Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Quinton Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Quinton Township are B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Employers in Quinton Township report 655 jobs, against 1,217 working residents. 9% of workers have no commute at all (New Jersey 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Quinton Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Quinton Township is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #340 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Quinton Township’s grade up (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Quinton Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Quinton Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,171 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 609 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Quinton Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
7% of working residents work in Salem
Where Quinton Township clocks in
7% 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.
In Quinton Township, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Quinton Township, 2013 → 2023: 285 → 655. 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 Quinton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Quinton Township spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Quinton Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,294 commuters (the 9% 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.
Half of Quinton Township commutes less than 19 miles
About 16% 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.
Few in Quinton Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Quinton Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #441 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,425 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% 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). 5.1% of Quinton Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Quinton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,797 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600, Quinton Township comes 1,493rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 27 | Haworth NJ | 3,422 | $237K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Woodbury Heights NJ | 3,162 | $123K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,491 | Riverside Township IL | 1,982 | $81K | 5.9% | 4.1% | 2% | B |
| 1,492 | Truro MA | 2,483 | $119K | 4.4% | 0.0% | 18% | B |
| 1,493 | Quinton Township NJ | 2,675 | $87K | 7.3% | 4.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,494 | Cherry Ridge Township PA | 1,902 | $80K | 6.7% | 2.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,495 | Merrill WI | 2,856 | $81K | 8.6% | 0.9% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Quinton Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
The towns around Quinton Township
The biggest share goes to Salem (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Quinton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinton Township | – | B | C+ | 30 min | $86,563 |
| Stow Creek Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 31 min | $105,139 |
| Lower Alloways Creek Township | under 2% | B | D− | 30 min | $80,000 |
| Mannington Township | under 2% | A | B+ | 23 min | $109,271 |
| Salem | 7% | D | A | 29 min | $38,721 |
| Marlboro | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Alloway Township | 2% | A | C+ | 31 min | $105,156 |
| Elsinboro Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 33 min | $90,385 |
Same-state neighbors only. Marlboro: 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 Quinton 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 Quinton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Quinton Township?
$86,563 (±$16,180) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Quinton Township?
7.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Quinton Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Quinton Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem (7%, 5 mi), Philadelphia (5%, 36 mi), Logan Township (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Quinton Township walkable?
Quinton Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Quinton 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 Quinton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Quinton 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.