Photo: Nap173 · CC BY-SA 4.0Lopatcong Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Jobs and income earn Lopatcong Township B; getting around on foot earns it B+. 1,798 jobs are based in Lopatcong Township, and 4,074 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% stay in Lopatcong Township for work; outside it, Phillipsburg is the main destination (8%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Lopatcong Township in brief
No single place dominates Lopatcong Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Phillipsburg, gets only 8% of working residents, and 73% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Lopatcong Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Many of the people who work in Lopatcong Township live in another state
Easton, PA (4%), Bethlehem, PA (3%) and Palmer Township, PA (3%) are among the top places Lopatcong Township’s workers come from. Counting only the top ten home towns, 14% of the jobs here are held by people from out of state. The commute map ↓
Lopatcong Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Why Lopatcong Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lopatcong Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #359 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Lopatcong Township’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lopatcong Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Where people from Lopatcong Township work
Where Lopatcong Township clocks in
8% 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.
The trip to work from Lopatcong Township: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lopatcong Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,318 commuters (the 12% 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.
Lopatcong Township by day and by night
On a workday 3,946 residents head out to work, 128 work right here, and 1,670 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,300 people are in Lopatcong Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2024, primary jobs.
What Lopatcong Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lopatcong Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,891 → 1,798. 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 Lopatcong Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Lopatcong Township’s workers travel
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Lopatcong Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lopatcong Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #345 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Lopatcong 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 4,926 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 37% 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 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% 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). 4.4% of Lopatcong Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Lopatcong Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 6,700 to 12,900, Lopatcong Township ranks 1,366th of 2,790 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Fanwood NJ | 8,035 | $196K | 1.0% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 23 | Oradell NJ | 8,293 | $221K | 3.6% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,364 | Mammoth Lakes CA | 6,867 | $98K | 6.1% | 3.3% | 54% | B |
| 1,365 | Poulsbo WA | 12,749 | $116K | 9.3% | 3.7% | 15% | B |
| 1,366 | Lopatcong Township NJ | 9,537 | $91K | 10.0% | 5.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,367 | Newberry FL | 8,618 | $90K | 9.8% | 2.8% | 6% | B |
| 1,368 | Geneseo NY | 7,759 | $47K | 36.6% | 10.2% | 13% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,790 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Lopatcong Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work in the towns next to Lopatcong Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lopatcong Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lopatcong Township | – | B | B+ | 39 min | $91,114 |
| Phillipsburg | 8% | C | A | 26 min | $68,324 |
| Greenwich Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 42 min | $169,079 |
| Harmony Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 30 min | $92,176 |
| Upper Stewartsville | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Pohatcong Township | under 2% | A− | B+ | 35 min | $103,611 |
Same-state neighbors only. Upper Stewartsville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Phillipsburg. Darker towns draw more of Lopatcong 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 Lopatcong Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lopatcong Township?
$91,114 (±$7,505) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lopatcong Township?
10.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lopatcong Township?
39 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lopatcong Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phillipsburg (8%, 2 mi), Raritan Township (3%, 18 mi), New York City (3%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lopatcong Township walkable?
Lopatcong Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lopatcong Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lopatcong Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lopatcong 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.