Photo: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Delanco Township has higher unemployment (5.5%) than 68% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Delanco Township A−; getting around on foot earns it B+. Only 3% work in Delanco Township; the top destination outside it is Philadelphia (7%, 10 miles). Home is the office for 10% of workers, next to 17% for New Jersey as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Delanco Township
Delanco Township trades workers with the towns around it
Delanco Township has about as many jobs (2,079) as working residents (2,375), but they are mostly different people: 2,300 residents leave for work each day while 2,004 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Delanco Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
69% of the jobs in Delanco Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Jobs in Delanco Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Delanco Township went from 976 in 2013 to 2,079 in 2023, +113%. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates Delanco Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Philadelphia, PA, gets only 7% of working residents, and 59% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Delanco Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Delanco Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Delanco Township is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #270 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Delanco Township’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. 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, Delanco Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Delanco Township by day and by night
On a workday 2,300 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 2,004 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 2,079 jobs in Delanco Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Delanco Township, 2013 → 2023: 976 → 2,079. 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 Delanco Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from Delanco Township work
Where Delanco Township clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
The trip to work from Delanco Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delanco Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,957 commuters (the 10% 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.
Miles to work from Delanco 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.
Most trips from Delanco Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Delanco Township is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #335 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.9% 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 2,173 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 19% 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 6.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 88% 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). 5.1% of Delanco Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Delanco Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
950th of 3,758: where Delanco Township ranks among U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,800
| # | 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 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 6 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 948 | Franklin Township OH | 4,786 | $76K | 7.3% | 1.7% | 9% | A− |
| 949 | Goldsby OK | 3,591 | $103K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| 950 | Delanco Township NJ | 5,010 | $79K | 3.3% | 5.5% | 3% | A− |
| 951 | Verona VA | 4,165 | $74K | 5.6% | 1.7% | 14% | A− |
| 952 | East Troy WI | 4,988 | $80K | 10.2% | 1.9% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,758 | 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 Delanco Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Next door is work for 12% of Delanco Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Delanco Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delanco Township | – | A− | B+ | 27 min | $78,710 |
| Edgewater Park Township | under 3% | B | A | 34 min | $84,960 |
| Riverside Township | under 3% | C+ | A | 28 min | $75,833 |
| Delran Township | 5% | A | B+ | 28 min | $106,921 |
| Beverly | under 3% | B+ | A | 27 min | $89,458 |
| Willingboro Township | under 3% | B+ | A | 30 min | $98,200 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Philadelphia. Darker towns draw more of Delanco 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 Delanco Township: questions
What is the median household income in Delanco Township?
$78,710 (±$10,047) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delanco Township?
3.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delanco Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delanco Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (7%, 10 mi), Mount Laurel Township (6%, 7 mi), Delran Township (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Delanco Township walkable?
Delanco Township is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Delanco Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Delanco Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delanco 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.