesilhurst has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Winslow Township and Chesilhurst report no FBI crime data of their own. Williamstown and Sicklerville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Winslow Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Winslow Township grades C overall, better than 35% of U.S. towns and #344 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B+ for health and D for schools. Schools 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 C−.
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