Voorhees is a township in Camden County, New Jersey, home to about 31,191 people across 11 square miles. Its ZIP code is 08043.
Homes sold for a median of $242 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Voorhees. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
Before European settlement this was Lenape land, and the township's own history notes that a Lenape coastal path later became a stagecoach route known as Long-A-Coming Road, the line now followed by County Route 561, Haddonfield-Berlin Road. For most of the colonial and 19th-century era the area was farmland within larger townships. Stafford Farm is one surviving thread from that period: the land was granted to John Stafford in 1773, and his family worked it for more than two centuries.
Voorhees became its own municipality in March 1899, when residents petitioned to separate from Waterford Township and the legislature approved. It took its name from Foster McGowan Voorhees, the governor who signed the request. In 1924 part of the township split off to form the borough of Gibbsboro. Early 20th-century photographs in the township's collection show an ice company working Kirkwood Lake and a schoolhouse in Ashland, small hamlets that, along with Glendale, Kresson and Osage, each had their own identity.
The township stayed small until after World War II, then grew quickly between the 1950s and 1990 as the Philadelphia suburbs pushed east. The biggest single project was Echelon, a 470-acre planned community built around the Echelon Mall, which The Rouse Company's subsidiary opened in 1970 on the site of a former airfield. The mall was rebuilt and renamed Voorhees Town Center in 2007 and 2008, and the township moved its municipal offices into the complex in 2011. An 1855 Greek Revival building in Glendale, on Haddonfield-Berlin Road, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Voorhees covers about 11.6 square miles and is almost entirely suburban, with most homes built in the decades after 1960. Housing ranges from detached single-family subdivisions to townhouse and condominium complexes, and the Echelon area on the west side, between Cherry Hill and Gibbsboro, was laid out as a planned community with condos and office buildings around the former mall. There is no historic main street; daily errands center on Route 73, Haddonfield-Berlin Road, Evesham Road and the shopping centers along them.
The township's older place names are still in use: Ashland near the PATCO station, Kirkwood around Kirkwood Lake, Glendale, Kresson, Osage and Echelon. Park listings also refer to subdivision sections such as the Beagle Club, the Avian section and Lake Villa, each with a neighborhood playground.
Voorhees Town Center remains in transition. As of 2026 Boscov's is the main operating store there, much of the interior has been closed since an April 2024 fire, and township officials announced in October 2025 a plan for townhouses and new commercial space in the old mall building. Virtua Voorhees Hospital, opened in 2011, stands on Route 73. Voorhees Township Public Schools serve pre-K through 8th grade, and high school students attend the Eastern Camden County Regional High School District.
Route 73 (Berlin-Kresson Road) is the only major highway through the township and connects with Interstate 295. I-295 exits 29A, 31, 32 and 36 serve parts of the township, and Route 70 through neighboring Cherry Hill gives access toward Philadelphia. County Route 544 (Evesham Road) runs along the Cherry Hill line, and County Route 561 crosses the southwest corner.
The PATCO Speedline's Ashland station sits inside the township at 2 Burnt Mill Road, with daily parking lots and gated preferred lots, and runs to Camden and Center City Philadelphia, ending at 15th-16th and Locust streets. The Woodcrest station, near I-295 exit 31, and the Lindenwold terminal are also close by.
On NJ Transit buses, Route 406 runs from Berlin through Voorhees and Marlton to Philadelphia, and weekday Route 451 connects Voorhees with Haddonfield, Collingswood and Camden's Walter Rand Transportation Center, where riders can transfer to PATCO. Most local trips are made by car.
The township runs an extensive park system, all of it smoke free and maintained without pesticides. Connolly Park on Centennial Boulevard, acquired in 2001, covers 49 acres with a lighted half-mile walking track with exercise stations, two dog runs, picnic pavilions, a playground and a turf cricket pitch, and it hosts a summer concert series. Kirkwood Park on Laurel Oak Road adds a paved path, basketball and bocce courts next to the preserved 14-acre Kirkwood Forest, and John Hale Sr. Memorial Park in Ashland connects to the 20-acre Ashland Woods.
Stafford Farm, bought in 2004 with county and state help, is split between preserved open space, with a stagecoach walking trail and a disc golf course, and farmland that became the Saddlehill winery and vineyard, which opened in 2024. Lions Lake Park on Dutchtown Road holds the township banquet hall, softball fields and a playground, and large sports complexes on Echelon Road, Kresson Road and Victor Boulevard host youth leagues and a Memorial Day soccer tournament.
The Camden County Library System is headquartered at 203 Laurel Road, and its largest branch, the M. Allan Vogelson Regional Branch, dating to 1969, is in the township. The Philadelphia Flyers practice at their training center in Voorhees. The township holds a free Harvest Festival in front of Town Hall at Voorhees Town Center; the 2026 edition was set for October 17.
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Get matched| Nearest major airport | Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)15 miles away |
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| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Philadelphia, PA14 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Voorhees; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Voorhees had 31,069 residents in the 2020 census, up 10% since 2000.
It’s the 76th largest of 565 towns in New Jersey by population.
Camden County grew from 107,643 residents in 1900 to 523,485 in 2020.
Camden County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 88°F in summer, and winter lows average 26°F. About 49.4 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Moorestown, NJ weather station (7 miles away).
190,853 jobs at 11,541 businesses in Camden County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1,395 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Voorhees.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Primary care doctors | 144 |
|---|---|
| Specialist doctors | 523 |
| Dentists | 64 |
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 277 |
| Mental health providers | 192 |
| Physical and occupational therapists | 175 |
| Optometrists | 8 |
| Chiropractors | 12 |
| Pharmacies | 13 |
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Parks (11 nearby)
Grocery stores (4 nearby)
Pharmacies (5 nearby)
Libraries (2 nearby)
Museums
Theaters and performance venues
Counts are within about 2.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
Notable people born here
Source: Wikidata (wikidata.org), the free knowledge base; people are listed by place of birth.
Public schools here are run by Voorhees Township School District, Eastern Camden County Regional School District. Check each district’s attendance zones for a specific address.
| School | Grades | Students | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kresson SchoolVoorhees | Pre-K–5 | 527 | Public | 2.3 mi |
| Edward T. HamiltonVoorhees | K–5 | 517 | Public | 2.0 mi |
| Osage SchoolVoorhees | K–5 | 515 | Public | 2.1 mi |
| Signal Hill SchoolVoorhees | K–5 | 436 | Public | 2.6 mi |
| Voorhees Middle SchoolVoorhees | 6–8 | 979 | Public | 0.7 mi |
| Eastern Camden County Regional High SchoolVoorhees | 9–12 | 1,847 | Public | 0.2 mi |
| School | Grades | Students | Affiliation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guidepost Montessori at Laurel OakVoorhees | Pre-K–6 | 22 | Nonsectarian | 0.8 mi |
| Kellman Brown AcademyVoorhees | Pre-K–8 | 158 | Jewish | 0.8 mi |
| Kingsway Learning CenterVoorhees | Pre-K–12 | 193 | Nonsectarian | 0.9 mi |
| Naudain Montesson AcademyVoorhees | Pre-K–K | 13 | Nonsectarian | 2.2 mi |
| Bancroft School at Voormees Pediatric FacilityVoorhees | Ungraded | 64 | Nonsectarian | 0.3 mi |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES: Common Core of Data (2024-2025) for public schools; Private School Universe Survey (2023-2024) for private schools. Listed by address; we don’t rate schools.
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