According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 1.57 square miles (4.07 km2), all of which was land.

In the 1880s, the Rural Land Improvement Company began developing the area known as "Old Stratford" and renamed the village after Stratford-upon-Avon, England.

[26] The 2010 United States census counted 7,040 people, 2,641 households, and 1,822 families in the borough.

[6] The borough form of government used by Stratford 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.

[37][38] As of 2023[update], the mayor of Stratford is Democrat Josh Keenan, whose term of office ends December 31, 2023.

[46][47][48] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 1st congressional district is represented by Donald Norcross (D, Camden).

[51] 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).

[60][53][61][62][63] Camden County's constitutional officers are: Clerk Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D, Cherry Hill, 2029)[64][65] Sheriff Chuck Billingham (D, Gloucester City, 2027)[66][67] and Surrogate Michelle Gentek-Mayer (D, Gloucester Township, 2025).

[72][73] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 56.8% of the vote (2,006 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain, who received around 39.9% (1,409 votes), with 3,534 ballots cast among the borough's 4,639 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.2%.

[74] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 54.0% of the vote (1,886 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush, who received around 44.3% (1,547 votes), with 3,492 ballots cast among the borough's 4,629 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 75.4.

[80] Students from Laurel Springs also attend the district's schools for grades 7 and 8 as part of a sending/receiving relationship.

[91][92] Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine has its campus on Laurel Road in Stratford Borough.

It is made up of four buildings including the University Doctors' Pavilion and a Science Center.

[93] Rutgers University's Biomedical and Health Sciences school has a campus in Stratford.

[96] U.S. Route 30 (White Horse Pike) runs from Laurel Springs in the borough's southeast corner and heads towards the northern tip of the borough along the border between Stratford to the southwest and Somerdale to the northeast before heading into Somerdale.