Williamstown, which sits halfway between Philadelphia and Atlantic City, is a small community with ample amenities, a long history and an inspiring motto: Come Grow With Us. “It’s a good location, just 30 minutes from Philly, and you can get to the Shore in 40 minutes,” says Broker/Owner Greg Damone with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Maturo. Damone has lived in Williamstown since 1997 and has sold homes in the area for over 20 years. “It’s a nice suburban town with a mix of older and newer developments, plenty of restaurants and places to shop, and good schools with full sports programs.”
Community events, golf courses and local parks create social avenues for people in this small town surrounded by farms and nature preserves. “Williamstown’s community theater is well known, and the city hosts parades on Main Street and festivals in Owens Park,” says Broker Christopher McKenty with eRealty Advisors, who has lived in the area for 25 years. “The town comes out for high school productions and football games. Monroe Township is spread out, but the community is tight. People know each other and look forward to spending time.”
Once called “Squankum,” a Native American term meaning “place of evil ghosts” (perhaps a reference to the mosquitos that thrived in the local pinelands and swamp forests), Williamstown was home to the Lenni-Lenape tribe, who hunted and fished in the area nearly 300 years ago. As the first settlement in Monroe Township, Williamstown has grown significantly since its founding. The area’s abundant sand deposits attracted glass makers in the 1830s, which is how the adjacent town of Glassboro got its name. In 1906, the main industry in Williamstown shifted to fruit and produce canning, and two plants still operate in town. An iron foundry also helped bring jobs to the area in the early 20th century. Today, Williamstown is aggressively pro-business and prioritizes economic development.
Come Grow With Us is Monroe Township's slogan which includes Williamstown.
Williamstown has new development going on.
Practice your hockey skills at Owens Park.
Grab a slice at Palermo Pizza located in Williamstown, NJ.
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Home styles vary and values rise
Most homes in Williamstown are single-family houses built between 1880 and the present day, ranging from colonial-styles with formal living rooms and family rooms to ranch-style homes with open floor plans and large backyards. Homebuyers will also find charming bungalows from the 1930s with brick exteriors and large covered front porches, ’70s split levels with original hardwood flooring and attached garages, and newer ramblers built in the 1990s for Holiday City, one of Williamstown’s 55-plus communities. Houses closest to the town’s center often sit on smaller lots up to a quarter acre, and homes farther out can occupy multiple acres. The median price of a home is about $350,000, which is lower than the national median of $420,000.
Townhouses with single-car garages and basements built in the 1980s or later are also available in developments like Bluebell Farms on the town’s south side. These subdivisions include community amenities like fitness centers, tennis courts, pools and clubhouses. Manufactured homes are also prevalent outside Williamstown in communities like Summerfields and Colonial Estates. The median cost of a townhouse is $400,000, primarily driven by new developments on the outskirts of town.
“This is a great market for sellers,” Damone says. “Prices are up and returns have been high. If you’re a buyer who likes the outdoors and wants to be close to Philly and the Shore, Williamstown is a good choice.” With dozens of lots for sale, the town has the land for continued growth. “The area is on an upward trend,” McKenty says. “New buildings in all-age and 55-plus developments have increased. The market here is solid.”
Townhomes are very popular in Williamstown.
You can find many home styles in Williamstown, like this colonial.
Some homeowners are going solar in Williamstown.
Homes in Williamstown have nice sized yards and wide streets.
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Monroe Township schools and Rowan University
Williamstown students can attend Monroe Township Public Schools, which receive an overall B-minus from Niche. The district serves approximately 6,000 students and features six schools, including Holly Glen, Oak Knoll, Radix and Whitehall PK-4 elementary schools. Williamstown Middle enrolls grades five through eight, and Williamstown High enrolls ninth through 12th graders. Radix Elementary was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2019, one of nine schools recognized by the state for its exemplary performance. Williamstown High School’s athletic teams, known as the Braves, pay homage to the town’s Squankum roots and have won one basketball and two football state sectional championships within the last 10 years.
Rowan University in Glassboro is 8 miles west. The university employs 4,100 people and has a student enrollment of over 20,000. Its engineering program, business college, school of osteopathic medicine and online programs have been ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News and the Princeton Review.
Niche gives Radix Elementary School a B+ rating.
Williamstown Middle School offers a safe learning environment in top of the line facilities.
Williamstown High School is part of the Monroe Township Public School District.
Rowan University is minutes from Williamstown for higher education.
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Highways and health care resources near Williamstown
The two main highways intersecting Williamstown are U.S. Route 322 and New Jersey Route 42. Both roads go between Philadelphia, 25 miles northwest, and Atlantic City, 40 miles southeast. Interstate 295, the New Jersey Turnpike, and Routes 55, 47 and 42 are all within 15 miles of town. The closest medical center is Jefferson Washington Township Hospital, about 6 miles north. The hospital offers a seven-story patient pavilion with all-private, high-tech rooms and personalized room service. Cross Keys Airport is a public-use general aviation airport 3 miles north of Williamstown. The airport is known for recreational skydiving. Philadelphia International Airport, which offers departures to more 120 destinations, is approximately 30 miles north.
A plethora of retail options located on the Black Horse Pike located in Williamstown, NJ.
Williamstown has Jefferson Washington Township Hospital for all of your medical emergencies.
Like to fly planes Cross Keys Airport in Williamstown is the place to go.
Need adventure try skydiving at Skydive Cross Keys in Williamstown.
