311,783 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.0% since 2020)
322 square miles of land · 968 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
29 active community water systems list Gloucester County in the area they serve, reporting 253,636 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP MUA groundwater · local government · NJ0818004 | 48,000 served |
| DEPTFORD TWP MUA buys surface water · local government · NJ0802001 | 30,561 served |
| MONROE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · NJ0811002 | 26,179 served |
| GLASSBORO WATER DEPARTMENT buys surface water · local government · NJ0806001 | 24,244 served |
| WEST DEPTFORD TWP WATER DEPT buys surface water · local government · NJ0820001 | 22,000 served |
| MANTUA TOWNSHIP MUA buys surface water · local government · NJ0810004 | 12,600 served |
| WOODBURY CITY W DEPT buys surface water · local government · NJ0822001 | 10,263 served |
| EAST GREENWICH TWP WATER DEPT buys surface water · local government · NJ0803001 | 9,900 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 159 people were held in Gloucester County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2020), or 79 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2013 it was about 358.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
27 school districts have their office in Gloucester County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $191.1 million — $181.3 million to run schools, about $25,178 per student, plus $3.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $100 million local (mostly property tax), $81.5 million state, $8.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.4 million.
Spent $142.8 million — $129.7 million to run schools, about $22,338 per student, plus $7.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $58.2 million local (mostly property tax), $75.5 million state, $8.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $56.6 million.
Spent $100.8 million — $91.5 million to run schools, about $22,248 per student, plus $4.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $50.3 million local (mostly property tax), $47.3 million state, $3.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $37.6 million.
Spent $63.2 million — $55.8 million to run schools, about $18,837 per student, plus $2.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $32.7 million local (mostly property tax), $30.3 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $27.8 million.
Spent $72.7 million — $69.8 million to run schools, about $24,237 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $39 million local (mostly property tax), $29.6 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.5 million.
Spent $49 million — $44.9 million to run schools, about $20,397 per student, plus $3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $26.7 million local (mostly property tax), $23.1 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.6 million.
Spent $55 million — $49.4 million to run schools, about $26,065 per student, plus $3.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $24 million local (mostly property tax), $25.4 million state, $4.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $17.8 million.
Spent $46.8 million — $40.4 million to run schools, about $23,646 per student, plus $4.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.5 million local (mostly property tax), $30.3 million state, $4.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.7 million.
And 19 more.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Gloucester County about $77 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
243 bridges in Gloucester County: 76 in good condition, 161 fair, and 6 poor (2.5%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| US 322 over MAIN ST & MECHANIC ST · built 1974 | 22,856 vehicles a day |
| ROUTE NJ 45 over WOODBURY CREEK · built 1892 | 21,874 vehicles a day |
| US 130 over BIG TIMBER CREEK · built 1928 | 20,155 vehicles a day |
| NJ 47 over BIG TIMBER CREEK · built 1934 | 9,175 vehicles a day |
| CR581 COMMINRS PKE over OLDMANS CREEK · built 1912 | 904 vehicles a day |
| ANDREWS ROAD over FOUR MILE BRANCH · built 1952 | 5 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $70 million of work in Gloucester County in fiscal 2025, about $232 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for New Jersey are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Gloucester County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Gloucester County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Camden County (11 mi) · Salem County (15 mi) · Delaware County, PA (19 mi) · Philadelphia County, PA (20 mi) · Cumberland County (27 mi) · Burlington County (28 mi).