Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Woodbine’s subject grades is an A for walkability; the weakest is a D− for health. Woodbine Brotherhood Synagogue is on the National Register of Historic Places. Woodbine has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Woodbine beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Woodbine | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 29.3% | 9.6% |
2,472 counted in 2010 and 2,128 in 2020; an estimated 2,104 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Woodbine is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,399 in 1910, 2,128 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1933 and 6 maps from 1888 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Woodbine. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
22 mi Stadium & arenaBoardwalk Hall
17 mi LandmarkLucy the Elephant
17 mi Theme parkMorey's Piers
23 mi Theme parkSteel Pier
13 mi Theme parkGillians Wonderland Pier and Island WaterparkPine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Boardwalk Hall: Jack Boucher, Public domain · Lucy the Elephant: User:dtcdthingy 3:30 pm 30th July 2004 (Minolta Dimage X20), Public domain · Morey's Piers: Smallbones, CC0 · Steel Pier: Make Lemons, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gillians Wonderland Pier and Island Waterpark: Kevin Jarrett from Northfield, NJ, USA, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Woodbine, 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 Woodbine.
Among 469 New Jersey towns, just 3 have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Woodbine. Woodbine: 44% of adults have obesity. Of 32 CDC measures, Woodbine beats the New Jersey average on 1 and trails it on 25.
| Woodbine | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 15% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 11% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 28% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 9.7% | 12% |
| What stands out | Woodbine | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80% | 77.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 29.3% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools: the Woodbine School District. Its one school is below. 247 students attend the town’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbine Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 247 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 3.3% in value. Among households in Woodbine, 55% own their home, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 77% and U.S. towns at 73%.
| Woodbine | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 55% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $945 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In Woodbine, the risk rating from FEMA is 28 of 100. Expected losses in Woodbine break down as 29% from hurricanes and 25% from inland flooding. Federal aid has come to Woodbine households in 6 declared disasters; the latest was in 2020.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
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
The typical household income for Woodbine comes to $46,000. Most people who work leave Woodbine to do it: just 8% work in town. Among residents in the town, 30% live below the poverty line. Employers in Woodbine added 147 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 602.
| Woodbine | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 30% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $46,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest park or preserve is Belleplain State Forest, at 104 acres. Across 1 park or preserve: 3.5 miles of trail. Woodbine’s trail density is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Woodbine | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 9% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Belleplain State Forest | — | 104 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Woodbine; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Woodbine residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Borough in Cape May County, New Jersey, US
Woodbine is a borough in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough, and all of Cape May County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,128, a decrease of 344 (−13.9%) from the 2010 census count of 2,472, which in turn reflected a decline of 244 (−9.0%) from the 2,716 counted in the 2000 census. Woodbine was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 3, 1903, from portions of Dennis Township.
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2 towns share a border with Woodbine.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbine | — | — | B− | — | D | D− |
| Dennis Township | #356 | C | C | — | C | B |
| Dennisville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Woodbine has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Woodbine and Dennis Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Dennisville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Woodbine with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
2 notable people were born here, including Gregory Goodwin Pincus and Samuel Gallu.
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