Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Haddon Heights’ household incomes are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.8 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 43.7 in Jersey City. Below the poverty line: 2.5% of residents, next to 9.7% for New Jersey as a whole. Jobs and income earn Haddon Heights A; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Haddon Heights apart
A lot of Haddon Heights works from home
29% of Haddon Heights workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Haddon Heights 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. Time on the road ↓
Most Haddon Heights residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Haddon Heights
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Haddon Heights is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #75 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Haddon Heights’ grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Haddon Heights could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The trip to work from Haddon Heights: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Haddon Heights workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,913 commuters (the 29% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Haddon Heights
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.
How a workday changes Haddon Heights
On a workday 3,604 residents head out to work, 211 work right here, and 2,035 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,000 people are in Haddon Heights on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
17% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Haddon Heights clocks in
17% 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.
In Haddon Heights, services account for most jobs
2,246 jobs are based in Haddon Heights.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Haddon Heights, 2013 → 2023: 1,816 → 2,246. 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 Haddon Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Haddon Heights, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Haddon Heights is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #164 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Haddon Heights 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 4,081 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 81% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 39% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 74% 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). 6.1% of Haddon Heights households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Haddon Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,111 U.S. towns of 5,300 to 10,300, Haddon Heights comes 268th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 266 | West Dundee IL | 8,570 | $105K | 3.3% | 3.3% | 2% | A |
| 267 | Jamesburg NJ | 5,819 | $111K | 2.8% | 3.5% | 5% | A |
| 268 | Haddon Heights NJ | 7,609 | $133K | 2.5% | 4.5% | 6% | A |
| 269 | Chatham NJ | 10,027 | $242K | 2.2% | 5.2% | 5% | A |
| 270 | Fairlawn OH | 7,815 | $97K | 4.1% | 2.2% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,111 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Haddon Heights, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Haddon Heights and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Haddonfield (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Haddon Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haddon Heights | – | A | A | 24 min | $133,125 |
| Barrington | under 3% | A− | A | 27 min | $87,290 |
| Bellmawr | under 3% | B+ | A | 24 min | $76,654 |
| Haddonfield | 2% | A+ | A+ | 30 min | $200,400 |
| Mount Ephraim | under 3% | B | A | 23 min | $79,804 |
| Audubon | under 3% | A | A+ | 26 min | $115,789 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Haddon Heights’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 Haddon Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Haddon Heights?
$133,125 (±$14,722) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Haddon Heights?
2.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Haddon Heights?
24 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Haddon Heights work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (17%, 10 mi), Cherry Hill Township (6%, 4 mi), Camden (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Haddon Heights walkable?
Haddon Heights is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.3 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Haddon Heights without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 39% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Haddon Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Haddon Heights
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.