Photo: Photographed by Daniel Case 2006-07-26 · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Flemington (1.2%) than in 93% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in Flemington for work; outside it, Raritan Township is the main destination (15%, 3 miles). Flemington grades B+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers, against 17% across New Jersey.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Flemington, in brief
Flemington is where the jobs are
Flemington has 3,942 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Flemington and Raritan Township trade workers both ways
Raritan Township is the top workplace for Flemington residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Flemington come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Flemington are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Flemington works from home
26% of Flemington workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. 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.
The figures behind Flemington’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Flemington is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #303 of 468 in New Jersey. Unemployment holds Flemington’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (11.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Flemington could be anywhere from B− to A.
Flemington fills up on a workday
On a workday 2,071 residents head out to work, 182 work right here, and 3,760 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,500 people are in Flemington on a workday afternoon, 35% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 into Flemington
Where Flemington clocks in
15% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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 Flemington: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flemington workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,025 commuters (the 25% 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 Flemington’s employers do
3,942 jobs are based in Flemington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flemington, 2013 → 2023: 3,867 → 3,942. 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 Flemington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Flemington commutes less than 19 miles
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.
In Flemington, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Flemington is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #159 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Flemington 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 2,717 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). 6.6% of Flemington households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Flemington’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Flemington is 1,219th of 3,840 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,600
| # | 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 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 6 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,217 | Carlyle Township IL | 3,778 | $88K | 6.6% | 2.1% | 17% | B+ |
| 1,218 | Breese IL | 4,602 | $85K | 4.2% | 3.8% | 20% | B+ |
| 1,219 | Flemington NJ | 4,856 | $70K | 11.8% | 1.2% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,220 | West Salem WI | 5,288 | $97K | 8.6% | 3.3% | 15% | B+ |
| 1,221 | Hainesville IL | 3,501 | $130K | 16.1% | 4.1% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,840 | 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 Flemington, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
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 Flemington: questions
What is the median household income in Flemington?
$69,978 (±$19,622) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flemington?
11.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flemington?
23 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flemington work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raritan Township (15%, 3 mi), New York City (5%, 50 mi), Bridgewater Township (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Flemington walkable?
Flemington is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 11.6 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Flemington without a car?
1% 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 Flemington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flemington
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.