[22][23] The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.

The municipality's name was changed to Maple Shade Township as of November 6, 1945, based on the results of a referendum passed that same day.

[26][27][28] The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.

[29] The 2010 United States census counted 19,131 people, 8,525 households, and 4,655 families in the township.

[40] As of the 2000 United States census[17] there were 19,079 people, 8,462 households, and 4,721 families residing in the township.

[41][22] Maple Shade Township operates within the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the Council-Manager (Plan E) form of municipal government, implemented based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission as of January 1, 1975.

[50][51][52] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 1st congressional district is represented by Donald Norcross (D, Camden).

[55] For the 2024-2025 session, the 6th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by James Beach (D, Voorhees Township) and in the General Assembly by Louis Greenwald (D, Voorhees Township) and Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D, Cherry Hill).

[56] 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.

[62][57][63][64][65][66] Burlington County's Constitutional Officers are: Clerk Joanne Schwartz (D, Southampton Township, 2028)[67][68] Sheriff James H. Kostoplis (D, Bordentown, 2025)[69][70] and Surrogate Brian J. Carlin (D, Burlington Township, 2026).

[79] Among the township's 2010 Census population, 55.6% (vs. 61.7% in Burlington County) were registered to vote, including 68.2% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.3% countywide).

[85][86] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 2,059 ballots cast (48.2% vs. 44.5% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 1,904 votes (44.5% vs. 47.7%), Independent Chris Daggett with 230 votes (5.4% vs. 4.8%) and other candidates with 57 votes (1.3% vs. 1.2%), among the 4,275 ballots cast by the township's 10,780 registered voters, yielding a 39.7% turnout (vs. 44.9% in the county).

[95][96][97] Students from Maple Shade 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.

[100][101] People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Maple Shade Township include: