Richwood is an

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and

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(CDP) located in Gloucester County, in the

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, that is split between Harrison Township (with 3,400 of the CDP's residents) and Mantua Township (with 59 of the total). As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP’s population was 3,577, an increase of 118 (+3.4%) from the 3,459 enumerated at the 2010 U.S. census.DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Richwood CDP, New Jersey

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. Accessed November 10, 2012. The community was once known as Mount Pleasant. Variant names: Mount Pleasant

Geography

According to the

, the CDP had a total area of 8.910 square miles (23.077 km²), including 8.850 square miles (22.921 km²) of land and 0.060 square miles (0.157 km²) of water (0.68%).US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990

. Accessed September 4, 2014.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 3,459 people, 1,055 households, and 902 families in the CDP. The

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was . There were 1,101 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 89.65% (3,101)

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, 3.76% (130) Black or African American, 0.06% (2) Native American, 4.22% (146) Asian, 0.00% (0)

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, 0.55% (19) from other races, and 1.76% (61) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.83% (98) of the population. Of the 1,055 households, 50.9% had children under the age of 18; 76.3% were married couples living together; 5.2% had a female householder with no husband present and 14.5% were non-families. Of all households, 11.9% were made up of individuals and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.27 and the average family size was 3.57. 32.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 21.5% from 25 to 44, 30.5% from 45 to 64, and 8.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.5 years. For every 100 females, the population had 98.5 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 102.5 males.

Transportation

Exit 50B on Route 55 is about a half mile from the center of Richwood. The exit provides access to Richwood, via

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in nearby Glassboro is about 1¼ miles from Richwood.

References

{{Gloucester County, New Jersey Census-designated places in Gloucester County, New Jersey Census-designated places in New Jersey Harrison Township, New Jersey

Geography

Demographics

2010 census

Transportation

See also

References