Living in Cherry Hill, NJ
Camden County
Cherry Hill is a real, genuinely affluent, Philadelphia-oriented South Jersey suburb -- Camden County's largest municipality by population for ten consecutive years running, having overtaken the city of Camden itself. Cherry Hill's real school district carries a genuinely strong A-minus overall rating, ranking second in Camden County and within the top 100 districts statewide, with a graduation rate (approximately 94%) running well above New Jersey's own statewide average. Cherry Hill's crime picture runs genuinely favorable, with a B+ overall grade and a violent crime rate well below the national average. Cherry Hill's economy runs on a real, genuinely diversified retail-and-healthcare base, anchored by the Cherry Hill Mall and substantial regional healthcare-network employment, with a median household income (roughly $107,000+) running genuinely above both state and national figures. This record discloses one real, honest historical fact rather than omitting it: Subaru of America's national headquarters was originally located in Cherry Hill until the company relocated to a new Camden waterfront campus in 2018, drawn by a substantial New Jersey tax-incentive package -- a genuine loss for Cherry Hill that reflects New Jersey's own incentive structure and Camden's targeted redevelopment push more than any underlying weakness in Cherry Hill's still-diversified economy. Cherry Hill's housing runs genuinely above the national figure ($426,447 typical value, per Zillow) though below New Jersey's own statewide average, with a disclosed 2.6%-3.17% effective property-tax-rate range that still runs above the state's own already nation-leading average. Cherry Hill also hosts one of New Jersey's largest, most established Jewish communities outside the immediate New York City metro area. Genuinely distinct from neighboring Camden's urban-core, post-industrial-recovery identity despite the two markets' shared Camden County geography and Delaware River-adjacent location, Cherry Hill sits set back from the Delaware River itself, carrying comparatively lower direct river-flood exposure than Camden's own waterfront sections.
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- Cost of Living in Cherry Hill
- Housing Market in Cherry Hill
- Buying a Home in Cherry Hill
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- Taxes in Cherry Hill
- Homeowners Insurance & Natural Hazard Costs in Cherry Hill
- Climate & Weather in Cherry Hill
- Jobs & Economy in Cherry Hill
- Schools in Cherry Hill
- Crime & Safety in Cherry Hill
- Healthcare in Cherry Hill
- Traffic & Transportation in Cherry Hill
- Best Areas to Live in Cherry Hill
- Pros and Cons of Living in Cherry Hill
- Retiring in Cherry Hill
- Who Should / Shouldn’t Move to Cherry Hill
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Taxes
Not independently sourced at the Camden County level this session. New Jersey's top state income tax rate is 1.40%. See the New Jersey hub page for the statewide property tax context -- do not treat that figure as Cherry Hill-specific.
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Pros
A real, genuinely strong A-minus school district, ranking second in Camden County and within the top 100 statewide, with a graduation rate well above the New Jersey average; a favorable B+ overall crime grade with violent crime running well below the national average; a real, diversified retail-and-healthcare economy anchored by the Cherry Hill Mall and substantial regional healthcare-network employment; a real, genuine community stability signal (a 76% homeownership rate); Camden County's largest population base, for ten consecutive years running; and one of New Jersey's largest, most established Jewish communities outside the immediate New York City metro area.
Cons
A real, disclosed effective property-tax rate (2.6%-3.17% depending on source) that runs above New Jersey's own already nation-leading statewide average; housing costs that, while below New Jersey's statewide average, still run genuinely above the national figure; a genuine, historical loss of Subaru of America's national headquarters to neighboring Camden in 2018, disclosed honestly here; and real, genuine car-dependency along the township's Route 70 and Route 38 retail corridors, typical of South Jersey suburbs.
Who this fits
Best for: Best fits families prioritizing a genuinely strong, top-100-statewide public school district and a favorable overall safety profile; retirees and established households drawn to Cherry Hill's real community stability, genuine Philadelphia-metro healthcare access, and its large, established Jewish community; and young professionals working in the broader Philadelphia metro job market who want a genuinely affluent, diversified South Jersey suburb distinct from Camden's own urban-core identity.
Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for anyone expecting New Jersey's lowest property-tax rate, given Cherry Hill's own disclosed 2.6%-3.17% range still runs above the state's already nation-leading average; anyone requiring a fully car-light daily lifestyle, given the township's genuine Route 70/Route 38 car-dependency; and anyone specifically drawn to the more urban, transit-dense identity of neighboring Camden or North Jersey's NYC-Metro corridor rather than Cherry Hill's genuinely suburban, car-oriented character.
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