Pine Hill, New Jersey

Pine Hill, New Jersey
—  Borough  —
Pine Hill highlighted in Camden County. Inset: Location of Camden County in the State of New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of Pine Hill, New Jersey
Coordinates: 39°47′12″N 74°59′08″W / 39.78667°N 74.98556°W / 39.78667; -74.98556Coordinates: 39°47′12″N 74°59′08″W / 39.78667°N 74.98556°W / 39.78667; -74.98556
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Camden
Incorporated	April 23, 1929
Government[1]
– Type	Borough (New Jersey)
– Mayor	Fred Costantino (2012)
Area
– Total	4.0 sq mi (10.3 km2)
– Land	3.9 sq mi (10.2 km2)
– Water	0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation[2]	171 ft (52 m)
Population (2010 Census)[3]
– Total	10,233
– Density	2,558.3/sq mi (993.5/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	08021
Area code(s)	856
FIPS code	34-58770[4][5]
GNIS feature ID	0885352[6]
Website	http://www.pinehillboronj.com

Pine Hill is a Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough had a total population of 10,233.^[3]

The Borough of Pine Hill was created on April 23, 1929, from Clementon Township, one of seven municipalities created from the now-defunct township, and one of five new municipalities (including Hi-Nella Borough, Lindenwold Borough, Pine Valley Borough and Somerdale Borough) created on that same date.^[7]

Geography

Pine Hill is located at 39°47′06″N 74°59′08″W / 39.785014°N 74.985523°W / 39.785014; -74.985523 (39.785014, -74.985523).^[8]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 4.0 square miles (10 km²), of which, 3.9 square miles (10 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) of it is water. The total area is 0.76% water.

Pine Hill borders Berlin Borough, Clementon Borough, Gloucester Township, Lindenwold, Pine Valley, Winslow.

Demographics

As of the census^[4] of 2000, there were 10,880 people, 4,214 households, and 2,743 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,768.4 people per square mile (1,068.9/km²). There were 4,444 housing units at an average density of 1,130.8 per square mile (436.6/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 76.79% White, 18.35% African American, 0.28% Native American, 1.41% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.21% from other races, and 1.95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.64% of the population.

There were 4,214 households out of which 35.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.9% were married couples living together, 16.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.9% were non-families. 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.18.

In the borough the population was spread out with 27.2% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 34.9% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 90.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.8 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $42,035, and the median income for a family was $50,040. Males had a median income of $36,277 versus $29,826 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $18,613. About 5.9% of families and 7.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.9% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Local government

Pine Hill is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council made up of six council members, with all positions elected at large. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.^[1][10]

The Mayor of Pine Hill Borough is Fred Costantino, whose term of office ends December 31, 2012. Members of the Pine Hill Borough Council are Council President Christopher Green (2012), Leslie H. Gallagher, Sr. (2011), Tom Knott (2012), Ruth McCullen (2011), Stephen Shultz (2013) and Charles Warrington (2013).^[11]

Federal, state and county representation

Pine Hill is in the 1st Congressional district and is part of New Jersey's 6th state legislative district.^[12] The borough was relocated to the 8th state legislative district by the New Jersey Apportionment Commission based on the results of the 2010 Census.^[3] The new district is in effect for the June 2011 primary and the November 2011 general election, with the state senator and assembly members elected taking office in the new district as of January 2012.^[12]

New Jersey's First Congressional District is represented by Rob Andrews (D, Haddon Heights). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).

6th District of the New Jersey Legislature, which is represented in the New Jersey Senate by James Beach (D, Voorhees Township) and in the New Jersey General Assembly by Louis Greenwald (D, Voorhees Township) and Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D, Cherry Hill).^[13] The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham).^[14] The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach).^[15]

Camden County is governed by a Board of Chosen Freeholders, its seven members elected at-large to three-year terms office on a staggered basis, with two or three seats coming up for election each year.^[16] As of 2011, Camden County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr. (Collingswood, term ends December 31, 2011)^[17], Freeholder Deputy Director Edward McDonnell (Pennsauken Township, 2013)^[18], Riletta L. Cream (Camden, 2011)^[19], Rodney A. Greco (Gloucester Township, 2012)^[20], Ian K. Leonard (Camden, 2012)^[21], Jeffrey L. Nash (Cherry Hill, 2012)^[22] and Carmen Rodriguez (Merchantville, 2013).^{[23][24][25][26]}

Education

The Pine Hill Schools serve public school students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[27] are two preK-5 elementary schools — Dr. Albert Bean School (368 students) and John H. Glenn School (416 students) — Pine Hill Middle School for grades 6-8 (358 students) and Overbrook High School for grades 9-12 (830 students). The high school serves students from the communities of Berlin Township and Clementon as part of sending/receiving relationships.^[28]

Transportation

New Jersey Transit bus service to Philadelphia is available on the 403 route.^[29]

References

External links

• Pine Hill Borough website
• Pine Hill Schools
• Pine Hill Schools's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for the Pine Hill Schools, National Center for Education Statistics

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