Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Frenchtown has 0.7 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income A−: better than 77% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability A: more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 75% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 31 minutes each way (New Jersey 31, U.S. 26). Only 4% work in Frenchtown; the top destination outside it is Raritan Township (10%, 8 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.0 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Frenchtown’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Frenchtown is better than 77% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($97,917, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (6.8%) is left out: Frenchtown’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Frenchtown could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Frenchtown quiets down on a workday
On a workday 642 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 445 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Frenchtown on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.70 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.
10% of working residents work in Raritan Township
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Frenchtown clocks in
10% of workers
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 469 jobs in Frenchtown are
469 jobs are based in Frenchtown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Frenchtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frenchtown, 2013 → 2023: 497 → 469. 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.
About 31 minutes each way, about the NJ average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frenchtown workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 687 commuters (the 20% 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.
Half of Frenchtown commutes less than 23 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Frenchtown is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Frenchtown is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Frenchtown 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 860 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 0.0 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). 4.9% of Frenchtown households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Frenchtown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Frenchtown is 696th of 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Frenchtown, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Alpine NJ | 1,759 | $247K | 6.2% | 6.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Oldmans Township NJ | 1,954 | $113K | 3.2% | 11.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 694 | Hardwick Township NJ | 1,635 | $125K | 5.3% | 7.8% | 2% | A− |
| 695 | Cooperstown WI | 1,292 | $88K | 4.5% | 2.7% | 1% | A− |
| 696 | Frenchtown NJ | 1,500 | $98K | 8.7% | 6.8% | 4% | A− |
| 697 | West Easton PA | 1,250 | $81K | 7.2% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| 698 | Moscow PA | 1,996 | $82K | 4.9% | 4.4% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
Frenchtown and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Kingwood Township (5%). Darker towns draw more of Frenchtown’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Frenchtown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchtown | – | A− | A | 31 min | $97,917 |
| Alexandria Township | 2% | B | D | 44 min | $160,354 |
| Kingwood Township | 5% | A | B | 29 min | $135,129 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Frenchtown: questions
What is the median household income in Frenchtown?
$97,917 (±$31,400) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frenchtown?
8.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frenchtown?
31 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frenchtown work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raritan Township (10%, 8 mi), Kingwood Township (5%, 3 mi), New York City (4%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Frenchtown walkable?
Frenchtown is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Frenchtown without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Frenchtown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frenchtown
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.