Sarah and Samuel Nicholson House · Photo: Smallbones · Public domainMost of Elsinboro Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Elsinboro Township itself; outside it, Salem draws the most (11%, 3 miles). 100 jobs are based in Elsinboro Township for 658 working residents. Elsinboro Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Elsinboro Township, in a few figures
Elsinboro Township is a place people come home to
There are 100 jobs based in Elsinboro Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Elsinboro Township has about 480 people in it, 54% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Elsinboro Township averages 33 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (24 to 30 minutes). Next door ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 658 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Elsinboro Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Elsinboro Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (5.1%) is left out: Elsinboro Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Elsinboro Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Elsinboro Township by day and by night
On a workday 648 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Elsinboro Township on a workday afternoon, 54% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Elsinboro Township’s working residents head each day
Where Elsinboro Township clocks in
11% of workers
10% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Elsinboro Township
100 jobs are based in Elsinboro Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elsinboro Township, 2014 → 2024: 63 → 100. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elsinboro Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of New Jersey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elsinboro Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 324 commuters (the 14% 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.
How many miles Elsinboro Township commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Elsinboro Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Elsinboro Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 377 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). 3.5% of Elsinboro Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Elsinboro Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Elsinboro Township is 475th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 89 | Port Republic NJ | 1,125 | $123K | 1.3% | 9.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | Califon NJ | 1,034 | $128K | 7.5% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 254 | Ship Bottom NJ | 1,126 | $109K | 3.7% | 2.3% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 473 | Osino NV | 1,341 | $93K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 474 | Middleville Township MN | 1,041 | $118K | 6.7% | 3.1% | 1% | B+ |
| 475 | Elsinboro Township NJ | 1,037 | $90K | 9.2% | 5.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 476 | St. George KS | 1,165 | $101K | 5.3% | 1.1% | <1% | B+ |
| 477 | Downs IL | 1,173 | $111K | 10.8% | 1.7% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Elsinboro Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Elsinboro Township and its neighbors: 14% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elsinboro Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elsinboro Township | – | B+ | C− | 33 min | $90,385 |
| Lower Alloways Creek Township | under 2% | B | D− | 30 min | $80,000 |
| Salem | 11% | D | A | 29 min | $38,721 |
| Pennsville Township | 3% | C+ | B | 24 min | $75,097 |
| Quinton Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 30 min | $86,563 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Salem. Darker towns draw more of Elsinboro 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 2024, 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 Elsinboro Township: questions
What is the median household income in Elsinboro Township?
$90,385 (±$14,231) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elsinboro Township?
9.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elsinboro Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elsinboro Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem (11%, 3 mi), Philadelphia (10%, 38 mi), Logan Township (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Elsinboro Township walkable?
Elsinboro Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Elsinboro Township without a car?
0% 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 Elsinboro Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elsinboro Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.