Photo: Jared Kofsky/Placenj.com · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Riverside Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 5.5 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 43.7 in Jersey City. 694 jobs are based in Riverside Township, against 3,829 working residents. Riverside Township grades C+ 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
Work in Riverside Township, in a few figures
Income, poverty and work: Riverside Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Riverside Township is better than 41% of U.S. towns, #426 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Riverside Township’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Riverside Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
8% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Riverside Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
Riverside Township by day and by night
On a workday 3,719 residents head out to work, 110 work right here, and 584 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,100 people are in Riverside Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 28% of the jobs in Riverside Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riverside Township, 2013 → 2023: 770 → 694. 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 Riverside Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Riverside Township, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Riverside Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,732 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 Riverside Township commutes less than 10 miles
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.
Riverside Township is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Riverside Township is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #225 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Riverside Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,116 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 83% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 14% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% 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). 11.2% of Riverside Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Riverside Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,956 U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,100, Riverside Township comes 1,960th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
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| 10 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Waldwick NJ | 10,252 | $178K | 1.4% | 2.2% | 8% | A+ |
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| 1,958 | Sparta WI | 9,974 | $65K | 11.3% | 4.2% | 33% | C+ |
| 1,959 | Wayne Township IN | 11,013 | $60K | 14.9% | 3.2% | 23% | C+ |
| 1,960 | Riverside Township NJ | 8,231 | $76K | 18.9% | 7.8% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,961 | Elsmere DE | 6,196 | $68K | 23.1% | 4.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,962 | Decorah IA | 7,417 | $64K | 8.1% | 4.0% | 46% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,956 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Riverside Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Around Riverside Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Delran Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Riverside Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Township | – | C+ | A | 28 min | $75,833 |
| Delanco Township | under 3% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $78,710 |
| Delran Township | 6% | A | B+ | 28 min | $106,921 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Riverside 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 Riverside Township: questions
What is the median household income in Riverside Township?
$75,833 (±$15,221) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Riverside Township?
18.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riverside Township?
28 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 Riverside Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 10 mi), Delran Township (6%, 2 mi), Mount Laurel Township (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Riverside Township walkable?
Riverside Township is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.7 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Riverside Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 14% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Riverside Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riverside 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.