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

[21] Its name derives from its original location in the western portion of what was Northampton Township.

[1][2] Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Rancocas, Timbuctoo and Woodlane.

[25][26] The 2010 United States census counted 8,813 people, 3,195 households, and 2,428 families in the township.

[38] As of the 2000 United States census[14] there were 7,217 people, 2,525 households, and 1,966 families residing in the township.

[41] As of 2023[update], members of the Westampton Township Committee are Mayor Sandy V. Henley (D, term on committee and as mayor ends December 31, 2023), Jaime Mungo (D, term on committee and as mayor ends 2023), Nancy A. Burkley (R, 2024), Odise Carr (D, 2025), Genel Wright (D, 2024; elected to serve an unexpired term).

[3][42][43][44][45] Genel Wright was appointed in September 2022 to fill the seat expiring in December 2024 that became vacant following the resignation of Anthony DeSilva.

[47] In January 2020, the Township Committee appointed Jaime Mungo to complete the term of office expiring in December 2020 that had been held by Linda A. Hynes until she resigned from office to take a seat on the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders.

[50][51][52] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 3rd congressional district is currently represented Herb Conaway (D, Delran Township).

[54] 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).

[55] 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.

[61][56][62][63][64][65] Burlington County's Constitutional Officers are: Clerk Joanne Schwartz (D, Southampton Township, 2028)[66][67] Sheriff James H. Kostoplis (D, Bordentown, 2025)[68][69] and Surrogate Brian J. Carlin (D, Burlington Township, 2026).

[78] Among the township's 2010 Census population, 62.9% (vs. 61.7% in Burlington County) were registered to vote, including 83.2% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.3% countywide).

A 4.1-mile (6.6 km) section of the New Jersey Turnpike, including the four-lane toll gate for Exit 5, is located within the township.

[104] Interstate 295 also runs through the northwestern section of the township for about 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km), including one interchange, Exit 45.

[110] Academy Bus provides service from a park-and-ride facility near Exit 5 of the New Jersey Turnpike to the Port Authority Bus Terminal and other street service in Midtown Manhattan and to both Jersey City and the Wall Street area in Lower Manhattan.