Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Elk Township’s household incomes are higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
8% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for New Jersey as a whole. 3.9% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.7% across New Jersey. The two grades for Elk Township are A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Elk Township, in a few figures
Elk Township makes and builds things
65% of the jobs based in Elk Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Elk Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates Elk Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Philadelphia, PA, gets only 6% of working residents, and 61% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Elk Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Elk Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Elk Township went from 605 in 2013 to 903 in 2023, +49%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Elk Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Elk Township is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #214 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income holds Elk Township’s grade up ($141,382, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Elk Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Factories, building and farms: 65% of the jobs in Elk Township
903 jobs are based in Elk Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elk Township, 2013 → 2023: 605 → 903. 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 Elk Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
6% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Elk Township clocks in
6% 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.
Who commutes out of Elk Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,095 residents head out to work, 112 work right here, and 791 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Elk Township on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.41 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.
The daily trip from Elk Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elk Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,978 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.
The commute from Elk Township, by distance
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 Elk Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Elk Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #434 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,156 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% 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). 7.1% of Elk Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Elk Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Elk Township is 678th of 3,862 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Mountain Lakes NJ | 4,649 | $250K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 676 | Blair Township PA | 4,695 | $85K | 5.8% | 0.4% | 4% | A− |
| 677 | Hope Township MI | 3,218 | $99K | 5.6% | 0.9% | 4% | A− |
| 678 | Elk Township NJ | 4,520 | $141K | 3.9% | 6.3% | 5% | A− |
| 679 | High Ridge MO | 3,714 | $71K | 7.2% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 680 | Deer Park OH | 5,557 | $83K | 9.7% | 1.6% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | 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 Elk Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
The towns next door employ 10% of Elk Township
The biggest share goes to Harrison Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elk Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Township | – | A− | C+ | 28 min | $141,382 |
| Clayton | under 3% | B | A− | 32 min | $90,274 |
| Harrison Township | 4% | A | C+ | 27 min | $165,927 |
| Richwood | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Upper Pittsgrove Township | under 3% | B | A− | 24 min | $85,521 |
| Glassboro | 3% | B− | A+ | 28 min | $87,278 |
| South Harrison Township | under 3% | A− | B− | 34 min | $139,773 |
| Franklin Township | 3% | B+ | C | 29 min | $110,197 |
Same-state neighbors only. Richwood: 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 Elk 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 Elk Township: questions
What is the median household income in Elk Township?
$141,382 (±$22,625) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elk Township?
3.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elk Township?
28 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 Elk Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (6%, 24 mi), Camden (4%, 19 mi), Washington Township (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Elk Township walkable?
Elk Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Elk Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elk Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elk 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.