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A township of 12,525 people in Cape May County, New Jersey
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Township in Cape May County, New Jersey, US
1723Established
12,539Population
68.7 sq miArea
30 ftElevation

Upper Township is a large township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township, and all of Cape May County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 12,539, an increase of 166 (+1.3%) from the 2010 census count of 12,373, which in turn reflected an increase of 258 (+2.1%) from the 12,115 counted in the 2000 census. New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Upper Township as its 2nd best place to live in its 2008…

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The public schools Upper’s kids attend outperform 75% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

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