Photo: Smallbones · Public domainMore people are out of work in Middle Township (6.2%) than in 76% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City. Middle Township grades C+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About one in four stay in Middle Township for work; outside it, Lower Township is the main destination (9%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Middle Township: the figures worth knowing
Commutes from Middle Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
Middle Township trades workers with the towns around it
Middle Township has about as many jobs (9,220) as working residents (8,210), but they are mostly different people: 5,817 residents leave for work each day while 6,827 people come in. Only 26% of the jobs in Middle Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
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.
What’s behind Middle Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Middle Township is better than 37% of U.S. towns, #434 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income holds Middle Township’s grade up ($83,508, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Middle Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
How long Middle Township spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Middle Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,137 commuters (the 10% 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.
Who works in Middle Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 5,817 residents head out to work, 2,393 work right here, and 6,827 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).
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 places Middle Township commutes to
Where Middle Township clocks in
9% of workers
4% 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 kinds of work in Middle Township
9,220 jobs are based in Middle Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Middle Township, 2013 → 2023: 8,889 → 9,220. 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 Middle Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Middle Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 26% 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.
Middle Township is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Middle Township is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #322 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.4% 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 9,014 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 52% 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 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 4.6% of Middle Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Middle Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Middle Township is 1,401st of 1,860 U.S. towns of 14,000 to 27,000 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Hanover Township NJ | 15,105 | $157K | 3.2% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Berkeley Heights Township NJ | 15,140 | $205K | 1.9% | 3.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Scotch Plains Township NJ | 25,437 | $184K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,399 | Sheridan WY | 20,015 | $63K | 12.5% | 2.9% | 65% | C+ |
| 1,400 | Evans CO | 22,500 | $76K | 13.5% | 7.6% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,401 | Middle Township NJ | 19,990 | $84K | 12.0% | 6.2% | 29% | C+ |
| 1,402 | Festus MO | 14,066 | $74K | 17.1% | 6.6% | 9% | C+ |
| 1,403 | Hermiston OR | 19,906 | $67K | 10.1% | 4.9% | 34% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,860 | 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 Middle Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work next door: 19% of Middle Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Middle Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Township | – | C+ | A− | 20 min | $83,508 |
| Dennis Township | 2% | A− | C | 26 min | $105,506 |
| Avalon | 2% | A− | A+ | 25 min | $139,167 |
| North Wildwood | under 2% | B | A+ | 21 min | $90,833 |
| South Dennis | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Lower Township | 9% | C+ | A− | 19 min | $84,962 |
| Villas | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| West Wildwood | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Stone Harbor | 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Wildwood | 4% | C | A+ | 23 min | $75,222 |
| Sea Isle City | under 2% | A− | A | 30 min | $108,359 |
Same-state neighbors only. South Dennis and Villas: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. West Wildwood and Stone Harbor: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lower Township. Darker towns draw more of Middle 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 Middle Township: questions
What is the median household income in Middle Township?
$83,508 (±$8,276) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Middle Township?
12.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Middle Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Middle Township work?
29% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lower Township (9%, 8 mi), Wildwood (4%, 7 mi), Cape May (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Middle Township walkable?
Middle Township is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Middle Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Middle Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Middle 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.