For 50 years, the township was the home to the Pennsauken Mart, a large multi-vendor indoor market, which was closed in January 2006 to make way for a sports arena/conference complex, however, that did not materialize.

[1][2] Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Amon Heights, Bethel, Biedemon, Delair, Delair Station, Delaware Gardens, Dudley, East Pennsauken, Fish House, Hillcrest, Homesteadville, Jordantown, Merchantville Park, Morris, Morrisville, North Pennsville and Wellwood.

Once an oil storage and distribution facility, the island is now the site of a container cargo shipping operation and nesting bald eagles.

[32] The 2010 United States census counted 35,885 people, 12,633 households, and 8,995 families in the township.

[41] As of the 2000 United States census,[16] there were 35,737 people, 12,389 households, and 9,093 families residing in the township.

[39][40] Pennsauken is home to a large industrial park that includes a Pepsi bottling plant and J & J Snack Foods.

[3][45][46][47][48] In January 2023, Marie McKenna was appointed to fill the seat expiring in December 2025 that had been held by Nicole "Nikki" Roberts who had been elected to a full three-year term in the November 2022 general election and resigned from office as of December 2022.

[49][50] During the 2022 reorganization meeting of Pennsauken Township Committee, Jessica Rafeh was sworn in as the town’s first Hispanic and Middle Eastern mayor; Nicole Roberts became the town’s first African American female deputy mayor; and the pair represent the first time Pennsauken will have an all-female led governing body[51] In December 2021, the Township Committee selected Nicole Roberts from a list of three candidates submitted by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2021 that was vacated by Almar Dyer when he took office on the Camden County Board of County Commissioners.

[52] In June 2021, Patrick Olivo was appointed to fill the seat expiring in December 2023 that had been held by Tim Killion until he stepped down from office to become the township's administrator.

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

[68][61][69][70][71] Camden County's constitutional officers are: Clerk Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D, Cherry Hill, 2029)[72][73] Sheriff Chuck Billingham (D, Gloucester City, 2027)[74][75] and Surrogate Michelle Gentek-Mayer (D, Gloucester Township, 2025).

[80][81] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 74.0% of the vote (12,195 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain, who received around 23.2% (3,824 votes), with 16,485 ballots cast among the township's 21,669 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.1%.

[82] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 63.7% of the vote (9,384 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush, who received around 32.1% (4,720 votes), with 14,726 ballots cast among the township's 20,846 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 70.6.

Route 90 is a short highway leading to the Betsy Ross Bridge, which connects the township with Philadelphia.

Owned and operated by the Delaware River Port Authority, the bridge stretches 8,500 feet (2,600 m) between abutments and opened to traffic on April 30, 1976.

US 130 and 30 and NJ 38 and 70 converge at the Airport Circle in the southern section of Pennsauken Township.

The Pennsauken-Route 73[110] and 36th Street[111] stations on the River Line offer service between Trenton and Camden.

[114] Daily NJ Transit bus service between the township and Philadelphia is available on routes 317, 404, 406, and 409.

Additional service to Philadelphia is available through routes 414 and 417, which run on weekdays during morning and evening rush hours.