Photo: Smallbones · Public domainDennis Township has lower unemployment (0.6%) than 97% of U.S. towns
For 8% of workers, the job is at home (New Jersey 17%). Jobs and income earn Dennis Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C. Measured by household income, Dennis Township is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Dennis Township
Dennis Township and Middle Township trade workers both ways
Middle Township is the top workplace for Dennis Township residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Dennis Township come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Dennis Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. 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.
Dennis Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dennis Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #198 of 468 in New Jersey. Unemployment holds Dennis Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns). 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, Dennis Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
17% of working residents work in Middle Township
Where Dennis Township clocks in
17% of workers
5% 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 Dennis Township: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dennis Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,599 commuters (the 8% 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.
Dennis Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,367 residents head out to work, 356 work right here, and 1,362 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,100 people are in Dennis Township on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
Goods, not services: 32% of the jobs in Dennis Township
1,718 jobs are based in Dennis Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dennis Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,483 → 1,718. 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 Dennis Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Dennis Township commutes
About 20% 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.
Getting around Dennis Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dennis Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #455 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% 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 2,827 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 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% 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). 3.6% of Dennis Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Dennis Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dennis Township places 601st of 3,307 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 599 | Camino Tassajara CA | 5,831 | $250K | 6.5% | 4.6% | 1% | A− |
| 600 | West Loch Estate HI | 5,544 | $122K | 8.3% | 3.1% | 0% | A− |
| 601 | Dennis Township NJ | 6,100 | $106K | 5.7% | 0.6% | 13% | A− |
| 602 | Uniontown OH | 7,920 | $93K | 7.8% | 2.3% | 3% | A− |
| 603 | Mount Zion Township IL | 7,018 | $103K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 11% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,307 | 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 Dennis Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Next door is work for 26% of Dennis Township
The biggest share goes to Middle Township (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dennis Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Township | – | A− | C | 26 min | $105,506 |
| Middle Township | 17% | C+ | A− | 20 min | $83,508 |
| Maurice River Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 29 min | $76,964 |
| Upper Township | 5% | A | C+ | 24 min | $111,991 |
| Sea Isle City | 4% | A− | A | 30 min | $108,359 |
| Woodbine | under 2% | D | A | 25 min | $46,078 |
| Seaville | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Seaville: 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 Dennis 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 Dennis Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dennis Township?
$105,506 (±$10,569) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dennis Township?
5.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dennis Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dennis Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Middle Township (17%, 8 mi), Upper Township (5%, 6 mi), Lower Township (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dennis Township walkable?
Dennis Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dennis Township without a car?
<1% 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 Dennis Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dennis 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.