Mount Ephraim is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the borough's population was 4,676,[17][18][19] reflecting an increase of 181 (+4.0%) from the 4,495 counted in the 2000 census, which had in turn declined by 22 (−0.5%) from the 4,517 counted in the 1990 census.[20]
Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States
Borough in New Jersey, United States
Mount Ephraim, New Jersey
Borough
Borough of Mount Ephraim
Motto:
"The Village at the Crossroads"
Mount Ephraim highlighted in Camden County. Inset: Camden County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
The borough had the 20th-highest property tax rate in New Jersey with an equalized rate of 4.442% in 2020, compared to 3.470% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%.[21]
History
Mount Ephraim was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 23, 1926, from portions of the now-defunct Centre Township. The boroughs of Bellmawr, Runnemede and Lawnside were simultaneously created during the same two-day period.[22] The borough was named for Ephraim Albertson, who owned a tavern in the area in the early 1800s.[23][24]
In a 1981 decision in Schad v. Mount Ephraim, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a decision authored for the majority by Associate Justice Byron White, the court decided by a 7–2 margin to overturn the convictions of the two owners of a bookstore where there was nude dancing, despite a prohibition against all forms of live entertainment in the borough's zoning ordinance. The decision cited the First Amendment rights of the storeowners.[25][26]
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 0.91 square miles (2.34km2), including 0.88 square miles (2.29km2) of land and 0.02 square miles (0.05km2) of water (2.31%).[1][2]
On September 4, 2012, at 6:31p.m., a tornado touched down in Mount Ephraim, causing damage to trees and homes in the immediate vicinity. It was categorized as F-0 by the National Weather Service, with winds topping out at 70mph, making it the first tornado recorded in the state in more than a year.[30]
The 2010 United States census counted 4,676 people, 1,909 households, and 1,193 families in the borough. The population density was 5,307.9 per square mile (2,049.4/km2). There were 2,010 housing units at an average density of 2,281.6 per square mile (880.9/km2). The racial makeup was 93.56% (4,375) White, 2.14% (100) Black or African American, 0.09% (4) Native American, 0.68% (32) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 2.27% (106) from other races, and 1.26% (59) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.33% (249) of the population.[17]
Of the 1,909 households, 26.6% had children under the age of 18; 45.6% were married couples living together; 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present and 37.5% were non-families. Of all households, 31.2% were made up of individuals and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.11.[17]
20.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 29.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 93.4 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 92.4 males.[17]
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $61,331 (with a margin of error of +/− $6,103) and the median family income was $73,955 (+/− $4,630). Males had a median income of $51,049 (+/− $3,914) versus $41,087 (+/− $3,242) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $29,885 (+/− $5,190). About 5.6% of families and 6.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.9% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.[36]
Census 2000
As of the 2020 U.S. census,[14] there were 4,495 people and 1,174 families residing in the borough. The population density was 5,100.1 inhabitants per square mile (1,969.2/km2). There were 1,881 housing units at an average density of 2,134.2 per square mile (824.0/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 97.51% White, 0.40% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.62% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.65% from other races, and 0.73% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.98% of the population.[34][35]
There were 1,818 households, out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.1% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families. 30.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.13.[34][35]
In the borough, the population was spread out, with 22.3% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.3 males.[34][35]
The median income for a household in the borough was $44,824, and the median income for a family was $59,468. Males had a median income of $41,455 versus $30,359 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $21,150. About 2.0% of families and 4.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.7% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.[34][35]
Government
Local government
Mount Ephraim has been governed under the Walsh Act by a three-member commission, since 1935. The borough is one of 30 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.[37] The governing body is comprised of three commissioners, who are elected at-large on a non-partisan basis in elections held as part of the May municipal election to serve concurrent terms of office. Each commissioner is assigned a department to oversee as part of their elected service and a mayor is selected by the commissioners from the three candidates elected.[3][38]
As of 2022[update], Mount Ephraim's commissioners are
Mayor Michael "Traz" Tovinsky (Commissioner of Public Works, Parks and Public Property),
George Gies (Commissioner of Public Affairs and Public Safety) and
Joseph Wolk (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance), all of whom are serving concurrent terms of office that end May 15, 2023.[4][39][40]
Federal, state and county representation
Mount Ephraim is located in the 1st Congressional District[41] and is part of New Jersey's 5th state legislative district.[18][42][43]
For the 2022–2023 session, the 5th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D, Barrington) and in the General Assembly by Bill Moen (D, Camden) and William Spearman (D, Camden).[49]
Camden County is governed by a Board of County Commissioners comprised of seven members chosen at-large in partisan elections for three-year terms on a staggered basis by the residents of the county, with either two or three seats up for election each year as part of the November general election. At a reorganization meeting held in January after each election, the newly constituted Board of Commissioners selects one of its members to serve as Director and another as Deputy Director.[50] As of 2022[update], Camden County's Commissioners are
