Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Woodland Township’s best subject grades are an A+ for the outdoors and an A for civic life; its weakest is a D for walkability. 34% of the land in Woodland Township is conserved, above both the New Jersey town median (11%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Brendan T. Byrne State Forest, at 16,649 acres with 102.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. On the outdoors, just 20 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do better. Woodland Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Woodland Township beats most towns.
Shamong Hotel1,788 counted in 2010 and 1,544 in 2020; an estimated 1,581 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 Woodland Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 389 in 1870, a peak of 2,285 in 1980, 1,554 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 4 maps from 1888 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Woodland 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 Woodland Township.
Walkers can cover 337 miles of trail in 11 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Woodland Township: 11, covering 44,158 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Brendan T. Byrne State Forest | 102.9 mi | 16,649 |
| 2. Franklin Parker Preserve | 54.8 mi | 10,657 |
| 3. West Plains Natural Area | 37.8 mi | 3,766 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the Woodland Township School District. 91 students attend the town’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatsworth Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 91 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Among 469 New Jersey towns, just 6 have a higher average commute than Woodland Township. Employers in Woodland Township shed 690 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 369. Woodland Township: a fifth of residents live below the poverty line, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 6.1% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Its income of the median household stands at $139,000.
| Woodland Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 43 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $139,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
87% of households own their home in Woodland Township. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 2.9%. Also worth knowing: its going rate for rent stands at $1,607 a month.
| Woodland Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 87% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,607 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
A winter brings about 24 inches of snow, with January nights at 24° and July afternoons at 87°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with 55% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Woodland Township is higher. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 37% come from inland flooding and 32% from wildfires. Since 1994, one flood insurance claim has been paid here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The share of adults in Woodland Township who have high blood pressure: 35%. In Woodland Township, 16% of adults smoke cigarettes, and 19% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Woodland Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 11% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Woodland Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 7.4% | 5.1% |
| More smokers | 15.6% | 10.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.9% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Woodland Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw21 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great Adventure2.2M visitors a year
Big draw33 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw34 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a yearPine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Six Flags Great Adventure: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · 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
None within 15 miles of Woodland Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Woodland Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Where Woodland Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Woodland Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, US
Woodland Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,544, a decrease of 244 (−13.6%) from the 2010 census count of 1,788, which in turn reflected an increase of 618 (+52.8%) from the 1,170 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Woodland was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 7, 1866, from portions of Pemberton Township, Shamong Township, Southampton Township and Washington Township. Portions of the township were taken to form Tabernacle Township on March 22, 1901.
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6 towns share a border with Woodland Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Township | — | — | C | — | B− | B− |
| Pemberton Township | #387 | C− | C+ | C+ | C | C+ |
| Tabernacle Township | #299 | B− | D | — | B− | A− |
| Washington Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bass River Township | — | — | D | — | D | B+ |
| Barnegat Township | #310 | B− | D | A | C+ | B+ |
| Lacey Township | #295 | B− | D | B+ | C+ | A− |
Woodland Township and Bass River Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Woodland Township, Tabernacle Township and Bass River Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Washington Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Woodland Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 4.6 years of the area's median household income ($91,289 across the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area). 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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