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Lawrence Township has 285 jobs for 1,425 working residents. Jobs and income earn Lawrence Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C. For 7% of workers, the job is at home (New Jersey 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Lawrence Township
Inside Lawrence Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lawrence Township is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #407 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income holds Lawrence Township’s grade up ($85,515, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lawrence Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
Who works in Lawrence Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,351 residents head out to work, 74 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Lawrence Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
18% of working residents work in Vineland
Where Lawrence Township clocks in
18% of workers
12% of workers
7% 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.
50% of the jobs in Lawrence Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lawrence Township, 2013 → 2023: 366 → 285. 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 Lawrence Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for Lawrence Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lawrence Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,429 commuters (the 7% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Lawrence Township
About 17% 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.
Few in Lawrence Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lawrence Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns, #457 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,536 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). 5.5% of Lawrence Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lawrence Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lawrence Township next to U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300: 2,337th of 4,698 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,335 | Rock Rapids IA | 2,733 | $64K | 6.5% | 3.8% | 38% | B− |
| 2,336 | Algona WA | 3,253 | $85K | 12.1% | 9.4% | 1% | B− |
| 2,337 | Lawrence Township NJ | 3,167 | $86K | 8.0% | 5.2% | 5% | B− |
| 2,338 | Pierrepont NY | 2,525 | $93K | 4.8% | 5.2% | 2% | B− |
| 2,339 | Jackson Township OH | 2,786 | $75K | 19.2% | 0.5% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | 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 Lawrence Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Bordering towns draw 14% of Lawrence Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Millville (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lawrence Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Township | – | B− | C | 28 min | $85,515 |
| Downe Township | under 2% | C | D− | 32 min | $67,708 |
| Fairfield Township | 2% | C | C+ | 25 min | $60,929 |
| Millville | 12% | C+ | A | 25 min | $70,275 |
| Newport | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Money Island | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Newport and Money Island: 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lawrence Township?
$85,515 (±$22,015) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lawrence Township?
8.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lawrence Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lawrence Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vineland (18%, 14 mi), Millville (12%, 8 mi), Bridgeton (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lawrence Township walkable?
Lawrence Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lawrence Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lawrence Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lawrence 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.