Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Unemployment in Ewing Township (6.9%) is higher than in 82% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City. For jobs and income Ewing Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (A). About one in ten work in Ewing Township; the top destination outside it is Trenton (15%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Ewing Township stands out on work
Ewing Township draws workers from far and wide
The 22,568 jobs in Ewing Township are filled from a wide area. Ewing Township’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 23%; the other 70% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Ewing Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker, and quicker than any town next door (27 to 29 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Ewing Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Ewing Township fell from 31,654 in 2013 to 22,568 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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.
Where Ewing Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Ewing Township’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ewing Township could be anywhere from B− to B+.
Where the trip to work from Ewing Township ends
Where Ewing Township clocks in
15% of workers
6% 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 daily trip from Ewing Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ewing Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14,844 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
22,568 jobs are based in Ewing Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ewing Township, 2013 → 2023: 31,654 → 22,568. 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 Ewing Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Ewing Township
On a workday 16,311 residents head out to work, 1,487 work right here, and 21,081 people come in from elsewhere.
About 44,000 people are in Ewing Township on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 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.
How far it is to work from Ewing 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.
Ewing Township is easy on foot, hard by bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 17,267 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 90% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 31% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 83% 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). 6.4% of Ewing Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Ewing Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Ewing Township is 703rd of 1,135 U.S. towns of 27,000 to 53,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
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| 17 | Westfield NJ | 32,595 | $233K | 1.8% | 3.6% | 7% | A+ |
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| 53 | Livingston Township NJ | 32,223 | $230K | 2.3% | 4.3% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Marlboro Township NJ | 42,254 | $186K | 3.5% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 701 | Woodlawn MD | 40,379 | $82K | 11.6% | 6.1% | 6% | B |
| 702 | Garner NC | 41,562 | $79K | 8.4% | 6.2% | 8% | B |
| 703 | Ewing Township NJ | 39,030 | $91K | 11.9% | 6.9% | 8% | B |
| 704 | Lochearn MD | 27,074 | $75K | 9.8% | 5.9% | 1% | B |
| 705 | Reynoldsburg OH | 43,350 | $73K | 12.0% | 4.7% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,135 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Ewing Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
The towns next door employ 22% of Ewing Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ewing Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ewing Township | – | B | A | 24 min | $91,267 |
| Hopewell Township | 3% | A | B | 29 min | $178,167 |
| Lawrence Township | 4% | A− | A+ | 29 min | $130,142 |
| Trenton | 15% | C− | A+ | 27 min | $52,537 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Trenton. Darker towns draw more of Ewing 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 Ewing Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ewing Township?
$91,267 (±$5,965) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ewing Township?
11.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ewing Township?
24 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 Ewing Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Trenton (15%, 3 mi), Hamilton Township (6%, 8 mi), New York City (5%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ewing Township walkable?
Ewing Township is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.6 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ewing Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 31% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ewing Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ewing 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.