Photo: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Maple Shade Township works elsewhere
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.9 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 43.7 in Jersey City. Employers in Maple Shade Township report 5,647 jobs for 10,273 working residents. The two grades for Maple Shade Township are B for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Maple Shade Township apart on work
Commutes from Maple Shade Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
Maple Shade Township draws workers from far and wide
The 5,647 jobs in Maple Shade Township are filled from a wide area. Maple Shade Township’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 34%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. 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.
How Maple Shade Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Maple Shade Township is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #353 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Maple Shade Township’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.2%, 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, Maple Shade Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
How long Maple Shade Township spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maple Shade Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,927 commuters (the 15% 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.
10% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Maple Shade Township clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
How many people are in Maple Shade Township by day
On a workday 9,765 residents head out to work, 508 work right here, and 5,139 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Maple Shade Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
What Maple Shade Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maple Shade Township, 2013 → 2023: 5,309 → 5,647. 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 Maple Shade Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Maple Shade Township’s workers travel
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Maple Shade Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Maple Shade Township is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns, #242 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.6% 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 10,454 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 89% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 33% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 75% 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). 7.6% of Maple Shade Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Maple Shade Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Maple Shade Township is 1,031st of 1,931 U.S. towns of 14,000 to 28,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
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| 17 | Hanover Township NJ | 15,105 | $157K | 3.2% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
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| 32 | Berkeley Heights Township NJ | 15,140 | $205K | 1.9% | 3.3% | 6% | A+ |
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| 36 | Scotch Plains Township NJ | 25,437 | $184K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 7% | A+ |
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| 1,029 | Antioch IL | 15,000 | $109K | 7.9% | 8.2% | 9% | B |
| 1,030 | Wixom MI | 17,313 | $65K | 10.9% | 3.4% | 8% | B |
| 1,031 | Maple Shade Township NJ | 20,556 | $79K | 13.2% | 4.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,032 | Lebanon IN | 17,913 | $65K | 7.9% | 3.7% | 24% | B |
| 1,033 | Key West FL | 24,999 | $87K | 10.9% | 2.2% | 65% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,931 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Maple Shade Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Bordering towns draw 23% of Maple Shade Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Cherry Hill Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maple Shade Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Shade Township | – | B | A | 26 min | $78,904 |
| Cherry Hill Township | 8% | A− | A | 28 min | $121,502 |
| Cherry Hill Mall | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Moorestown-Lenola | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Moorestown Township | 5% | A | A− | 26 min | $159,700 |
| Pennsauken Township | 3% | B− | A | 26 min | $87,680 |
| Kingston Estates | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Ramblewood | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Mount Laurel Township | 7% | A | B+ | 27 min | $118,802 |
| Cinnaminson Township | under 2% | A− | A− | 28 min | $127,606 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cherry Hill Mall, Moorestown-Lenola, Kingston Estates and Ramblewood: 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 Maple Shade 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 Maple Shade Township: questions
What is the median household income in Maple Shade Township?
$78,904 (±$10,501) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maple Shade Township?
13.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maple Shade Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maple Shade Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (10%, 8 mi), Cherry Hill Township (8%, 3 mi), Mount Laurel Township (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Maple Shade Township walkable?
Maple Shade Township is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maple Shade Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 33% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maple Shade Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maple Shade 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.