Commissioner Director Louis Cappelli Jr. (D, Collingswood, term as Commissioner ends December 31, 2023; term as Director ends 2022),[51]
Commissioner Deputy Director Edward T. McDonnell (D, Pennsauken Township, term as Commissioner and as Deputy Director ends 2022),[52]
Almar Dyer (D, Pennsauken Township, 2024),[53]
Melinda Kane (D, Cherry Hill, 2024),[54]
Jeffrey L. Nash (D, Winslow Township, 2024),[55]
Carmen G. Rodriguez (D, Merchantville, 2022)[56] and
Jonathan L. Young Sr. (D, Berlin Township, 2023)[57][50][58][59][60]
Camden County's constitutional officers, all elected directly by voters, are
County Clerk Joseph Ripa (D, Voorhees Township, 2024),[61][62]
Sheriff Gilbert "Whip" Wilson (D, Camden, 2024)[63][64] and
Surrogate Michelle Gentek-Mayer (D, Gloucester Township, 2025).[65][66][67]
The County Prosecutor is Grace C. MacAulay, who was sworn in on January 6, 2022.[68]
Politics
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 3,110 registered voters in Mount Ephraim, of which 1,402 (45.1%) were registered as Democrats, 403 (13.0%) were registered as Republicans and 1,305 (42.0%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were no voters registered to other parties.[69]
In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 60.7% of the vote (1,278 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 37.7% (793 votes), and other candidates with 1.7% (35 votes), among the 2,131 ballots cast by the borough's 3,320 registered voters (25 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 64.2%.[70][71] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 58.6% of the vote (1,334 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain, who received around 37.6% (855 votes), with 2,275 ballots cast among the borough's 3,086 registered voters, for a turnout of 73.7%.[72] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 58.8% of the vote (1,309 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush, who received around 39.9% (888 votes), with 2,228 ballots cast among the borough's 2,982 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 74.7.[73]
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 62.9% of the vote (753 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 35.9% (430 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (15 votes), among the 1,222 ballots cast by the borough's 3,353 registered voters (24 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 36.4%.[74][75] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 47.3% of the vote (621 ballots cast), ahead of both Republican Chris Christie with 42.7% (560 votes) and Independent Chris Daggett with 6.2% (81 votes), with 1,312 ballots cast among the borough's 3,127 registered voters, yielding a 42.0% turnout.[76]
Municipal merger proposal
In January 2014, New Jersey State Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney put forward a proposal which would lower real estate taxes in the state and cut state expenses by merging many of the states 566 municipalities. Mount Ephraim is the 29th largest town in Camden County, so it is very likely that the town will be merged with neighboring municipalities to cut costs, share expenses, reduce bureaucracy, share resources, and reduce the burden in the taxpayers and the state itself. Mount Ephraim was formerly part of Centre Township, which included all of the neighboring communities, and it is possible that the name may be used again in the future if the merger proposal goes forward.[77]
Education
The Mount Ephraim Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. As of the 2018–2019 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 413 students and 38.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1.[78] Schools in the district (with 2018–2019 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[79]) are
Mary Bray Elementary School[80] with 240 students in grades Pre-K–4 and
Raymond W. Kershaw Middle School[81] with 162 students in grades 5–8.[82][83]
For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Audubon High School, in Audubon, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Audubon School District.[84][85] As of the 2018–2019 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 804 students and 66.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.[86]
Transportation
I-76 westbound in Mount Ephraim
Roads and highways
As of May2010[update], the borough had a total of 16.67 miles (26.83km) of roadways, of which 13.25 miles (21.32km) were maintained by the municipality, 2.35 miles (3.78km) by Camden County and 1.07 miles (1.72km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[87]
Interstate 76 and Interstate 295 both pass through Mount Ephraim, with part of their interchange located within the borough. U.S. Route 30 also passes through Mount Ephraim.
Public transportation
Mount Ephraim is served by two NJ Transit bus lines. Service between the borough and Philadelphia is available on the 400 route, with local service on the 457 route between the Moorestown Mall and Camden.[88][89]
Notable people
See also: Category:People from Camden County, New Jersey
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Mount Ephraim include:
Dan Baker (born 1946), Philadelphia Phillies PA Announcer and former Philadelphia Eagles PA Announcer[90]
Bobby Clarke (born 1949), former Philadelphia Flyers hockey team captain and general manager[91]
Edith Fore, TV commercial actress for Life Alert, "I've fallen and I can't get up"[92]
Ben Vaughn, singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, composer for television / film, and syndicated radio show host[93]
"Here are the 30 N.J. towns with the highest property tax rates", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 15, 2021. Accessed January 19, 2022. "The average equalized tax rate in New Jersey was 2.279 in 2020, according to data from the Department of Community Affairs. Here is the list of 30 New Jersey towns with the highest property tax rates.... 20. Mount Ephraim Equalized tax rate in Mount Ephraim Borough, Camden County, was 4.442 in 2020 Average equalized tax rate in Camden County: 3.470
A Brief History, Borough of Mount Ephraim. Accessed September 8, 2015. "Originally a colonial settlement, the town Mount Ephraim came into popularity by a man named Ephraim Albertson, who owned the Public House, also called the Old Tavern, a popular meeting place, at Black Horse Pike & Kings Highway, from 1800 to 1825."
