The borough, and all of Atlantic County, is part of South Jersey and the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.

[25] Charles K. Landis was a land developer who was the driving force behind the creation of Hammonton and Vineland.

Landis also had a hand in establishing other small communities, including Landisville, in Buena Borough.

[28] In 1979, local resident Madeline Barrale authored a 115-page book illustrating the borough's history.

In 2002, the St. Padre Pio Shrine was erected by Italian-American farmers in the Landisville section of Buena and has attracted what was described by The New York Times as a "steady stream of Catholics" who come to pray at the site.

[35] Part of the borough is included in the state-designated Pinelands Area, which includes portions of Atlantic County, along with areas in Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Ocean counties.

[4] The borough form of government used by Buena is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie.

The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council.

[45][46] {As of 2024[update]the mayor of Buena Borough is Republican Joseph Baruffi, whose term of office ends December 31, 2027.

Members of the Buena Borough Council are Council President Douglas Adams (R, 2025), Jorge A. Alvarez (R, 2026), Patricia A. Andaloro (R, 2024), Marina Barsuglia (R, 2025), Frank DeStefano (R, 2026) and Richard Giovinazzi (R, 2024; elected to serve an unexpired term).

[47][48][49][50][51][52] Gina Andaloro had switched parties from Democrat to Republican and in January 2023 resigned from her seat expiring in December 2024.

[51] In July 2019, Joseph D'Alessandro was appointed to fill the seat expiring in December 2019 that had been held by Jeffrey Marolda until his resignation from office the precious month.

[58] In October 2016, Jorge Alvarez become Buena's first Hispanic councilmember when he was chosen from three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2017 that had been held by Robert L. James Jr. until his resignation.

[59] In February 2016, the borough council selected Matthew Walker Sr. from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2016 that had been held by Edward Cugini until his resignation; Walker became the first African-American to serve on the borough council.

With the dissolution of Buena's police force, the borough's officers were being given an opportunity for consideration to be hired by Franklin Township.

[63] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 2nd congressional district is represented by Jeff Van Drew (R, Dennis Township).

[67][68] As of 2025[update], Atlantic County's Executive is Dennis Levinson (R, Northfield), whose term of office ends December 31, 2027.

[87] Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 60.2% (vs. 58.8% in Atlantic County) were registered to vote, including 80.2% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 76.6% countywide).

[112][113][114][115] Borough public school students are also eligible to attend the Atlantic County Institute of Technology in the Mays Landing section of Hamilton Township[116] or the Charter-Tech High School for the Performing Arts, located in Somers Point.

As of 2020[update] it leases a 29,000-square-foot (2,700 m2) space in Newfield in Gloucester County, though it has plans to move to Buena.

[118] Notre Dame Regional School of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden had one of its two campuses in Landisville, with the other in Newfield.