Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Hope Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 173 jobs in Hope Township; 810 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Hope Township B+; getting around on foot earns it B+. Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hope Township at work: what stands out
Fewer jobs are based in Hope Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Hope Township fell from 426 in 2013 to 173 in 2023, −59%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Hope Township is a place people come home to
There are 173 jobs based in Hope Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hope Township has about 1,200 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 810 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Hope Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hope Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($105,625, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.7%, U.S. 12.5%). 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, Hope Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
What Hope Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hope Township, 2013 → 2023: 426 → 173. 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 Hope Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Hope Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 800 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Hope Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
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 Hope Township goes to work
Where Hope Township clocks in
4% of workers
3% 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 Hope Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 865 commuters (the 13% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Hope Township
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.
Driving is how Hope Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hope Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 993 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). 3.9% of Hope Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hope Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hope Township is 1,083rd of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Alpine NJ | 1,759 | $247K | 6.2% | 6.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Oldmans Township NJ | 1,954 | $113K | 3.2% | 11.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,081 | Elmwood Township IL | 2,454 | $91K | 8.7% | 2.0% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,082 | Paynesville Township MN | 1,494 | $104K | 4.7% | 0.5% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,083 | Hope Township NJ | 1,875 | $106K | 8.7% | 3.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,084 | Mountain View CA | 2,418 | $94K | 11.0% | 3.9% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,085 | Aurdal Township MN | 1,564 | $123K | 3.8% | 1.4% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | 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 Hope Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Hope Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Blairstown Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hope Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Township | – | B+ | B+ | 35 min | $105,625 |
| Blairstown Township | 3% | B+ | B | 36 min | $124,231 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 37 min | $120,494 |
| Knowlton Township | 3% | B+ | C | 33 min | $97,734 |
| White Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 33 min | $75,726 |
| Frelinghuysen Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 33 min | $122,727 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hope 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 Hope Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hope Township?
$105,625 (±$17,645) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hope Township?
8.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hope Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hope Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hackettstown (4%, 9 mi), Knowlton Township (3%, 5 mi), Blairstown Township (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hope Township walkable?
Hope Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hope Township without a car?
1% 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 Hope Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hope 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.