Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Pennsylvania, USA · CC BY 2.0Households in Fredon Township have higher incomes than those in 94% of U.S. towns
Only 6% work in Fredon Township; the top destination outside it is Newton (7%, 4 miles). Below the poverty line: 6.5% of residents, where New Jersey as a whole has 9.7%. The two grades for Fredon Township are A− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fredon Township, in a few figures
How Fredon Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fredon Township is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #223 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income is its strongest input ($142,903, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fredon Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Time on the road from Fredon Township: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fredon Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,310 commuters (the 16% 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 people are in Fredon Township by day
On a workday 1,549 residents head out to work, 100 work right here, and 895 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Fredon Township on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
Where the trip to work from Fredon Township ends
Where Fredon Township clocks in
7% of workers
3% 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.
Jobs in Fredon Township: what the 995 are
995 jobs are based in Fredon Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fredon Township, 2013 → 2023: 790 → 995. 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 Fredon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Fredon Township’s workers travel
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.
Getting around Fredon Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fredon Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #403 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 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,566 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.7% of Fredon Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Fredon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500, Fredon Township comes 737th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 5 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Haworth NJ | 3,422 | $237K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 735 | Newport SC | 4,121 | $110K | 14.1% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 736 | Apison TN | 4,271 | $129K | 12.4% | 1.0% | 6% | A− |
| 737 | Fredon Township NJ | 3,332 | $143K | 6.5% | 3.2% | 6% | A− |
| 738 | County Center VA | 3,789 | $152K | 5.1% | 6.0% | 3% | A− |
| 739 | Dalton Gardens ID | 2,496 | $80K | 4.6% | 1.1% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | 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 Fredon Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
12% of Fredon Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fredon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fredon Township | – | A− | B | 37 min | $142,903 |
| Stillwater Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 36 min | $123,134 |
| Hampton Township | 3% | B | C+ | 31 min | $109,676 |
| Newton | 7% | C | B | 26 min | $76,221 |
| Andover Township | 2% | A | B− | 36 min | $142,225 |
| Green Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 30 min | $141,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Newton. Darker towns draw more of Fredon 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 Fredon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fredon Township?
$142,903 (±$21,029) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fredon Township?
6.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fredon Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fredon Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newton (7%, 4 mi), New York City (3%, 52 mi), Sparta Township (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fredon Township walkable?
Fredon Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fredon Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fredon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fredon 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.