Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Cranbury Township’s household incomes are among the highest in the country
Poverty touches 3.6% of residents; New Jersey has 9.7%. Measured by household income, Cranbury Township is among the highest-earning towns in the country. The two grades for Cranbury Township are A for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Cranbury Township
Cranbury Township fills up on a workday
Cranbury Township has 10,677 jobs, 6.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 13,000 people are in town, 3 times the 4,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Cranbury Township works from home
36% of Cranbury Township workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
55% of the jobs in Cranbury Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 17% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Cranbury Township draws workers from far and wide
The 10,677 jobs in Cranbury Township are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 28%; the other 71% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Cranbury Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cranbury Township is New York City, NY, 39 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (133) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Cranbury Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cranbury Township is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #78 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income is its strongest input ($216,691, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.1%, 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, Cranbury Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
In and out of Cranbury Township on a workday
On a workday 1,569 residents head out to work, 105 work right here, and 10,572 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Cranbury Township on a workday afternoon, 212% more than live here.
6.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The daily trip from Cranbury Township: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cranbury Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,340 commuters (the 36% 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.
73% of the jobs in Cranbury Township pay over $3,333 a month
10,677 jobs are based in Cranbury Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cranbury Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,707 → 10,677. 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 Cranbury Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Cranbury Township: where workers come from
Where Cranbury Township clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Cranbury Township
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Cranbury Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cranbury Township is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns, #330 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,086 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). 3.7% of Cranbury Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Cranbury Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
263rd of 3,962: where Cranbury Township ranks among U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Mountain Lakes NJ | 4,649 | $250K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 261 | Grosse Pointe MI | 5,490 | $159K | 2.8% | 4.3% | 5% | A |
| 262 | Millville MA | 3,186 | $127K | 4.6% | 3.0% | 3% | A |
| 263 | Cranbury Township NJ | 4,240 | $217K | 3.6% | 4.1% | 6% | A |
| 264 | Nowthen MN | 4,630 | $160K | 4.1% | 3.3% | 5% | A |
| 265 | Eel River Township IN | 4,390 | $100K | 3.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,962 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Cranbury Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Around Cranbury Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Plainsboro Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cranbury Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranbury Township | – | A | A− | 33 min | $216,691 |
| East Windsor Township | under 3% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $105,208 |
| Plainsboro Township | 4% | A | A | 33 min | $131,638 |
| Princeton Meadows | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| South Brunswick Township | 4% | A | A− | 34 min | $150,933 |
| Monroe Township | under 3% | A− | A− | 40 min | $107,892 |
| Twin Rivers | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Princeton Meadows and Twin Rivers: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cranbury 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 Cranbury Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cranbury Township?
$216,691 (±$38,482) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cranbury Township?
3.6%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cranbury Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cranbury Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (8%, 39 mi), Princeton (5%, 8 mi), Plainsboro Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cranbury Township walkable?
Cranbury Township is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cranbury Township without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cranbury Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cranbury 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.