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Restaurants and shopping along Black Horse Road
When U.S. 322 enters Williamstown on Sicklerville Road, it turns curves to the right on Black Horse Pike at the town center where Geets Diner is located. Opened as a small truck stop in 1942, Geets serves classic American food to customers seated in booths or on stools at a lunch counter. Geets also features a western-themed bar with live music, trivia nights and bingo events. A Walgreens is across the street, and a ShopRite is two blocks down. Palermo’s Pizzeria and Restaurant sits at the intersection of is where Black Horse Pike meets and Main Street. The Italian eatery is over 45 years old, and its dining room is lined with murals of Italian cities.
Main Street is another business corridor, with attractions like the Grand Theater. Established in 1924, Grand showed silent movies and feature films before becoming home to the Road Company Theater Group, which produces Broadway plays and musicals and offers a youth theater summer camp. The 13th Child Brewery down the street is a popular watering hole housed in a historic building that serves ales and IPAs brewed on the premises. The Williamstown Farmers Market is also on Main Street. Open Thursday through Saturday, the market specializes in meats, produce and traditional Pennsylvania Dutch items, like freshly baked pies and homemade pork and turkey sausage.
Traveling north of town on Black Horse Road, shoppers will find Cross Keys Commons, a shopping mall in Turnersville with Walmart and Marshalls. Lowe’s and Aldi are farther up the Pike, and Gloucester Premium Outlets, featuring well-known brands like Loft and J. Crew, is 8 miles north of Williamstown.
Get a booth or sit at the counter at Geets Diner in Williamstown.
In Williamstown 13th Child Brewery has a variety of beers to try, find a new favorite.
Cacia's Bakery is a brick-oven bakery creating all sorts of Italian treats in WIlliamstown.
Get fresh produce at the Williamstown Farmers Market in Williamstown.
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City parks, community events and wildlife areas
Next to Williamstown Middle and High schools, Owens Park attracts sports enthusiasts of all kinds with baseball and football fields; basketball, tennis, pickleball and volleyball courts; a skate park; and hockey rinks. Kids can let loose on the playground, and families can bring their four-legged children to the dog park. It has separate fenced-in areas for large and small dogs, waste stations and a water fountain.
Monroe Township holds community events at Owens Park, including Music Fest in June, the Fourth of July fireworks, and the township’s Fall Festival in October. A few blocks away, the Pfeiffer Center houses the Monroe Township Department of Community Affairs, which offers services like a food pantry and assistance for senior citizens. More baseball and football fields line Church Street adjacent to the center, and Mary Mazza Duffy Memorial Park sits to the south. The city’s bike path stretches 6.25 miles, connecting Williamstown to Glassboro.
The 18-hole Scotland Run Golf Club, 5 miles outside town, is one of several golf courses surrounding Williamstown. Its fairways were developed from a sand quarry, with waste areas and cliffs still part of the course. Nearby, the Glassboro Wildlife Management Area has over 2,000 acres of protected swamp forest, and Scotland Run Park south of it is the largest recreational area in Glouster County. The park features a nature center and an 80-acre lake that allows fishing, boating, canoeing and kayaking.
Owens Park has many activities for your family to enjoy.
Scotland Run Park is a great place to cast a line with a friend.
Have a dogs play date at the dog park in Owens Park.
Williamstown Organic Community Garden in Williamstown, NJ.
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New firehouse, free library and inclusive community garden
Williamstown has invested $7.3 million in a new firehouse at the corner of Main Street and Virginia Avenue. The new facility will replace the old building, which has been in service since 1975, and features better Wi-Fi, larger engine bays, more bunk space for men and women, other rooms for exercise, meetings, and training, including space for the Fire Prevention Office, and a training tower in the back for drills.
Williamstown’s Free Public Library on Marsha Avenue is a point of pride for the town. The library serves most age groups, with two meeting rooms and three study rooms, 28 public computers with Internet access, and a children’s story room where kids can attend readings, watch cartoons and do crafts. Patrons can also enjoy the library’s garden in the summer, its fireplace near the periodicals section in the winter, and its café with Wi-Fi access year-round.
Behind the library sits the Williamstown Organic Community Garden, open from April through November. In early 2023 through a grant awarded to Rowan University by the New Jersey Division of Disability Services, garden organizers were about able to build a plot with elevated planters, pavers and ramps for wheelchair accessibility. The garden also offers a shed full of tools, so gardeners don’t have to lug equipment back and forth from home.
Monroe Township Public Library has a nice branch in Williamstown.
Get your library card at the Free Public Library of Monroe Township in Williamstown.
The Williamstown Organic Community Garden is located by the local library in Williamstown, NJ.
Covered sitting area at Pfeiffer Community Center in Williamstown, NJ.
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Rising crime numbers and weather in Williamstown
According to State of New Jersey State Police crime statistics, violent and property crimes since 2021 have been on the rise. The township reached a low of 333 offenses in 2021. Within the next two years, that figure had climbed to 502 in 2023, an increase of 51%. FBI crime data reported over the last five years shows a similar increase in numbers, with a low in 2021 and a steady increase in over the following two years.
The temperature in Williamstown varies from an average low of 25 degrees in the winter months, which are often very cold, snowy and windy, to an average high of 86 degrees in the summertime, which is typically warm, humid and wet.
Williamstown is policed by the Monroe Township Police Department.
There is a K-9 Memorial outside of the Williamstown Police Department.
There are many lakes in Williamstown that freeze over for winter fun.
Wilson Lake looks so nice when it freezes over at Scotland Run Park.
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