Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Delaware Township earn more than those in 98% of U.S. towns
Only 7% work in Delaware Township itself; outside it, Raritan Township draws the most (7%, 8 miles). Poverty touches 0.9% of residents, against 9.7% across New Jersey. Jobs and income earn Delaware Township A+; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Delaware Township in brief
No single place dominates Delaware Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Raritan Township, gets only 7% of working residents, and 64% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Delaware Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Delaware Township’s workforce skews older
37% of Delaware Township’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Delaware Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Delaware Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
Where Delaware Township’s working residents head each day
Where Delaware Township clocks in
7% of workers
4% 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.
65% of the jobs in Delaware Township pay over $3,333 a month
547 jobs are based in Delaware Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Delaware Township, 2013 → 2023: 537 → 547. 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 Delaware Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Delaware Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,951 residents head out to work, 141 work right here, and 406 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Delaware Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.26 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.
How long Delaware Township spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delaware Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,941 commuters (the 17% 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 Delaware 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.
Few in Delaware Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Delaware Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #397 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,327 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). 1.6% of Delaware Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Delaware Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200, Delaware Township ranks 79th of 3,938 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 5 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | East Troy WI | 4,002 | $124K | 3.0% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 78 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 79 | Delaware Township NJ | 4,597 | $194K | 0.9% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
| 80 | Genesee CO | 3,778 | $187K | 2.4% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 81 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | 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 Delaware Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Delaware Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Delaware Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Township | – | A+ | B | 33 min | $194,219 |
| Raritan Township | 7% | A | B− | 34 min | $165,174 |
| Stockton | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| East Amwell Township | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 34 min | $152,361 |
| West Amwell Township | under 2% | A+ | B− | 26 min | $151,250 |
| Kingwood Township | under 2% | A | B | 29 min | $135,129 |
| Lambertville | under 2% | A− | A | 31 min | $109,733 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | A+ | B | 31 min | $161,169 |
Same-state neighbors only. Stockton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Raritan Township. Darker towns draw more of Delaware 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 Delaware Township: questions
What is the median household income in Delaware Township?
$194,219 (±$29,397) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delaware Township?
0.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delaware Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delaware Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raritan Township (7%, 8 mi), Flemington (4%, 7 mi), Trenton (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Delaware Township walkable?
Delaware Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Delaware Township without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Delaware Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delaware 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.