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SJM_TopTowns_0520_V2_FINAL_REGION3_SJM 5 / 6 / 20 12 : 40 PM Page 1 Ritz Theatre Company The Camden in Haddon Township County Fair Haddonfield Memorial High Top School David Crosby performs at Cooper River Park Towns 2020 E D I T E D B Y P E T E R iP R O K O Woofstock in Voorhees s the world continues to find it - self in unchartered territory , we couldn’t think of a better A time to celebrate all the wonderful places that make up South Jersey . From the quaint main streets bustling with activi - ty and sprawling parks crawling with families to the desirable school districts and picturesque neighborhoods where curb appeal comes easy ; is there anywhere else you’d rather be ? To put together this year’s Top Towns rankings , we gathered data from the New Kirby’s Mill Main Street in in Medford Moorestown
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SJM_TopTowns_0520_V2_FINAL_REGION3_SJM 5 / 6 / 20 4 : 45 PM Page 2 Along Haddon Avenue in Haddonfield Top 25 Towns Haddonfield 1 Haddonfield once again sits atop the list and it’s certainly Moorestown 2 earned the recognition . 3 Medford 4 Woolwich Jersey State Police , the New Jersey 5 Harrison Twp . Department of Education and the state’s Division of Local Govern - Evesham 6 ment Services . Using a weighted 7 Voorhees formula , we combined average property values and taxes , crime Cinnaminson 8 incidents reported per 1,000 res - idents and high school perfor - 9 Bordentown Twp . mance numbers consisting of av - 10 Mantua erage SAT scores , graduation rates Washington Lake Park in and more . The rankings are further Washington Township 11 Washington Twp . broken down into two categories : big towns ( population above 12 Cherry Hill 10,000 ) and small towns ( popula - 13 Delran tion under 10,000 ) . Haddonfield once again sits 14 Southampton atop the list and it’s certainly 15 Burlington Twp . earned the recognition . Proper - ty values are among some of the Mount Laurel 16 highest in the region , the educa - tional system is top - notch and 17 Lumberton the quality of life and close - knit The Katz JCC West Deptford community offer an idyllic place 18 Center in to call home . Cherry Hill 19 Monroe That’s not to say the rest of the towns on the list don’t hold their 20 Haddon Twp . own . Each is unique in its own way 21 Franklin Twp . and a destination in its own right . In fact , as we crunched the num - 22 Waterford bers we found the top five towns on this list were fairly comparable , 23 Florence Twp . with only the slightest of distinc - 24 Mount Holly tions helping to make the differ - ence . That proves that no matter 25 Collingswood where in South Jersey it is that you call home , you can rest assured Mount Laurel you are in the right place . SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 17 issue 2 SouthJerseyMagazine.com | 43