Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Harding Township are among the highest of any U.S. town
Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. 3.3% of residents are in poverty, where New Jersey as a whole has 9.7%. For jobs and income Harding Township is among the top U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Harding Township: the figures worth knowing
Harding Township trades workers with the towns around it
Harding Township has about as many jobs (1,570) as working residents (1,525), but they are mostly different people: 1,467 residents leave for work each day while 1,512 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Harding Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
77% of Harding Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 76% of the jobs based in Harding Township. The jobs ↓
Harding Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Harding Township is New York City, NY, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (196) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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’s behind Harding Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Harding Township is among the top U.S. towns, #10 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income is its strongest input ($222,429, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Harding Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
How many people are in Harding Township by day
On a workday 1,467 residents head out to work, 58 work right here, and 1,512 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 (1.03 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Harding Township
1,570 jobs are based in Harding Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harding Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,838 → 1,570. 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 Harding Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Harding Township works
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.
13% of working residents work in New York City
Where Harding Township clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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.
Getting to work from Harding Township takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harding Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,404 commuters (the 17% 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.
In Harding Township, walking beats the bus
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 14.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 7.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,689 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 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% 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). 1.1% of Harding Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 14% of Harding Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Harding Township next to U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,300: 38th of 4,084 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Mountain Lakes NJ | 4,649 | $250K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Empire MN | 3,063 | $148K | 1.9% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| 37 | Aubry Township KS | 4,719 | $134K | 0.7% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 38 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 39 | Stepping Stone CO | 3,137 | $224K | 0.0% | 2.5% | <1% | A+ |
| 40 | Naval Academy MD | 3,006 | $122K | 1.5% | 4.4% | 0% | A+ |
| 41 | Haworth NJ | 3,422 | $237K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,084 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Harding Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work in the towns next to Harding Township
The biggest share goes to Bernards Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harding Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harding Township | – | A+ | A− | 32 min | $222,429 |
| Bernards Township | 2% | A | B+ | 33 min | $194,107 |
| Basking Ridge | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Morris Township | under 3% | A | A | 29 min | $204,951 |
| Bernardsville | under 3% | A+ | A | 28 min | $236,115 |
| Chatham Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Green Village | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Long Hill Township | under 3% | A− | A− | 27 min | $169,079 |
Same-state neighbors only. Basking Ridge and Green Village: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Chatham Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Harding 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 Harding Township: questions
What is the median household income in Harding Township?
$222,429 (±$54,836) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harding Township?
3.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harding Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harding Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (13%, 30 mi), Morristown (5%, 4 mi), Jersey City (3%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harding Township walkable?
Harding Township is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harding Township without a car?
14% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harding Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harding 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.