Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Denville Township earn more than those in 96% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.5 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 43.7 in Jersey City. 1.9% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.7% across New Jersey. The two grades for Denville 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
Where Denville Township stands out on work
Denville Township trades workers with the towns around it
Denville Township has about as many jobs (8,789) as working residents (8,534), but they are mostly different people: 7,869 residents leave for work each day while 8,124 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Denville Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Denville Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, gets only 7% of working residents, and 64% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Denville Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Denville Township
30% of Denville Township workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Denville Township draws workers from far and wide
The 8,789 jobs in Denville Township are filled from a wide area. Denville Township’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 28%; the other 64% come from many towns beyond those. 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.
What’s behind Denville Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Denville Township is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #68 of 468 in New Jersey. The poverty rate holds Denville Township’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Denville Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Denville Township
On a workday 7,869 residents head out to work, 665 work right here, and 8,124 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 (1.03 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.
7% of working residents work in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township
Where Denville Township clocks in
7% 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.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Denville Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Denville Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,140 commuters (the 30% 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.
What Denville Township’s employers do
8,789 jobs are based in Denville Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Denville Township, 2013 → 2023: 8,708 → 8,789. 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 Denville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Denville Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Denville Township is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Denville Township is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #269 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Denville Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,719 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 27% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% 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). 5.0% of Denville Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Denville Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Denville Township places 190th of 2,103 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 12,000 to 24,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 21 | Hanover Township NJ | 15,105 | $157K | 3.2% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | East Greenwich Township NJ | 12,610 | $149K | 2.0% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Berkeley Heights Township NJ | 15,140 | $205K | 1.9% | 3.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 188 | Lino Lakes MN | 23,220 | $127K | 2.7% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| 189 | Worthington OH | 14,543 | $127K | 3.2% | 3.9% | 7% | A |
| 190 | Denville Township NJ | 17,424 | $161K | 1.9% | 4.8% | 8% | A |
| 191 | Riviera Beach MD | 12,192 | $113K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A |
| 192 | Frankfort IL | 21,365 | $154K | 3.2% | 4.1% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,103 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Denville Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
The towns around Denville Township
The biggest share goes to Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Denville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denville Township | – | A | A | 30 min | $160,817 |
| Rockaway Township | 2% | A | B+ | 30 min | $141,868 |
| White Meadow Lake | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Rockaway | under 2% | A− | A | 24 min | $107,053 |
| Boonton Township | under 2% | A | B− | 26 min | $192,188 |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 7% | A | A | 28 min | $112,327 |
| Morris Township | under 2% | A | A | 29 min | $204,951 |
Same-state neighbors only. White Meadow Lake: 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 Denville 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 Denville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Denville Township?
$160,817 (±$17,322) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Denville Township?
1.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Denville Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Denville Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (7%, 4 mi), New York City (5%, 33 mi), Morristown (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Denville Township walkable?
Denville Township is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Denville Township without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Denville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Denville 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.