Photo: User:KLOTZPLATE JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Haworth ranks among the highest-earning U.S. towns by household income
The two grades for Haworth are A+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. 3.7% of residents are in poverty, where New Jersey as a whole has 9.7%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Haworth apart on work
A lot of Haworth workers cross into New York
23% of Haworth workers work outside New Jersey, most of them in New York, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
A lot of Haworth works from home
31% of Haworth workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
One in three of Haworth works in New York City
571 working residents, 33%, have their main job in New York City, NY, 21 miles away. That’s 11 times as many as work in Haworth itself. The commute map ↓
Three in four Haworth workers earn over $40,000 a year
79% of Haworth’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. The jobs ↓
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 Haworth earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Haworth is among the top U.S. towns, #11 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car is its strongest input (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Haworth could be anywhere from A to A+.
33% of working residents work in New York City
Where Haworth clocks in
33% 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.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of New Jersey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Haworth workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,107 commuters (the 31% 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.
68% of the jobs in Haworth pay over $3,333 a month
888 jobs are based in Haworth.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Haworth, 2014 → 2024: 688 → 888. 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 Haworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Haworth quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,671 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 828 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Haworth on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.51 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 2024, primary jobs.
How many miles Haworth commutes
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.
Haworth is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,602 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 10.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 94% 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). 3.7% of Haworth households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 9% of Haworth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600, Haworth ranks 38th of 4,402 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 36 | Stepping Stone CO | 3,137 | $224K | 0.0% | 2.5% | 1% | A+ |
| 37 | Naval Academy MD | 3,006 | $122K | 1.5% | 4.4% | 0% | A+ |
| 38 | Haworth NJ | 3,422 | $237K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
| 39 | Bunker Hill Village TX | 3,896 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 40 | Andover CT | 3,173 | $135K | 1.8% | 0.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Haworth, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
The towns around Haworth
The biggest share goes to Closter (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Haworth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haworth | – | A+ | A+ | 35 min | $236,765 |
| Emerson | under 2% | A | A+ | 31 min | $155,536 |
| Oradell | under 2% | A+ | A+ | 32 min | $221,322 |
| Closter | 2% | A | A | 33 min | $190,469 |
| Demarest | under 2% | A | A− | 43 min | $208,036 |
| Dumont | under 2% | A | A+ | 33 min | $126,071 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Haworth’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 Haworth: questions
What is the median household income in Haworth?
$236,765 (±$20,085) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Haworth?
3.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Haworth?
35 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Haworth work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (33%, 21 mi), Englewood (4%, 5 mi), Paramus (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Haworth walkable?
Haworth is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.7 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Haworth without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Haworth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Haworth
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.