Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Boonton Township’s household incomes are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 24% of workers, against 17% across New Jersey. The poverty rate is 1.1%, against 9.7% across New Jersey. Jobs and income earn Boonton Township A; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Boonton Township
No single place dominates Boonton Township’s commute
The biggest draw, New York City, NY, gets only 8% of working residents, and 63% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Boonton Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
76% of Boonton Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 79% of the jobs based in Boonton Township. The jobs ↓
Boonton Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Boonton Township is New York City, NY, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (162) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Boonton Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Boonton Township went from 808 in 2014 to 1,149 in 2024, +42%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Boonton Township
25% of Boonton Township workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Boonton Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Boonton Township is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #137 of 468 in New Jersey. The poverty rate holds Boonton Township’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (7.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Boonton Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
8% of working residents work in New York City
Where Boonton Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 32% of the jobs in Boonton Township
1,149 jobs are based in Boonton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boonton Township, 2014 → 2024: 808 → 1,149. 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 Boonton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Boonton Township’s workers travel
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.
Boonton Township’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boonton Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,569 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.
Boonton Township by day and by night
On a workday 2,039 residents head out to work, 62 work right here, and 1,087 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Boonton Township on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.55 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.
The commute in Boonton Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Boonton Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #422 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,079 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). 1.1% of Boonton Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Boonton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Boonton Township ranks: 446th of 4,000 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,000
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Mountain Lakes NJ | 4,649 | $250K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 444 | Royal Pines NC | 4,325 | $108K | 1.5% | 3.2% | 1% | A |
| 445 | Terrell Hills TX | 5,215 | $186K | 6.9% | 4.3% | 2% | A |
| 446 | Boonton Township NJ | 4,432 | $192K | 1.1% | 7.3% | 3% | A |
| 447 | Lancaster Township PA | 3,734 | $99K | 4.1% | 1.9% | 2% | A |
| 448 | Coal Valley IL | 3,859 | $107K | 3.9% | 3.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,000 | 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 Boonton Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
11% of Boonton Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Montville Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Boonton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boonton Township | – | A | B− | 26 min | $192,188 |
| Montville Township | 3% | A+ | A | 33 min | $169,083 |
| Boonton | 3% | B+ | B+ | 22 min | $114,302 |
| Mountain Lakes | 2% | A+ | A | 34 min | $250,000+ |
| Rockaway Township | under 2% | A | B+ | 30 min | $141,868 |
| Denville Township | 3% | A | A | 30 min | $160,817 |
| Kinnelon | under 2% | A | B+ | 34 min | $187,438 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Boonton 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 Boonton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Boonton Township?
$192,188 (±$65,328) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boonton Township?
1.1%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boonton Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boonton Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (8%, 32 mi), Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (7%, 5 mi), Denville Township (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Boonton Township walkable?
Boonton Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boonton Township without a car?
3% 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 Boonton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boonton 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.