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Thorofare, New Jersey.

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

Living in Thorofare, Gloucester County, New Jersey

Thorofare, in Gloucester County, had 2,806 people in the 2020 census. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Gloucester County was 4.6% in August 2026, and the county had 2.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Gloucester County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,806 in the 2020 census; median age 59.6
Household income Too few homes in Thorofare for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.6% Gloucester County, August 2026; 5.8% a year before
Homes 74% lived in by their owners; 26% rented
  • 1,253households
  • 26%of adults have a degree
  • 8%below the poverty line
  • 6%work from home

What people in Gloucester County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care28%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Manufacturing7%
  • Banks, insurance and property7%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Gloucester County had 128,002 jobs in 2025, 2.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 41° and 26°; warmest in July, 88° and 70° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 41° 26° F M A M J J 88° 70° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 41° and 26°; warmest in July, 88° and 70° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 41° 26° F M A M J J 88° 70° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 41° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 70°. About 23 inches of snow and 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Philadelphia International Airport weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Thorofare

  1. Solvay Specialty Polymers USAThermoplastic resins and plastics materials manufacturing138
  2. Wawa SiteConvenience store73
  3. J. L. DobbsCrane rental with operator25
  4. SpikeTrucking used household, office, or institutional furniture and equipment25

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 261 people in all. 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. Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
  4. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  5. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  6. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Thorofare’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Gloucester County.