Prowell, George Reeser. The History of Camden County, New Jersey, p. 711. Richards, 1886. Accessed September 8, 2015. "A public house has been kept in this locality from a period so remote that the memory of the oldest citizen does not reach it. The first keeper is not remembered, but it is believed to have been Albertson from whom the village obtained its name and who owned the land."
Greenhouse, Linda. "High Court Rejects Ban On Live Entertainment", The New York Times, June 2, 1981. Accessed January 20, 2022. "The Court, voting 7 to 2, reversed the convictions of two owners of a so-called adult bookstore in Mount Ephraim, N.J., who were fined $300 for exhibiting a live nude dancer in a glass booth in their shop. While the bookstore was licensed to show films of nude dancers on coin-operated machines, Mount Ephraim's zoning ordinance banned all live entertainment.... While today's opinion, by Associate Justice Byron R. White, stopped short of defining the permissible limits of zoning regulation, it rejected the New Jersey courts' premise that zoning laws exist apart from First Amendment considerations."
Hudson Jr., David L. "Schad v. Mount Ephraim (1981)", The First Amendment Encyclopedia. Accessed January 20, 2022. "The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in Schad v. Mount Ephraim, 452 U.S. 61 (1981), that a municipality cannot impose a complete ban on live entertainment, including nonobscene nude dancing."
via Associated Press. "Tornado confirmed in Mount Ephraim, New Jersey", WABC-TV, September 5, 2012. Accessed June 5, 2013. "The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down in southern New Jersey, the first confirmed one in the state in more than a year. Meteorologist Mitchell Gaines says it was an F-0 twister - the lowest classification."
Biryukov, Nikita. "Incumbents narrowly re-elected in Mt. Ephraim Gies replaces retiring commissioner", New Jersey Globe, May 14, 2019. Accessed September 18, 2019. "Incumbents have won re-election in Mt. Ephraim. Mayor Joseph Wolk and Commissioner Traz Tovinsky were re-elected Tuesday. George Gies, a newcomer running on their slate, won the seat held by Commissioner Andrew Gilmore, who did not seek re-election."
Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.
Full Biography, Congressman Donald Norcross. Accessed January 3, 2019. "Donald and his wife Andrea live in Camden City and are the proud parents of three grown children and grandparents of two."
Biography of Bob Menendez, United States Senate, January 26, 2015. "Menendez, who started his political career in Union City, moved in September from Paramus to one of Harrison's new apartment buildings near the town's PATH station.."
Al Dyer, Camden County, New Jersey. Accessed March 14, 2022. As of date accessed, incorrect term dates are listed.
Melinda Kane, Camden County, New Jersey. Accessed March 14, 2022. As of date accessed, incorrect term dates are listed.
Jeffrey L. Nash, Camden County, New Jersey. Accessed March 14, 2022. "He is resident of Winslow Township." As of date accessed, incorrect term dates are listed.
Members List: Surrogates, Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey. Accessed March 14, 2022.
Your Government, Camden County, New Jersey. Accessed March 14, 2022.
Staff, Office of the Camden County Prosecutor. Accessed March 14, 2022. "Grace C. MacAulay was sworn in as Camden County Prosecutor on January 6, 2022, capping a nearly 30-year legal career dedicated to seeking justice for victims."
2009 Governor: Camden CountyArchived 2012-10-17 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed October 15, 2012.
Nicolosi, Peggy. "Report on Non-Operating School District: Audubon Park", Camden County Executive County Superintendent, June 30, 2009. Accessed December 13, 2014. "In addition to students from Audubon Park, Audubon also receives high school students from Mount Ephraim Public Schools."
South Jersey Transit GuideArchived 2018-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Cross County Connection, as of April 1, 2010. Accessed December 13, 2014.
McPherson, Chris. "Dan Baker: The Man Behind The Voice"Archived 2018-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, Philadelphia Eagles, September 6, 2014. Accessed February 16, 2018. "He was born at Woman's Hospital in the East Falls section of Philadelphia and raised on Springfield Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia before moving just across the Walt Whitman Bridge to Mount Ephraim, N.J. in his youth."
Clarke, Bob. , New Jersey Monthly, November 15, 2010. Accessed September 20, 2021. "The people were nice to us, so South Jersey became home. I bought a house in the early 1970s in Mount Ephraim, right on the main street, Kings Highway."
Associated Press , South Coast Today, August 3, 1997. Accessed September 20, 2021.
Cristiano, Nick. "Mount Ephraim's Ben Vaughn returns. Off the tube and back to his own music", The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 1, 2011. Accessed June 8, 2020. "It's ironic, Ben Vaughn was musing from his home in Santa Monica, Calif.... The music maven from Mount Ephraim, Camden County, was referring to his great success in TV."
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