Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Few U.S. towns have household incomes as high as Chesterfield Township’s
Below the poverty line: 2.8% of residents, where New Jersey as a whole has 9.7%. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. The two grades for Chesterfield Township are A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Chesterfield Township, in a few figures
No single place dominates Chesterfield Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Trenton, gets only 7% of working residents, and 62% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Chesterfield Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
A lot of Chesterfield Township works from home
29% of Chesterfield 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Chesterfield Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Chesterfield Township is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #42 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income is its strongest input ($208,836, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chesterfield Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
7% of working residents work in Trenton
Where Chesterfield Township clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
About 33 minutes each way for Chesterfield Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chesterfield Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,221 commuters (the 29% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Chesterfield Township
On a workday 3,327 residents head out to work, 135 work right here, and 802 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,500 people are in Chesterfield Township on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.27 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 2023, primary jobs.
Inside Chesterfield Township’s 937 jobs
937 jobs are based in Chesterfield Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chesterfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,115 → 937. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chesterfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Chesterfield Township works
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Chesterfield Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Chesterfield Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #377 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 6.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,545 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). 0.0% of Chesterfield Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Chesterfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Chesterfield Township places 146th of 2,891 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Old Tappan NJ | 6,686 | $205K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Fanwood NJ | 8,035 | $196K | 1.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 144 | Plato Township IL | 9,235 | $155K | 3.4% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| 145 | Middleton WI | 6,833 | $204K | 6.1% | 0.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 146 | Chesterfield Township NJ | 9,046 | $209K | 2.8% | 3.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 147 | Meadowbrook AL | 9,117 | $142K | 5.5% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 148 | Mead CO | 7,042 | $125K | 1.4% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,891 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Chesterfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Chesterfield Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Hamilton Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chesterfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield Township | – | A+ | B | 33 min | $208,836 |
| Hamilton Township | 6% | B+ | A− | 25 min | $100,771 |
| Mansfield Township | under 3% | A+ | B | 35 min | $115,595 |
| Groveville | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Bordentown Township | under 3% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $109,832 |
| North Hanover Township | under 3% | B | B | 24 min | $86,683 |
| Springfield Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 27 min | $146,157 |
Same-state neighbors only. Groveville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chesterfield 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 2023, 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 Chesterfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Chesterfield Township?
$208,836 (±$16,792) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chesterfield Township?
2.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chesterfield Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chesterfield Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Trenton (7%, 9 mi), Hamilton Township (6%, 6 mi), Philadelphia (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chesterfield Township walkable?
Chesterfield Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chesterfield Township without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chesterfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chesterfield Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.