Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Bordentown has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 6.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City. There are 777 jobs in Bordentown, against 1,925 working residents. For jobs and income Bordentown is better than 80% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bordentown and work: the main findings
Commutes from Bordentown are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Bordentown
71% of Bordentown residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 50% of the jobs based in Bordentown pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
The figures behind Bordentown’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Bordentown’s grade up (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bordentown could be anywhere from B to A+.
Bordentown’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bordentown workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,806 commuters (the 11% 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.
In Bordentown, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bordentown, 2014 → 2024: 969 → 777. 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 Bordentown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Bordentown
On a workday 1,861 residents head out to work, 64 work right here, and 713 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Bordentown on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
11% of working residents work in Trenton
Where Bordentown clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
Bordentown’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Bordentown
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.1% of 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 2,021 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 89% 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). 2.6% of Bordentown households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Bordentown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bordentown is 799th of 4,023 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Mountain Lakes NJ | 4,649 | $250K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 797 | Earl Township PA | 3,184 | $100K | 11.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A− |
| 798 | Golden Beach MD | 3,830 | $133K | 2.7% | 2.7% | <1% | A− |
| 799 | Bordentown NJ | 4,108 | $103K | 5.1% | 5.6% | 3% | A− |
| 800 | Prairie Township IN | 3,435 | $82K | 5.2% | 0.3% | 6% | A− |
| 801 | Deerfield Township MI | 4,102 | $105K | 3.6% | 4.0% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | 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 Bordentown, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Bordering towns draw 14% of Bordentown’s workers
The biggest share goes to Hamilton Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bordentown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordentown | – | A− | A | 24 min | $103,375 |
| Bordentown Township | 5% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $109,832 |
| Hamilton Township | 9% | B+ | A− | 25 min | $100,771 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bordentown’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 Bordentown: questions
What is the median household income in Bordentown?
$103,375 (±$22,351) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bordentown?
5.1%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bordentown?
24 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bordentown work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Trenton (11%, 6 mi), Hamilton Township (9%, 4 mi), Philadelphia (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bordentown walkable?
Bordentown is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bordentown without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bordentown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bordentown
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.