Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Medford Township top those of 96% of U.S. towns
Medford Township grades A for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Below the poverty line: 3.4% of residents, against 9.7% across New Jersey. 28% of workers have no commute at all, where New Jersey as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Medford Township
Home offices are common in Medford Township
28% of Medford Township workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Medford Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Philadelphia, PA, gets only 8% of working residents, and 53% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Medford Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Medford Township
73% of Medford Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 54% of the jobs based in Medford Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 90% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Medford Township draws workers from far and wide
The 8,369 jobs in Medford Township are filled from a wide area. Medford Township’s own residents hold 14% and the ten next-biggest home towns 31%; the other 55% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Medford Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Medford Township is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #82 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income is its strongest input ($157,969, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Medford Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
About 34 minutes each way for Medford Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Medford Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,108 commuters (the 28% 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.
8% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Medford Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Medford Township: what the 8,369 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Medford Township, 2014 → 2024: 7,723 → 8,369. 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 Medford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Medford Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 9,992 residents head out to work, 1,160 work right here, and 7,209 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23,000 people are in Medford Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Medford Township
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.
Most trips from Medford Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Medford Township is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #339 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 7.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,702 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). 3.3% of Medford Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Medford Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Medford Township is 168th of 1,576 U.S. towns of 18,000 to 35,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Scotch Plains Township NJ | 25,437 | $184K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Westfield NJ | 32,595 | $233K | 1.8% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Cranford Township NJ | 24,725 | $156K | 2.5% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 166 | Montgomery Township NJ | 24,039 | $227K | 3.7% | 3.9% | 8% | A |
| 167 | West Manchester Township PA | 19,365 | $89K | 4.1% | 1.1% | 12% | A |
| 168 | Medford Township NJ | 25,612 | $158K | 3.4% | 4.1% | 10% | A |
| 169 | La Cañada Flintridge CA | 19,480 | $242K | 3.5% | 5.0% | 6% | A |
| 170 | Brookfield IL | 18,879 | $110K | 5.4% | 3.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,576 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 35% | 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 Medford Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work next door: 13% of Medford Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Mount Laurel Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Medford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medford Township | – | A | B+ | 34 min | $157,969 |
| Southampton Township | under 2% | B | C | 32 min | $97,995 |
| Waterford Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 33 min | $111,791 |
| Atco | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Lumberton Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 30 min | $113,440 |
| Evesham Township | 6% | A | A− | 28 min | $118,670 |
| Shamong Township | under 2% | A+ | C− | 34 min | $128,271 |
| Tabernacle Township | under 2% | A+ | C− | 39 min | $120,735 |
| Mount Laurel Township | 7% | A | B+ | 27 min | $118,802 |
Same-state neighbors only. Atco: 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 Medford 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 Medford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Medford Township?
$157,969 (±$10,774) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Medford Township?
3.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Medford Township?
34 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 Medford Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 19 mi), Mount Laurel Township (7%, 7 mi), Evesham Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Medford Township walkable?
Medford Township is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Medford Township without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Medford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Medford 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.