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Woodlynne grades D overall, 422nd among New Jersey's 466 graded towns, mostly because of schools. Its schools rank behind 88% of the state's. In its favor, it is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns. Woodlynne’s level of property crime is 36.1 per 1,000 residents, above both the New Jersey town median (10.4) and the median of U.S. towns (13.1). Only 38 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on health. Woodlynne Log Cabin is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Woodlynne beats most towns.
Coastal flooding makes up 17% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Woodlynne is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for schools (better than 12%), so the D overall blends very different results.
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Census counts: 388 in 1900, 2,902 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1939 and 7 maps from 1891 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Woodlynne. Close and well known come first.
Big draw3 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw4 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw4 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw4 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw5 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
5 mi MuseumAcademy of Natural Sciences of Drexel UniversityUSS 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 · Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University: See below, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Woodlynne, 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 Woodlynne.
Woodlynne has homes that are cheap against local pay and sends most of its workers to Camden and beyond, but it has poverty well above the New Jersey rate.
At 2.2 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income, the typical home (about $200K) costs less against local pay than in 99% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to its C for cost of living. Values fell 2.7% in the past year while the New Jersey typical home rose 4%.
In Woodlynne, nearly three in five households own their home. The town’s typical rent comes in at $1,587 a month.
| Woodlynne | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 59% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,587 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its one school is below. Public schools: the Woodlynne School District. 407 students attend the town’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlynne Boro Public SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 407 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
Woodlynne has 151 jobs for its 1,280 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 21.8 minutes, against 30.5 across New Jersey.
The top destinations are Camden (11%), Cherry Hill Township (9%) and Philadelphia (8%). Woodlynne had 151 jobs in 2023, down 23 from 2013. 19% of Woodlynne residents live below the poverty line.
| Woodlynne | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $75,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Woodlynne does better than the New Jersey average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 20. The share of adults in Woodlynne who say their health is fair or poor: 24%.
| Woodlynne | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 36% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 11% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Woodlynne | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.2% | 7.5% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.9% | 5.6% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 29.6% | 14.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In July, afternoons reach 88°; in January, nights fall to 26°, and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected losses in Woodlynne break down as 50% from inland flooding and 17% from coastal flooding. On expected storm and flood damage, Woodlynne sits above nearly two thirds of U.S. communities. Since 1988, 48 flood insurance claims have been paid out locally.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Woodlynne's reported crime rate is well above New Jersey's. Its rate of reported violence comes in at 4.8 per 1,000 residents. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
FBI crime data, 2023 · crimes reported to police
37 within 15 miles of the center of Woodlynne
About 6 of every 100 Woodlynne residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Where Woodlynne’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, US
Woodlynne is a borough in Camden County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey, and a suburb located 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Philadelphia. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,902, a decrease of 76 (−2.6%) from the 2,978 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 182 (+6.5%) from the 2,796 counted in the 2000 census. The borough is the state's eighth-smallest municipality. Established on the site of a defunct amusement park, the entire borough of Woodlynne is less than one-third the size of Six Flags Great Adventure and Safari. Woodlynne was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 19, 1901, from p…
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2 towns share a border with Woodlynne.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlynne | #422 | D | C | — | D | C |
| Camden | #449 | D− | B | D− | D− | D− |
| Collingswood | #340 | C+ | D | C− | B− | A |
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Woodlynne grades D overall, better than 11% of U.S. towns and #422 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades C for health and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 2.2 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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