Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Holmdel Township are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
2.8% of residents live below the poverty line, where New Jersey as a whole has 9.7%. Jobs and income earn Holmdel Township A; getting around on foot earns it A. For 30% of workers, the job is at home, where New Jersey as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Holmdel Township and work: the main findings
Holmdel Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Holmdel Township went from 7,380 in 2013 to 13,318 in 2023, +80%. The jobs ↓
Holmdel Township is where the jobs are
Holmdel Township has 13,318 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Holmdel Township draws workers from far and wide
The 13,318 jobs in Holmdel Township are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 27%; the other 69% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A lot of Holmdel Township works from home
30% of Holmdel Township workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Holmdel Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Holmdel Township is New York City, NY, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (1,248) 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Holmdel Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Holmdel Township is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #127 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income holds Holmdel Township’s grade up ($165,013, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Holmdel Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
13,318 jobs are based in Holmdel Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holmdel Township, 2013 → 2023: 7,380 → 13,318. 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 Holmdel Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Holmdel Township by day
On a workday 6,526 residents head out to work, 599 work right here, and 12,719 people come in from elsewhere.
About 24,000 people are in Holmdel Township on a workday afternoon, 35% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Commuting in to Holmdel Township: where workers come from
Where Holmdel Township clocks in
18% 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 38 minutes each way, longer than most of New Jersey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holmdel Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,619 commuters (the 29% 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.
Where in the region Holmdel 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.
Holmdel Township is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Holmdel Township is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #255 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 19.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 7.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,968 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). 5.2% of Holmdel Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 17% of Holmdel Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Holmdel Township ranks: 362nd of 2,103 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 24,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 21 | Hanover Township NJ | 15,105 | $157K | 3.2% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | East Greenwich Township NJ | 12,610 | $149K | 2.0% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Berkeley Heights Township NJ | 15,140 | $205K | 1.9% | 3.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 360 | Sugar Grove Township IL | 21,157 | $125K | 4.9% | 3.6% | 4% | A |
| 361 | Springfield Township NJ | 18,342 | $156K | 5.7% | 4.8% | 5% | A |
| 362 | Holmdel Township NJ | 17,535 | $165K | 2.8% | 5.5% | 8% | A |
| 363 | Mantua Township NJ | 15,582 | $122K | 3.4% | 4.8% | 7% | A |
| 364 | Brunswick NY | 12,626 | $107K | 2.8% | 3.1% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,103 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Holmdel Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Next door to Holmdel Township
The biggest share goes to Middletown Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Holmdel Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmdel Township | – | A | A | 38 min | $165,013 |
| Marlboro Township | under 2% | A+ | A | 41 min | $186,292 |
| Colts Neck Township | under 2% | A | A− | 33 min | $199,573 |
| Hazlet Township | 2% | A | A | 32 min | $122,020 |
| Middletown Township | 4% | A− | A | 35 min | $141,810 |
| Lincroft | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Aberdeen Township | under 2% | A | A+ | 33 min | $121,795 |
| Strathmore | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lincroft and Strathmore: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Holmdel 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 Holmdel Township: questions
What is the median household income in Holmdel Township?
$165,013 (±$25,556) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holmdel Township?
2.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holmdel Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holmdel Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (18%, 23 mi), Middletown Township (4%, 6 mi), Jersey City (3%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holmdel Township walkable?
Holmdel Township is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 19% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holmdel Township without a car?
17% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holmdel Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holmdel 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.