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Salem County, NJ

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits (SOD), June 30, 2026

Salem County, New Jersey, a core county of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD market, holds $1.4B in deposits across 6 insured institutions and 21 branches. Fulton Bank is the largest deposit holder at 38.9% share. The top three banks hold 74% of deposits, which places the county in the Concentrated band. Deposits have grown 9.8% since 2021 while the branch count fell by 4.5%. It produced $5.7B of real gross domestic product in 2024, ranking #548 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$5.7B
#548 of 1,523
Population
66,280
#795 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$85,472
#101 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/26)
$1.4B
#809 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$20,444
#898 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$65M
#1,210 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
6
#1,118 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
31.7
#411 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$207M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #334 of 1,523. A lower figure means institutions typically hold smaller deposit positions here; it reflects local deposit presence, not an institution’s overall size. See Community & Regional Bank Share for institution scale.
Community & Regional Bank Share
92.1%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #326 of 1,523. A higher share points to a market where small to mid-size institutions, the kind that compete on relationships and local decision-making, hold more ground.
Top-3 Banks’ Deposit Share: Concentrated
74%
The combined deposit share of the top three banks by deposits in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Ranks show where the county stands among the 1,523 ranked counties (those within a Combined or Metropolitan Statistical Area that have a branch). They describe relative position, not a rating of market quality or suitability.

Deposit trend

County Deposits (SOD, 2021 to 2026)+9.8% over 5 years
$1.2B
2021
$1.3B
2022
$1.3B
2023
$1.3B
2024
$1.3B
2025
$1.4B
2026

Branches: 22 in 2021 to 21 in 2026. Institutions: 6 to 6. Top-three share: 75% to 74%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
Fulton Bank$528M38.9%5+12%
The Pennsville National Bank$252M18.6%5+12%
The First National Bank of Elmer$220M16.3%4-3%
Franklin Bank$194M14.3%4+9%
TD Bank$107M7.9%2+20%
Century Savings Bank$54M4.0%1+17%

The 6 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, per the FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2026. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2021 and 2026. Institutions are tracked by FDIC certificate number, and where an institution acquired another bank, the acquired bank’s prior deposits are folded into the baseline so the change reflects the combined, continuing franchise rather than reading as new. “No 2021 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year. Deposit figures are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.

Part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden market

Salem County is one of 16 counties that make up the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #11 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 1.1% of the market’s output and holds 0.2% of its deposits.

MeasureSalem CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$5.7B1.1%
Deposits$1.4B0.2%
Population66,2800.9%

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