Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli · CC BY 2.0Households in Frelinghuysen Township have higher incomes than those in 89% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 3.8% of residents, against 9.7% across New Jersey. The two grades for Frelinghuysen Township are B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 4% work in Frelinghuysen Township; the top destination outside it is Blairstown Township (6%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Frelinghuysen Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Frelinghuysen Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Frelinghuysen Township’s grade up ($122,727, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.8%, 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, Frelinghuysen Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Who commutes out of Frelinghuysen Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 912 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 279 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Frelinghuysen Township on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.33 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Frelinghuysen Township commutes to
Where Frelinghuysen Township clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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 Frelinghuysen Township: what the 316 are
316 jobs are based in Frelinghuysen Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frelinghuysen Township, 2014 → 2024: 333 → 316. 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 Frelinghuysen Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Frelinghuysen Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frelinghuysen Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 845 commuters (the 15% 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.
Where in the region Frelinghuysen Township works
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 Frelinghuysen Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Frelinghuysen Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 998 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). 2.3% of Frelinghuysen Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Frelinghuysen Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Frelinghuysen Township is 1,180th among 5,102 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Alpine NJ | 1,759 | $247K | 6.2% | 6.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 56 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,178 | Bellemont AZ | 1,701 | $120K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,179 | Danbury TX | 1,683 | $92K | 9.3% | 6.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,180 | Frelinghuysen Township NJ | 2,239 | $123K | 3.8% | 6.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,181 | Sewanee TN | 2,936 | $136K | 12.0% | 1.0% | 27% | B+ |
| 1,182 | Ault CO | 2,667 | $95K | 4.9% | 4.7% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Frelinghuysen Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Frelinghuysen Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Frelinghuysen Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frelinghuysen Township | – | B+ | C | 33 min | $122,727 |
| Hardwick Township | 2% | A− | C+ | 35 min | $124,625 |
| Blairstown Township | 6% | B+ | B | 36 min | $124,231 |
| Green Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 30 min | $141,875 |
| Allamuchy Township | under 2% | B | B− | 42 min | $131,626 |
| Hope Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 35 min | $105,625 |
| Independence Township | under 2% | A | B+ | 37 min | $92,243 |
| Stillwater Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 36 min | $123,134 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Blairstown Township. Darker towns draw more of Frelinghuysen 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 Frelinghuysen Township: questions
What is the median household income in Frelinghuysen Township?
$122,727 (±$5,830) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frelinghuysen Township?
3.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frelinghuysen Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frelinghuysen Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blairstown Township (6%, 6 mi), Newton (4%, 10 mi), Hackettstown (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Frelinghuysen Township walkable?
Frelinghuysen Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Frelinghuysen Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Frelinghuysen Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frelinghuysen 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.