Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Hardwick Township’s household incomes are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Hardwick Township itself; outside it, Blairstown Township draws the most (7%, 4 miles). 5.3% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.7% across New Jersey. The two grades for Hardwick Township are A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Hardwick Township, in brief
The four measures behind Hardwick Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hardwick Township is better than 77% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Hardwick Township’s grade up ($124,625, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (7.8%) is left out: Hardwick Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hardwick Township could be anywhere from B to A.
In and out of Hardwick Township on a workday
On a workday 676 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Hardwick Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.30 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.
The places Hardwick Township commutes to
Where Hardwick Township clocks in
7% 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.
Jobs in Hardwick Township: what the 207 are
207 jobs are based in Hardwick Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hardwick Township, 2013 → 2023: 219 → 207. 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 Hardwick Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 35 minutes from Hardwick Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hardwick Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 547 commuters (the 18% 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 distance from Hardwick Township to work
About 17% 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.
Few in Hardwick Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hardwick Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 668 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 under 0.1 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). 2.7% of Hardwick Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hardwick Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200, Hardwick Township ranks 829th of 6,161 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Alpine NJ | 1,759 | $247K | 6.2% | 6.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Oldmans Township NJ | 1,954 | $113K | 3.2% | 11.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 827 | Hampden-Sydney VA | 1,769 | $155K | 0.0% | 3.6% | 6% | A− |
| 828 | Bethany Beach DE | 1,104 | $117K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 10% | A− |
| 829 | Hardwick Township NJ | 1,635 | $125K | 5.3% | 7.8% | 2% | A− |
| 830 | Cooperstown WI | 1,292 | $88K | 4.5% | 2.7% | 1% | A− |
| 831 | Vilano Beach FL | 2,188 | $121K | 5.4% | 3.1% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hardwick Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work in the towns next to Hardwick Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hardwick Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardwick Township | – | A− | C+ | 35 min | $124,625 |
| Frelinghuysen Township | 2% | B+ | C | 33 min | $122,727 |
| Marksboro | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Blairstown Township | 7% | B+ | B | 36 min | $124,231 |
| Stillwater Township | under 3% | B+ | C− | 36 min | $123,134 |
| Knowlton Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 33 min | $97,734 |
Same-state neighbors only. Marksboro: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Blairstown Township. Darker towns draw more of Hardwick 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 Hardwick Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hardwick Township?
$124,625 (±$16,159) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hardwick Township?
5.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hardwick Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hardwick Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blairstown Township (7%, 4 mi), Hackettstown (4%, 16 mi), Newton (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hardwick Township walkable?
Hardwick Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hardwick Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hardwick Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hardwick 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.