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Echelon, New Jersey.

A community in Camden County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Camden County’s.

Living in Echelon, Camden County, New Jersey

Echelon, in Camden County, had 11,896 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $82,932 a year and half less, against $88,755 across Camden County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 37% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 63% are rented. Unemployment in Camden County was 5.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 11,896 in the 2020 census; median age 36.4
Household income $82,932 the median, give or take $15,709 · Camden County: $88,755
Unemployment 5.2% Camden County, August 2026; 6.5% a year before
Homes 37% lived in by their owners; 63% rented
  • 6,219households
  • 54%of adults have a degree
  • 11%below the poverty line
  • 29 mintypical commute
  • 23%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care29%
  • Professional and business services23%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Manufacturing5%
  • Banks, insurance and property5%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities5%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Camden County had 207,142 jobs in 2025, 0.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 43° and 26°; warmest in July, 88° and 67° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 43° 26° F M A M J J 88° 67° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 43° and 26°; warmest in July, 88° and 67° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 43° 26° F M A M J J 88° 67° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 43° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 67°. About 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Moorestown weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Echelon

  1. TargetDiscount department stores182
  2. Camden County Partnership for ChildrenIndividual and family social services, multi-purpose179
  3. Acme MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores102
  4. Parkops HoldingsParking lots, automobile102
  5. NVRResidential for-sale builders65
  6. Brookdale Echelon LakeAssisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities54
  7. Wawa SiteConvenience store45
  8. Rizzieri Aveda School for Beauty and WellnessCareer school38

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 751 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24). Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. Strong windRelatively high
  3. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  4. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  5. Lightningrelatively high in parts of EchelonRelatively moderate
  6. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Echelon’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Camden County.