Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety45#8,620/15,637
Economy62#5,944/15,631
Housing42#8,694/14,977
Health63#5,796/15,609
Healthcare78#3,510/15,650
Environment42#8,947/15,453
Education56#6,935/15,649
Infrastructure76#3,746/15,650
Community63#5,773/15,651
Leisure & amenities57#6,747/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Runnemede, New Jersey ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Camden County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Distance to an Amtrak station · low3 mi
99/100New Jersey 11 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauCamden County value
Suicide rate · low6.3 /100k
96/100New Jersey 8.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCamden County value
Firearm deaths · low3.4 /100k
94/100New Jersey 4.0 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCamden County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100New Jersey 1.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationCamden County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100New Jersey 1.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationCamden County value
Public transit commuters · high3.3%
89/100New Jersey 8.1%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.59%
1/100New Jersey 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Preventable hospital stays · high4,474 /100k
4/100New Jersey 3,143 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCamden County value
Property crime rate · high2,497 /100k
5/100New Jersey 1,250 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureCamden County value
Drug overdose deaths · high27.7 /100k
12/100New Jersey 15.8 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCamden County value
Child care cost burden · high38.0%
13/100New Jersey 34.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCamden County value
Hospital quality rating · low2.3
15/100New Jersey 3.1United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCamden County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
0.1 /1k (2021) → 3.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+2,986%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
60.6% (2015-2019) → 47.4% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$67,120 (2015-2019) → $91,302 (2020-2024)
+36%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
86.3% (2015-2019) → 93.4% (2020-2024)
+7.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
33.6% (2015-2019) → 29.2% (2020-2024)
−4.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
25.4% (2015-2019) → 28.7% (2020-2024)
+3.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Runnemede, New Jersey improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Property tax−1 points3.59% → 2.59%
Household income+36%$67,120 → $91,302
Broadband+7.1 points86.3% → 93.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Runnemede, New Jersey between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.0 min2015-2019	27.0 min2020-2024	+1.0 min	Within the margin of error	36%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%2015-2019	28.7%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Broadband subscriptions	86.3%2015-2019	93.4%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Improved	44%
Effective property tax rate	3.59%2015-2019	2.59%2020-2024	−1 points	Improved	99%
High school diploma or higher	91.3%2015-2019	94.2%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	59%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3722015-2019	0.4082020-2024	+0.036	Within the margin of error	23%
Median household income	$67,1202015-2019	$91,3022020-2024	+36%	Improved	67%
Poverty rate	8.3%2015-2019	8.0%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Rent as share of income	33.6%2015-2019	29.2%2020-2024	−4.4 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Rent-burdened households	60.6%2015-2019	47.4%2020-2024	−13 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Unemployment rate	3.7%2015-2019	6.1%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.1%2015-2019	8.5%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	65%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Runnemede, New Jersey five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Runnemede, New Jersey in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Runnemede, New Jersey itself moved +5.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

8,355 residents (±28)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49
30–39†
20–29
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (+3.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

8,355 residents (±28)

Runnemede, New Jersey
New Jersey share

White73%6,137
Black7.4%†619
Hispanic or Latino13%1,070

Education

6,035 residents (±251)

Runnemede, New Jersey
New Jersey share

No high school diploma5.8%†353
High school or GED35%2,128
Some college21%1,278

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,330 households (±209)

Runnemede, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $25k10%†340
$25k–50k16%542
$50k–75k18%†600
$75k–100k8.4%†279
$100k–150k25%845
$150k–200k16%520
$200k or more6.1%†204

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+9.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,330 households (±209)

Runnemede, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Own72%2,414
Rent28%916

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

907 households (±193)

Runnemede, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $7501.1%†10
$750–1,00013%†122
$1,000–1,50043%391

Home values

2,414 homes (±164)

Runnemede, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $150k8.3%†200
$150k–250k41%979
$250k–400k45%1,079

Age of homes

3,662 homes (±287)

Runnemede, New Jersey
New Jersey share

2010 or later1.4%†53
2000–20091.7%†63
1980–19997.7%†282

Size of homes

3,662 homes (±287)

Runnemede, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Studio2.7%†99
1 bedroom14%†529
2 bedrooms17%620

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

4,265 workers (±371)

Runnemede, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Drive alone75%3,178
Carpool5.6%†240
Public transit3.3%†141
Walk2.2%†92
Bike1.3%†55
Work from home12%†528
Other0.7%†31

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+7.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

3,737 workers (±454)

Runnemede, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under 15 min24%914
15–29 min35%1,296
30–44 min25%926

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Camden County, the county holding most of Runnemede's residents.

Camden County has 11,541 employer establishments, 218 for every 10,000 residents (0.88× the US rate of 248; 0.86× New Jersey's), with 190,853 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,930. The Census Bureau also counts 41,655 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 11,541; 41,655 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 218; US 248 · New Jersey 253
Paid employees: 190,853
Average annual pay: $61,930; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Camden County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,235	23.3	1.12×About typical	17,618	$67,714	2,232
Restaurants and other eating places	885	16.7	0.91×About typical	13,882	$24,204	281
Specialty trade contractors	644	12.2	0.78×Fewer than typical	7,295	$77,119	1,830
Limited-service restaurants	422	8	0.99×About typical	5,883	$21,638	149
Offices of physicians	388	7.3	1.13×About typical	5,865	$91,293	433
Legal services	377	7.1	1.32×More than typical	2,704	$105,121	518
Personal care services	359	6.8	1.42×More than typical	2,059	$24,483	1,376
Lessors of real estate	357	6.7	0.55×Fewer than typical	1,889	$68,936	4,645
Services to buildings and dwellings	345	6.5	0.97×About typical	2,907	$39,840	1,671
Full-service restaurants	334	6.3	0.82×About typical	6,417	$27,614	91
Construction of buildings	333	6.3	0.83×About typical	1,557	$75,353	947
Offices of other health practitioners	319	6	0.99×About typical	3,444	$57,525	1,058

Rank places for an industry Open Camden County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 529,977 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $408.3K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Runnemede, New Jersey: $48.87 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $408.3K; −1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $48.87; US $1,994
Sole-source: 9.9%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.2%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$327.4K80%
Defense Logistics Agency$80.9K20%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

1.4MFY2017
1.2MFY2018
1.2MFY2019
1.5MFY2020
738.5KFY2021
1.5MFY2022
2.5MFY2023
1.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$327.4K80%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$82.6K20%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Runnemede, New Jersey

SPINDLE, ROUGH MACHINED$117.9K
RUOFF & SONS INC· Camden County, NJ· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 8, 2025 – Apr 7, 2026· W911PT26PA021
8512041779!SUPPORT,RAMMER$82.6K
NORCATEC LLC· Camden County, NJ· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 21, 2026 – Apr 21, 2026· SPE7L126P6086
ROUGH MACHINED SPINDLES$77K
RUOFF & SONS INC· Camden County, NJ· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 13, 2026 – May 13, 2026· W911PT26FA287
UBOLTS PER DWG 12591508$28K

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Runnemede, New Jersey, so they do not add up across cities.

Runnemede, New Jersey's figures are part of those of Camden County, NJ ($395.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Runnemede is mostly in Camden County.

See federal money in Camden County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Runnemede, New Jersey is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Donald NorcrossD-NJ-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 14.1%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Camden County68100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD73

Other cities and towns in Camden County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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