Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0At 10.8%, unemployment in Hamilton Township is higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Hamilton Township are C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, against 17% across New Jersey. About one in ten work in Hamilton Township itself; outside it, Atlantic City draws the most (19%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs & income in Hamilton Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hamilton Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #420 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Hamilton Township’s grade up (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. 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 C to B.
How a workday changes Hamilton Township
On a workday 11,572 residents head out to work, 1,345 work right here, and 7,457 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25,000 people are in Hamilton Township on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.68 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 people from Hamilton Township work
Where Hamilton Township clocks in
10% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Hamilton Township
8,802 jobs are based in Hamilton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hamilton Township, 2013 → 2023: 9,896 → 8,802. 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 Hamilton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Hamilton Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 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 12,152 commuters (the 8% 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.
Half of Hamilton Township commutes less than 15 miles
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Most trips from Hamilton Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hamilton Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #346 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Hamilton Township 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 13,232 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 41% 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 3.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% 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). 5.0% of Hamilton Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Hamilton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hamilton Township places 1,085th of 1,467 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 20,000 to 39,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
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| 19 | Scotch Plains Township NJ | 25,437 | $184K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Westfield NJ | 32,595 | $233K | 1.8% | 3.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Cranford Township NJ | 24,725 | $156K | 2.5% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,083 | Lansing IL | 28,068 | $76K | 14.0% | 9.8% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,084 | Union Township IN | 25,751 | $64K | 12.3% | 3.5% | 41% | C+ |
| 1,085 | Hamilton Township NJ | 28,845 | $79K | 8.8% | 10.8% | 10% | C+ |
| 1,086 | Massillon OH | 32,168 | $56K | 13.9% | 4.4% | 18% | C+ |
| 1,087 | Drexel Heights AZ | 27,675 | $74K | 14.6% | 5.3% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,467 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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.
Work next door: 16% of Hamilton Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Egg Harbor Township (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hamilton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Township | – | C+ | B+ | 27 min | $78,850 |
| Egg Harbor Township | 10% | B− | B | 23 min | $97,190 |
| Weymouth Township | under 2% | C | D | 33 min | $72,459 |
| Galloway Township | 6% | B− | A− | 24 min | $91,229 |
| Estell Manor | under 2% | A− | D | 31 min | $97,318 |
| Buena Vista Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 38 min | $87,581 |
| Richland | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Mullica Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 32 min | $93,421 |
Same-state neighbors only. Richland: 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 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 Hamilton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hamilton Township?
$78,850 (±$9,058) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hamilton Township?
8.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hamilton Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hamilton Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlantic City (19%, 17 mi), Egg Harbor Township (10%, 10 mi), Galloway Township (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hamilton Township walkable?
Hamilton Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hamilton Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% 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), 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.