With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Crosswicks works elsewhere
Only 1% work in Crosswicks itself; outside it, Trenton draws the most (10%, 9 miles). Employers in Crosswicks report 181 jobs for 389 working residents. For 27% of workers, the job is at home, against 17% across New Jersey.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Crosswicks, in brief
About 31 minutes to work from Crosswicks
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crosswicks workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 465 commuters (the 27% 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.
A workday in Crosswicks: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 384 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Crosswicks on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Crosswicks: the destinations
Where Crosswicks clocks in
10% 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.
69% of the jobs in Crosswicks pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crosswicks, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 181. 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 Crosswicks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Crosswicks commutes
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.
Crosswicks and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Hamilton Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crosswicks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crosswicks | – | — | — | 31 min | $161,012 |
| Hamilton Township | 9% | B+ | A− | 25 min | $100,771 |
| Groveville | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
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 Crosswicks’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 Crosswicks: questions
What is the median household income in Crosswicks?
$161,012 (±$58,297) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crosswicks?
8.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crosswicks?
31 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crosswicks work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Trenton (10%, 9 mi), Hamilton Township (9%, 5 mi), Chesterfield Township (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crosswicks without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crosswicks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crosswicks
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.