[21] The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.

[3] Eastampton is the location of Smithville, an industrial community created by Hezekiah Bradley Smith for his machine company, which produced the American Star Bicycle.

[25][26][27] Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Smithville and Turpentine.

[28] The 2010 United States census counted 6,069 people, 2,281 households, and 1,640 families in the township.

[37] As of the 2000 United States census[16] there were 6,202 people, 2,226 households, and 1,638 families residing in the township.

[35][36] Eastampton Township is governed the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the Council-Manager system of municipal government (Plan E), implemented based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission as of January 1, 1983.

[38] The residents of Eastampton adopted the council–manager form of New Jersey municipal government based on a referendum passed in 1982.

The mayor also signs all contracts and obligations of the Township and is empowered to perform marriages.

[48][49][50] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 3rd congressional district is currently represented Herb Conaway (D, Delran Township).

[52] For the 2024-2025 session, the 8th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Latham Tiver (R, Southampton Township) and in the General Assembly by Andrea Katz (D, Chesterfield Township) and Michael Torrissi (R, Hammonton).

[53] Burlington County is governed by a Board of County Commissioners composed of five members who are chosen at-large in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year; at an annual reorganization meeting, the board selects a director and deputy director from among its members to serve a one-year term.

[59][54][60][61][62][63] Burlington County's Constitutional Officers are: Clerk Joanne Schwartz (D, Southampton Township, 2028)[64][65] Sheriff James H. Kostoplis (D, Bordentown, 2025)[66][67] and Surrogate Brian J. Carlin (D, Burlington Township, 2026).

[76] Among the township's 2010 Census population, 59.5% (vs. 61.7% in Burlington County) were registered to vote, including 78.8% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.3% countywide).

[88] Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Rancocas Valley Regional High School, a regional public high school serving students from five communities encompassing approximately 40 square miles (100 km2), including Eastampton Township, Hainesport Township, Lumberton, Mount Holly and Westampton.

[93][94] Students from Eastampton Township, and from all of Burlington County, are eligible to attend the Burlington County Institute of Technology, a countywide public school district that serves the vocational and technical education needs of students at the high school and post-secondary level at its campuses in Medford and Westampton Township.