Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Most of Knowlton Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Knowlton Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. There are 442 jobs in Knowlton Township; 1,240 of its residents have a job. Measured by household income, Knowlton Township is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Knowlton Township: the figures worth knowing
Why Knowlton Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Knowlton Township is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #333 of 468 in New Jersey. The poverty rate holds Knowlton Township’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (7.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Knowlton Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Jobs in Knowlton Township: what the 442 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Knowlton Township, 2013 → 2023: 394 → 442. 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 Knowlton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Knowlton Township
On a workday 1,201 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 403 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Knowlton Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 Knowlton Township goes to work
Where Knowlton Township clocks in
3% 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.
Commuting from Knowlton Township: about 33 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Knowlton Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,149 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Knowlton Township
About 20% 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.
Getting around Knowlton Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Knowlton Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns, #444 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Knowlton Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,327 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). 3.2% of Knowlton Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Knowlton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Knowlton Township is 1,440th of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 30 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Haworth NJ | 3,422 | $237K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,438 | Mount Penn PA | 3,269 | $64K | 14.6% | 1.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,439 | Freemansburg PA | 3,003 | $89K | 10.4% | 4.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,440 | Knowlton Township NJ | 2,947 | $98K | 3.5% | 7.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,441 | Somerset Township PA | 2,538 | $76K | 4.4% | 4.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,442 | Freedom Township PA | 2,933 | $75K | 8.5% | 1.8% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Knowlton Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Knowlton Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Blairstown Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Knowlton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowlton Township | – | B+ | C | 33 min | $97,734 |
| Blairstown Township | 2% | B+ | B | 36 min | $124,231 |
| Hope Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 35 min | $105,625 |
| White Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 33 min | $75,726 |
| Hardwick Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 35 min | $124,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Knowlton 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 Knowlton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Knowlton Township?
$97,734 (±$14,970) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Knowlton Township?
3.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Knowlton Township?
33 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 Knowlton Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (3%, 62 mi), Hackettstown (3%, 13 mi), Mount Olive Township (3%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Knowlton Township walkable?
Knowlton Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Knowlton Township without a car?
<1% 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 Knowlton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Knowlton 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.