Photo: Dough4872 · CC BY-SA 3.0Logan Township draws 12,842 commuters a day, with 4.3 jobs for every working resident
13,199 jobs are based in Logan Township; 3,094 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Logan Township B; getting around on foot earns it A−. Measured by household income, Logan Township is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Logan Township: the figures worth knowing
Logan Township fills up on a workday
Logan Township has 13,199 jobs, 4.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 16,000 people are in town, more than double the 6,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Logan Township draws workers from far and wide
The 13,199 jobs in Logan Township are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 29%; the other 68% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Logan Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Logan Township went from 8,259 in 2013 to 13,199 in 2023, +60%. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
47% of the jobs in Logan Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The biggest group of Logan Township’s workers comes from Philadelphia
1,079 of the people who work in Logan Township live in Philadelphia, PA, 19 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Logan Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Logan Township is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #337 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Logan Township’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Logan Township could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Who works in Logan Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,737 residents head out to work and 357 work right here.
About 16,000 people are in Logan Township on a workday afternoon, 165% more 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.
The daily trip into Logan Township
Where Logan Township clocks in
9% 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.
Goods, not services: 30% of the jobs in Logan Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Logan Township, 2013 → 2023: 8,259 → 13,199. 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 Logan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Jersey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Logan Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,494 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.
The commute from Logan Township, by distance
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Logan Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Logan Township is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #316 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 13.2% across New Jersey.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,875 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 10% 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 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 62% 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). 2.5% of Logan Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Logan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Logan Township next to U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,300: 1,364th of 3,370 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,362 | Wilson PA | 8,159 | $83K | 10.5% | 4.1% | 4% | B |
| 1,363 | Meadows Place TX | 4,546 | $90K | 9.5% | 6.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,364 | Logan Township NJ | 6,126 | $114K | 16.0% | 5.0% | 12% | B |
| 1,365 | Pompey NY | 6,995 | $111K | 3.4% | 8.6% | 4% | B |
| 1,366 | South San Gabriel CA | 7,923 | $77K | 6.8% | 6.9% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,370 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Logan Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
How Logan Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Woolwich Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Logan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Township | – | B | A− | 26 min | $114,355 |
| Oldmans Township | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 26 min | $112,917 |
| Greenwich Township | under 2% | A | A− | 30 min | $92,128 |
| Pedricktown | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Woolwich Township | 3% | A | B− | 29 min | $157,778 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pedricktown: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Logan 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 Logan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Logan Township?
$114,355 (±$19,389) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Logan Township?
16.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Logan Township?
26 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 Logan Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (9%, 19 mi), West Deptford Township (3%, 10 mi), Woolwich Township (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Logan Township walkable?
Logan Township is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Logan Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Logan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Logan 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.