Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Kingwood Township has higher household incomes than 93% of U.S. towns
Only 4% stay in Kingwood Township for work; outside it, Raritan Township is the main destination (10%, 7 miles). Poverty touches 3.3% of residents (New Jersey 9.7%). For jobs and income Kingwood Township is better than 90% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Kingwood Township apart
Kingwood Township makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Kingwood Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Kingwood Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Kingwood Township empties out on a workday
About 2,500 people are in Kingwood Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than the 3,900 who live here: 1,800 head out to work and 530 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Where Kingwood Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income is its strongest input ($135,129, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns). 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, Kingwood Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
In Kingwood Township, 37% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
601 jobs are based in Kingwood Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kingwood Township, 2014 → 2024: 606 → 601. 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 Kingwood Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Kingwood Township
On a workday 1,846 residents head out to work, 72 work right here, and 529 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Kingwood Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.31 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.
Where Kingwood Township’s working residents head each day
Where Kingwood Township clocks in
10% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
The daily trip from Kingwood Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kingwood Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,766 commuters (the 16% 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 Kingwood Township
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.
The commute in Kingwood Township is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,110 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). 1.1% of Kingwood Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kingwood Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200, Kingwood Township ranks 398th of 4,264 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | 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+ |
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| 18 | Mountain Lakes NJ | 4,649 | $250K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 396 | Summit Township IL | 3,723 | $111K | 2.7% | 0.1% | 3% | A |
| 397 | Township 7 NE | 2,760 | $93K | 5.3% | 0.3% | 6% | A |
| 398 | Kingwood Township NJ | 3,864 | $135K | 3.3% | 3.2% | 4% | A |
| 399 | Jackson Township PA | 4,568 | $122K | 4.0% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| 400 | Richmond VT | 4,103 | $108K | 4.2% | 1.0% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | 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 Kingwood Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Around Kingwood Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kingwood Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingwood Township | – | A | B | 29 min | $135,129 |
| Delaware Township | under 2% | A+ | B | 33 min | $194,219 |
| Frenchtown | 4% | A− | A | 31 min | $97,917 |
| Alexandria Township | under 2% | B | D | 44 min | $160,354 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | A+ | B | 31 min | $161,169 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Frenchtown. Darker towns draw more of Kingwood 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 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 Kingwood Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kingwood Township?
$135,129 (±$15,558) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kingwood Township?
3.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kingwood Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kingwood Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raritan Township (10%, 7 mi), Frenchtown (4%, 3 mi), Flemington (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kingwood Township walkable?
Kingwood Township is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kingwood Township without a car?
0% 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 Kingwood Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kingwood Township
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.