4,669
2020 population
U.S. Census count for Commercial Township.
NJTGO.com
New Jersey Town Guide Online
Commercial Township is a rural Delaware Bayshore municipality where the Maurice River, oyster and crab industries, river-port history, farming and small communities shape everyday life.
Port Norris is the township’s best-known village, while Bivalve, Mauricetown and Laurel Lake each add a different waterfront, historic or residential identity.
Commercial Township’s geography is unusually varied for a small municipality: historic river villages, a lake community, marshlands, shellfish businesses, farms, industrial sites and miles of quiet roads all share one township government.
U.S. Census count for Commercial Township.
Created from portions of Downe Township.
The historic oyster-industry complex now anchors the Bayshore Center.
Historic oyster schooner and New Jersey’s official tall ship.
A deep local directory spanning shops, contractors, automotive, marinas, shellfish, farms, transportation and industrial employers.
Every currently substantiated prepared-food spot we found inside township boundaries, plus clickable GF/DF filtering when verified options exist.
Current Port Norris market indicators plus township-wide buying considerations for Laurel Lake, Mauricetown and rural properties.
Bayshore Center at Bivalve, A.J. Meerwald, river-port history, museums, parks and practical stay-planning.
A local marketplace framework for residents and community postings without fabricated ads.
Current Commercial Township School openings plus local-employer and public workforce resources.
Commercial Township is governed by a three-member Township Committee.
Mayor of Commercial Township.
Member of the Township Committee.
Member of the Township Committee.
Commercial Township School District now operates a single PK–8 campus in Port Norris. High-school students attend Millville High School through the sending-district relationship.
1308 North Avenue · Port Norris. The district’s current PK–8 school and central campus.
Commercial Township students in grades 9–12 attend Millville High School, with residency coordinated through the sending district.
The PK–8 district serves roughly 500 students, giving Commercial Township a distinctly small rural-school setting.
The township’s principal village and municipal center, historically tied to the oyster fleet and Delaware Bay seafood economy.
The historic shipping sheds and wharves preserve the physical heart of the oyster boom and now house the Bayshore Center and Delaware Bay Museum.
A historic Maurice River village known for restored Victorian homes and its legacy as a coastal-trade and shipbuilding community.
Developed beginning in the 1920s as a summer-resort community and later transformed into a large year-round residential area.
Mauricetown community recreation space and a useful local stop within the historic river village.
Working-waterfront scenery, marinas and local river-access improvements connect Port Norris with the Maurice River.
Museum, docks, events and A.J. Meerwald sailing connect recreation directly to the township’s maritime history.