THE MEDFORD LAKES LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pine Barrens setting.
Medford Lakes borough has 1.14 square miles of land in Burlington County. Its Census reference point is in Pine Barrens, within Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens.
Sandy coastal landscapes combine beaches, dunes, bays and marshes with oak-pine woodland. These pine-barrens settings form a transition between warmer southern coasts and rockier shores farther north.
Regional context: Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Medford Lakes and Burlington County
Medford Lakes is associated with Burlington County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Medford Lakes by land and water
The Census records 0.13 square miles of water within Medford Lakes, or 10.2% of its total area. It is 7.7 percentage points higher than the 2.6% recorded for Burlington County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Medford Lakes borough has 2.9% of the land area of nearby Medford township (38.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.