Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Lambertville commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
There are 1,003 jobs in Lambertville for 1,896 working residents. Jobs and income earn Lambertville A−; getting around on foot earns it A. Measured by household income, Lambertville is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Lambertville in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside Lambertville
74% of Lambertville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 50% of the jobs based in Lambertville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
A lot of Lambertville works from home
28% of Lambertville workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Lambertville’s workforce skews older
37% of Lambertville’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
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.
Lambertville’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lambertville is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #234 of 468 in New Jersey. The poverty rate holds Lambertville’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.1%, 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, Lambertville could be anywhere from B to A+.
Lambertville is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lambertville, 2013 → 2023: 1,285 → 1,003. 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 Lambertville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Lambertville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lambertville workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,794 commuters (the 27% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Lambertville
On a workday 1,757 residents head out to work, 139 work right here, and 864 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Lambertville on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
6% of working residents work in Trenton
Where Lambertville clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
How far Lambertville goes to work
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.
Lambertville 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, Lambertville is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns, #227 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Lambertville 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 2,474 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). 8.9% of Lambertville households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Lambertville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,700, Lambertville ranks 806th of 4,195 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Mountain Lakes NJ | 4,649 | $250K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 804 | Berlin Township OH | 4,646 | $94K | 7.5% | 0.0% | 19% | A− |
| 805 | Reliez Valley CA | 3,173 | $250K | 5.3% | 6.9% | 1% | A− |
| 806 | Lambertville NJ | 4,198 | $110K | 3.1% | 6.1% | 7% | A− |
| 807 | Lincoln ND | 4,493 | $88K | 5.6% | 1.1% | 1% | A− |
| 808 | Rothschild WI | 5,627 | $88K | 8.4% | 0.3% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,195 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Lambertville, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
How Lambertville compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to New Hope (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lambertville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambertville | – | A− | A | 31 min | $109,733 |
| West Amwell Township | 3% | A+ | B− | 26 min | $151,250 |
| Delaware Township | under 3% | A+ | B | 33 min | $194,219 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lambertville’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 Lambertville: questions
What is the median household income in Lambertville?
$109,733 (±$24,846) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lambertville?
3.1%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lambertville?
31 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lambertville work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Trenton (6%, 14 mi), Princeton (5%, 15 mi), New Hope (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lambertville walkable?
Lambertville is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lambertville without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lambertville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lambertville
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.