Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Alexandria Township top those of 96% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 6.0% of residents (New Jersey 9.7%). Jobs and income earn Alexandria Township B; getting around on foot earns it D. Home is the office for 25% of workers, against 17% across New Jersey.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Alexandria Township
Alexandria Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (29 to 38 minutes). Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Alexandria Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Raritan Township, gets only 8% of working residents, and 69% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Alexandria Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
A lot of Alexandria Township works from home
25% of Alexandria Township workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Alexandria Township empties out on a workday
About 3,200 people are in Alexandria Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than the 4,800 who live here: 2,200 head out to work and 660 come in. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Alexandria Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Alexandria Township is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #346 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income holds Alexandria Township’s grade up ($160,354, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (9.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Alexandria Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Time on the road from Alexandria Township: about 44 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alexandria Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,534 commuters (the 25% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
8% of working residents work in Raritan Township
Where Alexandria Township clocks in
8% of workers
3% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In and out of Alexandria Township on a workday
On a workday 2,232 residents head out to work, 101 work right here, and 659 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Alexandria Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.33 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
66% of the jobs in Alexandria Township pay over $3,333 a month
760 jobs are based in Alexandria Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alexandria Township, 2014 → 2024: 774 → 760. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alexandria Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Alexandria Township commutes
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Alexandria Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Alexandria Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #467 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 13.2% across New Jersey.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,043 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.4% of Alexandria Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Alexandria Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Alexandria Township is 1,488th among 3,753 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 6 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,486 | North East MD | 4,237 | $92K | 7.5% | 5.7% | 4% | B |
| 1,487 | Erie Township MI | 4,348 | $71K | 15.6% | 1.4% | 4% | B |
| 1,488 | Alexandria Township NJ | 4,811 | $160K | 6.0% | 9.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,489 | Berne Township OH | 5,177 | $83K | 12.3% | 2.0% | 6% | B |
| 1,490 | Rome WI | 3,420 | $80K | 4.7% | 2.2% | 15% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Alexandria Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
How Alexandria Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Union Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Alexandria Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria Township | – | B | D | 44 min | $160,354 |
| Holland Township | under 2% | A− | D | 32 min | $136,875 |
| Union Township | 2% | A− | B+ | 38 min | $137,568 |
| Bethlehem Township | under 2% | A+ | C | 35 min | $142,434 |
| Frenchtown | under 2% | A− | A | 31 min | $97,917 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | A+ | B | 31 min | $161,169 |
| Kingwood Township | under 2% | A | B | 29 min | $135,129 |
| Milford | under 2% | B | B+ | 33 min | $71,806 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Alexandria Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Alexandria Township: questions
What is the median household income in Alexandria Township?
$160,354 (±$24,724) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alexandria Township?
6.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alexandria Township?
44 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alexandria Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raritan Township (8%, 8 mi), New York City (3%, 57 mi), Clinton Township (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Alexandria Township walkable?
Alexandria Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Alexandria Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alexandria Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alexandria Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.