There were 12,260 housing units at an average density of 1,066.8 per square mile (411.9/km 2). The population density was 2,534.9 per square mile (978.7/km 2). The 2010 United States census counted 29,131 people, 11,470 households, and 7,433 families in the township. Temperatures have ranged from 104 ☏ to −7 ☏.ĭemographics Historical population Census

Voorhees has a Humid Continental/Humid Subtropical transition climate according to ( Köppen Classification) with mild to very cold winters and hot, humid summers. Voorhees borders the municipalities of Berlin Township, Cherry Hill, Gibbsboro, Lawnside, Lindenwold and Somerdale in Camden County and Evesham Township to the east in Burlington County. Other unincorporated communities, localities, and places located partially or completely within the township include Ashland, Brighton Heights, Glendale, Kirkwood, Kresson. Įchelon, with a 2010 population of 10,743, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the western part of the township between Cherry Hill and Gibbsboro. Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 11.64 square miles (30.15 km 2), including 11.47 square miles (29.71 km 2) of land and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km 2) of water (1.44%). The township is part of the state's South Jersey region.Īccording to the U.S. The township is named for Foster McGowan Voorhees, the Governor of New Jersey who authorized its creation. Portions of the township were taken on March 8, 1924, to form Gibbsboro. Voorhees Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 1, 1899, from portions of Waterford Township. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 31,069, an increase of 1,938 (+6.7%) from the 2010 census count of 29,131, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,005 (+3.6%) from the 28,126 counted in the 2000 census.

The township is a suburb in the Delaware Valley / Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. Voorhees Township is a township in Camden County, in the U.S.

Evesham township library