Photo: Sanoyes at English Wikipedia · Public domainRiverton has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Riverton is ahead of 89% of U.S. towns. 590 jobs are based in Riverton for 1,344 working residents. Riverton 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
What stands out about work in Riverton
Jobs & income in Riverton: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Riverton is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #59 of 468 in New Jersey. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Riverton could be anywhere from A to A+.
13% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Riverton clocks in
13% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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 daily commute in and out of Riverton
On a workday 1,287 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 533 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Riverton on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Riverton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riverton, 2013 → 2023: 552 → 590. 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 Riverton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for Riverton’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Riverton workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,177 commuters (the 19% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Riverton
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.
Riverton 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, Riverton is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #256 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.3% 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 1,448 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% 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). 3.7% of Riverton households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Riverton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Riverton is 178th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 29 | Haworth NJ | 3,422 | $237K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Woodbury Heights NJ | 3,162 | $123K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 176 | Ely IA | 2,366 | $106K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| 177 | University Park MD | 2,440 | $208K | 2.1% | 4.5% | <1% | A+ |
| 178 | Riverton NJ | 2,842 | $121K | 1.4% | 4.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 179 | Pleasant Springs WI | 2,968 | $119K | 3.5% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 180 | Thiensville WI | 3,267 | $96K | 5.6% | 0.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | 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 Riverton, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
18% of Riverton works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Philadelphia (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Riverton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverton | – | A+ | A | 28 min | $121,198 |
| Cinnaminson Township | 5% | A− | A− | 28 min | $127,606 |
| Palmyra | under 2% | B | A+ | 25 min | $89,574 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Riverton’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 Riverton: questions
What is the median household income in Riverton?
$121,198 (±$9,549) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Riverton?
1.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riverton?
28 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Riverton work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (13%, 6 mi), Cinnaminson Township (5%, 1 mi), Mount Laurel Township (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Riverton walkable?
Riverton is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 16.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Riverton without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Riverton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riverton
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.