Photo: Eva and Rodney Hargis · CC BY-SA 2.0Hamilton Township’s household incomes are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 6.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey. Jobs and income earn Hamilton Township B+; getting around on foot earns it A−. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 5.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 43.7 in Jersey City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Hamilton Township
Hamilton Township trades workers with the towns around it
Hamilton Township has about as many jobs (38,023) as working residents (43,213), but they are mostly different people: 36,119 residents leave for work each day while 30,929 people come in. Only 19% of the jobs in Hamilton Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Hamilton Township draws workers from far and wide
The 38,023 jobs in Hamilton Township are filled from a wide area. Hamilton Township’s own residents hold 19% and the ten next-biggest home towns 20%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Hamilton Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Hamilton Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hamilton Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #284 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Hamilton Township’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, 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, Hamilton Township could be anywhere from B+ to A−.
Who works in Hamilton Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 36,119 residents head out to work, 7,094 work right here, and 30,929 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Trenton
Where Hamilton Township clocks in
13% 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.
Time on the road from Hamilton Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hamilton Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 40,241 commuters (the 13% 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.
The kinds of work in Hamilton Township
38,023 jobs are based in Hamilton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hamilton Township, 2014 → 2024: 33,738 → 38,023. 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 Hamilton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Hamilton Township, by distance
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.
In Hamilton Township, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hamilton Township is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns, #303 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 13.2% across New Jersey.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 46,184 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, 25% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 84% 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). 7.2% of Hamilton Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Hamilton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hamilton Township is 158th among 473 U.S. towns of 66,000 to 127,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| 3 | Bethesda MD | 69,397 | $192K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Franklin Township NJ | 69,105 | $125K | 5.9% | 5.1% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Edison Township NJ | 109,077 | $125K | 4.7% | 6.2% | 15% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Middletown Township NJ | 67,135 | $142K | 4.2% | 5.8% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Lawrence KS | 96,367 | $65K | 17.4% | 4.4% | 51% | B+ |
| 157 | Brick Township NJ | 77,402 | $106K | 5.1% | 6.2% | 15% | B+ |
| 158 | Hamilton Township NJ | 94,157 | $101K | 6.7% | 5.9% | 16% | B+ |
| 159 | Bloomingdale Township IL | 111,039 | $99K | 8.0% | 5.7% | 14% | B+ |
| 160 | Marysville WA | 77,686 | $104K | 8.1% | 3.9% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 473 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 50% | 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 Hamilton Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
17% of Hamilton Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Trenton (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hamilton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Township | – | B+ | A− | 25 min | $100,771 |
| Chesterfield Township | under 3% | A+ | B | 33 min | $208,836 |
| Bordentown Township | under 3% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $109,832 |
| Crosswicks | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Lawrence Township | 4% | A− | A+ | 29 min | $130,142 |
| North Hanover Township | under 3% | B | B | 24 min | $86,683 |
| Trenton | 13% | C− | A+ | 27 min | $52,537 |
| Bordentown | under 3% | A− | A | 24 min | $103,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Crosswicks: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hamilton 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 Hamilton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hamilton Township?
$100,771 (±$3,960) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hamilton Township?
6.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hamilton Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hamilton Township work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Trenton (13%, 5 mi), Lawrence Township (4%, 7 mi), Ewing Township (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hamilton Township walkable?
Hamilton Township is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hamilton Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 25% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hamilton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hamilton 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.