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Borough's High Property Values, Low Taxation Get Notice
South Jersey Magazine ranks Collingswood in several specialty categories for its Top Towns 2011 list.
Collingswood missed out on being named a top town to live in South Jersey, but made the rankings for top property values and low taxes, according to a local magazine.
In its Top Towns 2011 list, South Jersey Magazine ranked Collingswood No. 16 for both top property values and lowest residential taxes per average residential value among Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties.
Collingswood had appeared as the 24th best place to live in the tri-county area in the magazine’s 2010 Top Towns list. It also made the list for best place to live in Camden County in 2009 and 2010, at No. 6 both years.
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This year, Collingswood failed to make it on the list of top tri-county or county towns to live in.
South Jersey Magazine, which published the rankings in its May issue, culled data from the state Department of Education, Division of Local Government services and the New Jersey State Police Uniform Crime Report.
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The criteria for the rankings include average residential property value, residential taxes per value, reported crime, SAT scores, college-bound high school graduates and performance on standardized tests.
Top Towns, according to South Jersey Magazine
1. Haddonfield
2. Harrison
3. Florence
4. Medford
5. Moorestown
6. Mansfield
7. Woolwich
8. Marlton
9. East Greenwich
10. Bordentown Township
11. Southampton
12. Delran
13. Voorhees
14. Mount Laurel
15. Burlington Township
16. Cinnaminson
17. Pitman
18. Waterford
19. Mantua
20. Riverside
21. Monroe
22. Bellmawr
23. Lumberton
24. Haddon Township
25. Gloucester Township
Top Camden County Towns, according to South Jersey Magazine
1. Haddonfield
2. Voorhees
3. Waterford
4. Bellmawr
5. Haddon Township
6. Gloucester Township
7. Cherry Hill
8. Pine Hill
9. Audubon
10. Winslow Township
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