Photo: Khurt · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes put Montgomery Township near the very top of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. 3.7% of residents are in poverty, where New Jersey as a whole has 9.7%. Montgomery Township grades A 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
Jobs and commuting in Montgomery Township: the gist
Montgomery Township trades workers with the towns around it
Montgomery Township has about as many jobs (9,971) as working residents (11,340), but they are mostly different people: 10,407 residents leave for work each day while 9,038 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Montgomery Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Montgomery Township
33% of Montgomery Township workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Montgomery Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Princeton, gets only 6% of working residents, and 58% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Montgomery Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
79% of Montgomery Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 77% of the jobs based in Montgomery Township. The jobs ↓
Montgomery Township draws workers from far and wide
The 9,971 jobs in Montgomery Township are filled from a wide area. Montgomery Township’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 26%; the other 65% 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.
Montgomery Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Montgomery Township is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #81 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income is its strongest input ($226,771, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.9%, 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, Montgomery Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
A workday in Montgomery Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 10,407 residents head out to work, 933 work right here, and 9,038 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 (0.88 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.
Commuting from Montgomery Township: about 37 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montgomery Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,287 commuters (the 33% 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.
6% of working residents work in Princeton
Where Montgomery Township clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
9,971 jobs are based in Montgomery Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montgomery Township, 2013 → 2023: 11,817 → 9,971. 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 Montgomery Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Montgomery Township
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: Montgomery Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Montgomery Township is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #308 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 7.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,350 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 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% 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). 4.3% of Montgomery Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Montgomery Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Montgomery Township is 160th of 1,577 U.S. towns of 17,000 to 32,000
| # | 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+ |
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| 22 | Scotch Plains Township NJ | 25,437 | $184K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Cranford Township NJ | 24,725 | $156K | 2.5% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Ridgewood NJ | 26,527 | $208K | 4.2% | 3.4% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 158 | Edwardsville IL | 26,463 | $87K | 11.6% | 4.6% | 17% | A |
| 159 | Murrysville PA | 20,636 | $122K | 2.5% | 3.1% | 11% | A |
| 160 | Montgomery Township NJ | 24,039 | $227K | 3.7% | 3.9% | 8% | A |
| 161 | West Manchester Township PA | 19,365 | $89K | 4.1% | 1.1% | 13% | A |
| 162 | Ham Lake MN | 17,104 | $120K | 4.0% | 3.4% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,577 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Montgomery Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
How Montgomery Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Princeton (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montgomery Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Township | – | A | A− | 37 min | $226,771 |
| Franklin Township | 3% | A | A− | 34 min | $124,648 |
| Rocky Hill | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| East Rocky Hill | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Griggstown | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Princeton | 6% | A | A+ | 24 min | $192,079 |
| Hillsborough Township | under 3% | A | B− | 33 min | $154,031 |
| Kingston | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Hopewell Township | under 3% | A | B | 29 min | $178,167 |
| Blackwells Mills | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rocky Hill: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. East Rocky Hill, Griggstown, Kingston and Blackwells Mills: 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery Township: questions
What is the median household income in Montgomery Township?
$226,771 (±$11,993) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montgomery Township?
3.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montgomery Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montgomery Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Princeton (6%, 5 mi), New York City (5%, 42 mi), Plainsboro Township (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Montgomery Township walkable?
Montgomery Township is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montgomery Township without a car?
8% 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 Montgomery Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montgomery 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.