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Settled in 1906, this town now has 3,162 residents.
Incomes are its strong suit: the median household earns $123K. Taken together, its subjects give Woodbury Heights an A overall, better than 86% of U.S. towns. It ranks 130th of 466 in New Jersey. Health is another plus: it is healthier than four fifths of U.S. towns. At about $359K, a typical home costs 3.9 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. On history, just 35 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. Only 18 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score higher on cost of living. Only 41 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score higher on hazard risk.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · FEMA National Risk Index · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Woodbury Heights beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Woodbury Heights is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 481 in 1920, 3,098 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 7 maps from 1891 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Woodbury Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw9 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw9 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw11 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
5 mi Park & preserveSchuylkill RiverLincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain · Schuylkill River: Emy111 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Woodbury Heights, 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 Woodbury Heights.
Woodbury Heights pairs an A overall with homes cheaper than the New Jersey norm, carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of New Jersey (mostly inland flooding) and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Jersey.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 93% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $251 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
Woodbury Heights’ FEMA hazard score is 15 of 100. Paid flood insurance claims here since 2009: 3. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 53% come from inland flooding and 12% from earthquakes. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid in 8 declared disasters, most recently in 2021.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Of its 3 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. The largest public high school is Gateway Regional High School, with 862 students. The Gateway Regional High School District runs its public schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbury Heights ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 248 | B− |
| Gateway Regional High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 862 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 62% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Its widest gap with New Jersey is no health insurance: 7.3% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 11.3% statewide.
Among adults in Woodbury Heights, 12% smoke cigarettes, against 11% in New Jersey’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. For adults here, the share who have obesity is 31%. This New Jersey town beats the New Jersey average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Woodbury Heights | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 28% | 35% |
| What stands out | Woodbury Heights | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.3% | 11.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.1% | 14.3% |
| More adults with depression | 19.6% | 15.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Woodbury Heights grades A overall with a typical home of about $359K, below the New Jersey typical value; only 24 of the 132 New Jersey towns graded A− or better can say that.
A typical home in Woodbury Heights is worth about $359,000, up 6% in a year, 38% below the New Jersey typical home. Among households here, 96% own their home. Also worth knowing: for Woodbury Heights, the typical rent is $1,325 a month.
| Woodbury Heights | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 96% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,325 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The midsummer high in Woodbury Heights is 87°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The average commute for its 1,719 working residents takes 24 minutes, against 30.5 across New Jersey.
In Woodbury Heights, 4.1% of residents live below the poverty line. Only 3% of working residents stay in Woodbury Heights for work; the rest commute out. The typical journey to work for Woodbury Heights comes to 24 minutes. The top destinations are Philadelphia (12%), West Deptford Township (5%) and Washington Township (4%).
| Woodbury Heights | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6% | 17% | 11% |
| Median household income | $123,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Woodbury Heights's reported crime rate is well below New Jersey's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. No violent crimes were reported in 2022.
| Woodbury Heights | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2022) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.9 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2022) | 8 per 1,000 residents | 9.7 | 14.1 |
FBI crime data, 2022 · crimes reported to police
21 within 15 miles of the center of Woodbury Heights
About 5 of every 100 Woodbury Heights residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey, US
Woodbury Heights is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,098, an increase of 43 (+1.4%) from the 2010 census count of 3,055, which in turn reflected an increase of 67 (+2.2%) from the 2,988 counted in the 2000 census. Woodbury Heights was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 6, 1915, from portions of Deptford Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 27, 1915. Portions were exchanged with Woodbury in 1925, and portions of the city were annexed on March 22, 1938. Portions were exchanged with Deptford Township in 1956 and other portions were annexe…
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3 towns share a border with Woodbury Heights.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbury Heights | #130 | A | C+ | — | C+ | A− |
| Deptford Township | #322 | C+ | C− | — | C | B+ |
| Oak Valley | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Woodbury | #394 | C− | C+ | C− | C− | C+ |
Woodbury Heights and Deptford Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Oak Valley isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Woodbury Heights with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Woodbury Heights grades A overall, better than 86% of U.S. towns and #130 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A− for health and C+ for schools.
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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