Hi-Nella is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough’s population was 870, reflecting a terminate of 159 (−15.5%) from the 1,029 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in face declined by 16 (−1.5%) from the 1,045 counted in the 1990 Census. The borough is the state’s ninth-smallest municipality.

The Borough of Hi-Nella was created on April 23, 1929, from portions of Clementon Township, as one of seven municipalities created from the now-defunct township, and one of five extra municipalities (joining Lindenwold, Pine Hill, Pine Valley and Somerdale) created upon that same date. The borough’s pronounce is traditionally said to derive from a Native American term meaning “high rolling knoll” or “high ground”, though it may have been named for Nella, the wife of Lucious Parker, who developed Hi-Nella Estates in the late 1920s.

The Star-Ledger included Hi-Nella in its 2010 series of articles covering “Towns that Shouldn’t Exist”, citing the borough’s little area, population and staff, along like its use of a double-wide announcement as a municipal building. Mayor Meredith Dobbs told The Star-Ledger that efforts to force the borough to consolidate afterward its neighbors would be “declared dead on arrival”.

The borough had the fifth-highest property tax rate in New Jersey, with an equalized rate of 5.306% in 2020, compared to 3.470% in the county as a combination and a statewide average of 2.279%.